A double bill alongside Mark Ravenhill’s Pool (No Water)

Metamorphoses is a playful new piece of theatre inspired by Ovid’s powerful collection of myths.

From the everyday to the astonishing, and the ordinary to the unimaginable, Ovid’s stories explore the power of transformation, the resilience of humans, and the wonder of life. They were a great inspiration to Shakespeare, and over 2000 years later are reimagined. Expect anarchy, shape shifting and a burning chariot of fire.

“We are here to make sense of it all!”

A double bill alongside Metamorphoses by Ovid.

A famous artist invites her old friends to her luxurious new home. For one night only, the group is back together. But celebrations come to an abrupt end when the host suffers an horrific accident. As the victim lies in a coma, an almost unthinkable plan starts to take shape: could her suffering be their next work of art? Pool (No Water) is a visceral and shocking play about the fragility of friendship and the jealousy and resentment inspired by success.

When Franz's mother escaped to the capitalist West of Germany with one of her identical twin boys, she left the other behind in the communist East. Now, 25 years later, Karl crosses the border in search of his other half. As history takes an unexpected turn, the brothers must struggle to reconnect.

In a dystopian future, art and artists have become so commoditised that wannabe performers are effective slaves desperately trying to earn enough money to buy their freedom. But just how far will one group go to secure their liberty?

When low-born but academically gifted Faustus expresses his boredom and impatience with the various branches of knowledge, he concludes that only magic is worth learning. To this ends he summons the devil Mephistopheles and exchanges his soul for 24 years of unlimited knowledge and power. But as the clock ticks down until he’s dragged to hell, can Faustus put his arrogance and ego aside to save himself from eternal damnation?

Freddie and Paul meet in the notorious Eldorado nightclub in Berlin, the heart of Europe’s decadent and liberal culture. But as fascism begins to rise, and freedom transcends into persecution, can their love survive through hell itself?

God of alcohol, theatre, and ecstasy, Dionysus returns to Thebes, the city of his birth, to honour his deceased mother. But with the new king Pentheus insisting that he is no God, and his mother a liar for claiming she slept with Zeus, Dionysus turns the young men of Thebes mad and forms his own cult, seeking to convince Pentheus to amend his ways. Will the king die for his honour, or will Dionysus finally receive the respect he so desires?

Freddie and Paul meet in the notorious Eldorado nightclub in Berlin, the heart of Europe’s decadent and liberal culture. But as fascism begins to rise, and freedom transcends into persecution, can their love survive through hell itself?

In a lawless, ravaged city, where memories of the past have been brutally erased, the boys and their team survive by realising their clients' darkest fantasies. But just how far are they prepared to go in trading humanity for information? As the light fades and events spiral out of control it becomes clear that on the success of the evening hangs not just their security, but their existence.

The world is at its worst? Let the party begin.