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.

What is your identity if your nation has been destroyed? Fleeing a war-torn Troy, Aeneas is a refugee seeking new roots and a new identity in Europe.

Queen Dido is ready to help him when meddling gods intervene and turn help into an all-consuming love.

Do they follow their hearts or fulfil their political destinies?

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