Kimberley Sykes 2017 Production

In 2017, Kimberley Sykes brought Marlowe's first play to the Swan Theatre, the rarely told story of the intensity of human passion and a woman of strength and brilliance who refused to be silenced.

★★★★

Visually ravishing, beautifully spoken

Telegraph

★★★★

Kimberley Sykes directs…with a fluidity that perfectly balances the pictorial and the verbal

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A man and woman confront each other while both kneeling in the sand.
Chipo Chung as Dido and Sandy Grierson as Aeneas in Dido, Queen of Carthage, 2017
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Cast

Ellie Beaven - Venus
Will Bliss - Hermes
Chipo Chung - Dido
Andro Cowperthwaite - Ganymede
Nicholas Day - Jupiter
Waleed Elgadi - Sergestus
Ben Goffe - Cupid
Sandy Grierson - Aeneas
Kim Hartman - Barce
Amber James - Anna
Laura Kirman - Arishat
Tom Lorcan - Ilioneus
Tom McCall - Achates
Miles Mitchell - Mnestheus
Lucy Phelps - Cloanthus
Bridgitta Roy - Juno
Johnson Willis - Kanmi
Daniel York - Iarbas

 

Creatives

Kimberley Sykes - Director
Ti Green - Designer
Ciaran Bagnall - Lighting
Mike Fletcher - Music
Claire Windsor - Sound
Ayse Tashkiran - Movement
Terry King - Fights

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IN PHOTOS

PRODUCTION PHOTOS

Nicholas Day as Jupiter in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Ben Goffe as Cupid and Ellie Beaven as Venus in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Sandy Grierson as Aeneas in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Miles Mitchell as Mnestheus in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Andro Cowperthwaite as Ganymede and Will Bliss as Hermes in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Chipo Chung as Dido in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Sandy Grierson as Aeneas, Waleed Elgadi as Sergestus, Tom McCall as Achates, Lucy Phelps as Cloanthus, Miles Mitchell as Mnestheus and Tom Lorcan as Ilioneus as Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Sandy Grierson as Aeneas in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Ellie Beaven as Venus in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Bridgitta Roy as Juno in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Ben Goffe as Cupid in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Amber James as Anna and Chipo Chung as Dido in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Tom McCall as Achates in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Chipo Chung as Dido in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Daniel York as Iarbus in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Will Bliss as Hermes in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Chipo Chung as Dido in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Chipo Chung as Dido in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Kim Hartman as Barce in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Chipo Chung as Dido and Sandy Grierson as Aeneas in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Lucy Phelps as Cloanthus, Tom McCall as Achates, Sandy Grierson as Aeneas, Tom Lorcan as Ilioneus and Miles Mitchell as Mnestheus in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Chipo Chung as Dido in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Chipo Chung as Dido and Sandy Grierson as Aeneas in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Chipo Chung as Dido in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Chipo Chung as Dido and Amber James as Anna in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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Chipo Chung as Dido in Dido, Queen of Carthage.

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REHEARSAL PHOTOS

Director Kimberley Sykes in rehearsal for Dido, Queen of Carthage

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Will Bliss in rehearsals for Dido, Queen of Carthage

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The company in rehearsals for Dido, Queen of Carthage

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Sandy Grierson and Tom McCall in rehearsals for Dido, Queen of Carthage

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Andro Cowperthwaite in rehearsals for Dido, Queen of Carthage

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Waleed Elgadi in rehearsals for Dido, Queen of Carthage

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Johnson Willis, Chipo Chung and Daniel York in rehearsals for Dido, Queen of Carthage

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Waleed Elgadi, Lucy Phelps, Miles Mitchell and Tom Lorcan in rehearsals for Dido, Queen of Carthage

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Johnson Willis in rehearsals for Dido, Queen of Carthage

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Chipo Chung in rehearsals for Dido, Queen of Carthage

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Chipo Chung and Sandy Grierson in rehearsals for Dido, Queen of Carthage

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Ben Goffe in rehearsals for Dido, Queen of Carthage

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Sandy Grierson in rehearsals for Dido, Queen of Carthage

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Kim Hartman in rehearsals for Dido, Queen of Carthage

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Ellie Beaven in rehearsals for Dido, Queen of Carthage

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The company in rehearsals for Dido, Queen of Carthage

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