Dash Arts in association with imPOSSIBLE are presenting Dido’s Bar, an immersive site-specific gig theatre production that reimagines Virgil's Aeneid, exploring this timeless tale of migration through the lens of Europe today.

OVERVIEW

Set in a music club, teetering on the edge of belonging, Dido's Bar is a new immersive theatre and music production opening in London’s historic Royal Docks before touring to Manchester, Leicester, Portsmouth, and Oxford.

Dido’s Bar is an epic retelling of Virgil’s Aeneid, created and performed by a multilingual international ensemble of actor-musicians, bringing to life the classic myth of migration, love, and assimilation, through the eyes of refugees today. Nightly, divine bar managers, Juno and Venus, welcome world-class artists onto their stage, and around their performances, the drama unfolds.

The work is inspired by director Josephine Burton’s encounter with Kurdish Iranian refugee and now Finnish resident, composer Marouf Majidi and is written by Hattie Naylor.

Running time: TBC
Suggested Age: 14+

CREATIVES

Conceived and Directed by Josephine Burton
Written by Hattie Naylor
Composed by Marouf Majidi with additional composition by Riku Kantola
Set and Costume Design by Bryan Woltjen
Music and Sound arranged, designed, and directed by Riku Kantola
Movement Direction by Ayse Tashkiran
Lighting Design by Peter Small
Produced by Charlie Bunker

CAST

Gemma Barnett as Matina
Priscille Grace as Venus
Tuukka Leppänen as Turnus
Lola May as Dido
Lahcen Razzougui as Aeneas
Georgina White as Juno

House Band to be announced soon

PERFORMANCES

LONDON ROYAL DOCKS

Unit F - The Factory, E16 2HB

(Nearest Transport: London City Airport, Pontoon Dock (DLR))
23 Sep - 15 Oct 22
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MANCHESTER 10 - 12 Oct 22 On sale soon

LEICESTER 18 - 19 Oct 22 On sale soon

PORTSMOUTH 22 - 23 Oct 22 On sale soon

OXFORD 27 - 29 Oct 22 On sale soon