York Theatre Royal production of Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad postponed until 2021
A new production of The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood at York Theatre Royal has been postponed until next year. Originally scheduled to open in July, The production will now be staged in 2021.
Uncertainty surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic is holding pre-production work by the creatives, led by director Juliet Forster, who is associate director at York Theatre Royal.
Juliet said: “The joy of Atwood’s work is that it doesn’t date, so although we are disappointed that we have to postpone our production of The Penelopiad, I know it will be just as relevant and exciting to stage this wonderful play in 2021.
“And on the upside, for the creative team involved, having a little more dreamtime on this story will only make the final staging of it all the more spectacular!”
The play by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Handmaid’s Tale and 2019’s The Testaments tells the story of Odysseus’ wife Penelope and the Trojan Wars from her point of view.
Ticket holders will be contacted by the Box Office in coming weeks.