PANDORA UNLEASHED was a project that aimed to create, develop and produce a new play inspired by Greek Myths and informed by seed input from secondary school pupils. Taking well known stories from the ancient world and re-imagine them giving voice and agency to characters who are forgotten or marginalised. Developing a form of participant lead theatre where the audience lead the performance. The students will attend a workshop where they will explore the source material and then the final plays will be performed in a school assembly.
In workshops we explored the character of Pandora who infamously opened a box that let evil into the world. However there is more to this story than the one you have heard before…
This was a collaboration between myself and researcher Dr Oonagh Pennington-Wilson. PANDORA UNLEASHED ran from May – July 2019 and was kindly supported by the University of Birmingham Public Engagement with Research Fund.
PANDORA UNLEASHED was first performed in July 2019, Pandora was played by Charis McRoberts.
Matthew Gabrielli 