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Eros and Psyche
Socrates questioned itEros made sure of itAphrodite excelled at itPsyche thought about it all the time… This rich, stunningly composed, mesmerizing performance for adults brings together two classical texts, the mythical romance of Eros and Psyche, and Plato’s Symposium. These texts are over 2000 years old but still capture the contemporary imagination with insight, humour, passion and questions of existence. Eros and Psyche has been performed at The Barbican Centre; Athens Storytelling festival; The British Museum; Northern Stage; York Theatre Royal; Pelion Storytelling Festival; Beyond the Border Storytelling Festival. Socrates and his friends are having a drinking party, debating the purpose of love, but in the Other World, a…