Poetry Reading. The World Wars – the Gun of the Voice

You are invited to meet actors from the Greytown Little Theatre reading poems from the World Wars of the 20th Century and to listen to the Featherston Gentlemen’s choir singing songs sung in the trenches. It is one hundred years since New Zealanders met their death at Gallipoli in the Dardanelles known in ancient Greek times as the Hellespont – Sea of Hell.

Performances at 11 am -noon on Saturday and Sunday 14 and 15 February at the Greytown Little Theatre. Entry free. Gold coin ‘koha’ appreciated.

RECALL!
When the year was 405BC and the Peloponnisian War was in full swing!

WORSHIP!
At the wine soaked altar of Dionysus, at a time when Gods were rock stars!

THRILL!
As Dionysus, God of wine and frenzied orgies descends into Hades to rescue his favorite poet!

TREMBLE!
At the horrors of Hades! All of ancient mythologies most horrid monsters represented by local actors!

FROLIC!
With the dead as they add atmosphere to Aristophenes award winning play The Frogs!

DELIGHT!
At the wordy interplay of deceased Grecian poets vying to be released from Hades by Plot, Lord and Master of the ancient Underworld!

GREYTOWN LITTLE THEATRE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE GREYTOWN ARTS FESTIVAL presents
ARISTOPHENES – THE FROGS
Moderately Modernized and Relatively Revised
Playing at Greytown Little Theatre – BYO Drink
The evenings of February 11, 12, 13 and 14 at 8.00 pm
Tickets $20- from The Village Art Shop – Phone 304 8255