The Penelope Complex

press release: The White Church Theatre Project and the Theatre de l’Ange Fou (Company Steven Wasson Corinne Soum), present “The Penelope Complex” Part 1, written and directed by Steven Wasson.

2017 screenings: 7 pm, Sept. 2, 16 & 23.

This film was shot over a period of five years in the London Studio of the Theatre de l’Ange fou, and on location throughout England, France, Japan and Wisconsin.  The Penelope Complex is part of The Theatre de l’Ange Fou’s exploration of mythological themes.

The film uses the resources offered by movement theatre with a cast of 25 actors trained by the Theatre de l’Ange Fou. The adventures of Ulysses are transposed into the confines of  “The House of Ithaca Asylum for the Mythologically deranged” under the care of the mysterious Doctor Ahriman.

The different landscapes are the many beds of the asylum, inmates and the asylum personnel personify the gods and the demons, and the sea is an ocean of yesterday’s newspaper. This surrealistic choreography, with a colourful soundscape, looks to be performed by long forgotten characters of the silent screen.

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