ransacking troy
iPhoto caption: Maev Beaty as Penelope and Irene Poole as Clytemnestra in Ransacking Troy. Stratford Festival 2025. Photo by David Hou.
“This is an ensemble of some of the most extraordinary femme actors in the country and beyond,” says Beaty.
iPhoto caption: Members of the company in 'Ransacking Troy.' Photo by David Hou.
REVIEW: At the Stratford Festival, two adventurous new plays reflect on war
Erin Shields’ brilliant Ransacking Troy reimagines one of Western culture’s foundational narratives — the Trojan War — from the perspective of the women implicated in it. And in The Art of War, Yvette Nolan thoughtfully imagines the life of a Canadian soldier-artist in the Second World War, who’s wracked both by what he witnesses and the responsibility of recording it.