Welcome to Thebes at the National Theatre from 15 June

Welcome to Thebes
a new play by Moira Buffini

Set in the present day, but inspired by ancient myth, Moira Buffini's Welcome to Thebes offers a passionate exploration of an encounter between the world's richest and the world's poorest countries set in the aftermath of a brutal war.

Faced with an impoverished population, a shattered infrastructure and a volatile army, the first democratic president of Thebes, Eurydice, promises peace to her nation. Without the aid of Theseus, the leader of the vastly wealthy state of Athens, she doesn't stand a chance. But Theseus is arrogant, mercurial and motivated by profit.

Richard Eyre returns to the NT to direct a superb cast led by David Harewood and Nikki Amuka-Bird.

Greek mythology meets West African politics head-on in this startling modern epic.

Tickets £10 £15 £30

Travelex £10 Tickets - almost half the tickets just £10
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/welcome

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• Moira Buffini
• Richard Eyre
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• David Harewood

[zazaalbert]

I have not seen the movie, but the promotion looks great and the fact that it about my country (Liberia), I wouldn't mind seeing it.