A play by the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble.

THE PENELOPIAD

September 2023

Adapted for the stage by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale), The Penelopiad is a contemporary take on Homer’s The Odyssey that sees Penelope and her twelve wronged maids take centre stage.

Directed by Rebecca Murphy

Costume Design by Leah Fitzgerald-Quinn

Ellen Hardisty, Angus Thorburn, Willem Whitfield, Meg Bennett, and Leah Mustard as Suitors
Willem Whitfield as King Icarius
Angus Thorburn as Penelope's Suitor, Leah Fitzgerald-Quinn, Meg Bennett and Bek Schmidt as Maids
Riley Anderson as Telemachus and Rob Pensalfini as Odysseus
Liliana Macarone as Penelope
Leah Fitzgerald-Quinn as Helen of Troy
Willem Whitfield as King Icarius
Meg Bennett as Queen Anticleia, Liliana Macarone as Penelope, Rob Pensalfini as Odysseus, and Angus Thorburn as King Laertes
Sarah Hindle, Leah Fitzgerald-Quinn, Mikala Crawley, Bek Schmidt, Meg Bennett and Leah Mustard as Maids
Liliana Macarone as Penelope
Sarah Hindle, Leah Fitzgerald-Quinn, Mikala Crawley, and Meg Bennett as Maids
Liliana Macarone as Penelope
Liliana Macarone as Penelope and Rob Pensalfini as Odysseus
Angus Thorburn, Ellen Hardisty and Willem Whitfield as Penelope's Suitors
Liliana Macarone as Penelope with Maids
Liliana Macarone as Penelope
Ellen Hardisty, Angus Thorburn, Willem Whitfield and Leah Mustard as Suitors, Leah Fitzgerald-Quinn as Helen of Troy
Willem Whitfield as King Icarius, Liliana Macarone as Penelope, Rob Pensalfini as Odysseus, Leah Mustard as Menelaus
Liliana Macarone as Penelope, Bek Schmidt, Angus Thorburn, Meg Bennett, and Frances Marrington as Maids
Ellen Hardisty as Naiad
Willem Whitfield and Angus Thorburn as Penelope's Suitors, Riley Anderson as Telemachus
Liliana Macarone as Penelope, Rob Pensalfini as Odysseus (dressed as Beggar), Frances Marrington as Eurycleia