THE GOLDEN ASS
by Peter Oswald

May Week 2004

6.30pm, Fri 11th - Sun 13th Jun 2004 : Sidney Sussex Gardens

The Marlowe exults itself in presenting the greatest show on Earth!in Cambridge! For the first time ever!with the exception of one time before!
Its first May Week show for years - an all-singing, all-dancing, all-donkey spectacular: 'THE GOLDEN ASS', in the beautiful surroundings of Sidney Sussex Gardens.

When Lucius, an insatiably curious young man of extraordinary appetites, plunges into the carnival of vice, sorcery and madness of ancient Thrace, he quickly finds himself transformed into a fully-functional ass, and hurtled into a series of misadventures with bandits, adulterers, slave-drivers, cultists, and the circus. All the wickedness and depravity of human kind, joyously presented from an ass's eye view.

Clowns, jugglers, traders, dancers, musicians, poets, thinkers, bandits, old women and an extremely curious donkey...'The Golden Ass' is the ultimate May Week experience --- and an evening you're not likely to forget!

Come and see the amazing donkey man...
 
 
 
 

Cast
Isis/Widow/Venus/Clown - Clare Stansfeld
Meroe/Pamphalae/Widow/Inertia/Massima - Cath Duric
Photis/Wife of Honoris - Steph Cohen
Byrrhena/Eagle/Baker's Wife - Katie Smith
Chorus/Charite/Friend - Beatrice Riley
Lucius - Ollie Rickman
Lucius's Horse - Paul Chapman
Aristomenus/Captain of the Watch/Hostus/Alexandros/Auctioneer - Simon Evans
Clytus/Robber/Robartes/Abydos - Jonathan Beckman
Socrates (not the philosopher)/Officer/Decius/Thiasus/Nullius - Chris Adams
Old Woman/Robber/Bellepheron/Baker/Priest - Will Billingsley
Milo/Officer/Hypotrophus/Tlepolemus/Honorius - Douglas Guilfoyle
Apolonius/Robber/Balbus/Sestos/Lover - Sam Kitchener
Judge/Sextus/Timinos/Thrassilus/Cook - Sam Yates
Chorus/Widow/Oracle/Circus Girl/Beach Girl - Daisy Black
Saxophonist/Chorus/Psyche/Condemned Woman - Lucy Bond
Chorus/Assistant to the Judge/Psyche's Sister/Clown/Bather - Saraid Dodd
Chorus/Servant/Cupid/Circus Girl/Mother of Timinos/Beach Girl - Isabelle Schoelcher
Chorus/Lamathus (as a bear)/Tower/Jupiter/Knife Thrower/The Bear of Death/Bather - Ellie Simons
Trumpeteer/Chorus/Psyche's Sister/Clown - Kirstin Smith
Chorus/River/Circus Girl/Beach Girl - Hanna Thomas
Ringmaster - Amir Baghdadchi
Acrobat - 'Miscellaneous' Ed Murfitt
Juggler - Antonio

Production Team
Director  - Abigail Rokison
Producer  - Amir Baghdadchi
Stage Manager  - Lauren Cushman
Percussion - Fiona Snare
Design/Costumes  - Pippa Van Wellie
Costumes  - Rosamund Rokison
Costume Supervisor  - Christina Elliot
Musical Director/Pianist  - Tim Isted