Leeds
You only want what you can't have... An older woman falls in love with a young man... her stepson. He rejects her. And revenge becomes the only way to preserve her honour. An original adaptation of Euripides' (428 BC) play directed by George Rodesthenous which translates the action into a contemporary working-class amateur boxing club. According to David Blunkett, "the decipline of amateur boxing training can give young people the chance to keep fit, learn sportsmanship and self-disipline". Hippolytus combines re-worked text with physical theatre and music to present a fresh and exciting perspective on desire, guilt and human injustice. Venue, Stage@Leeds, Box office 0113 343 8730.  For further information click here.