***WE’RE PREGNANT: IT’S A SHOW***
We are thrilled to announce the conception, gestation and parturition of our new show.
THE BIRTH OF THE GODS will premiere at La Sala Rossa in only 12 days: Sunday May 10th (Mother’s Day!)
In collaboration with the epic Lynn Kozak (McGill University, Oimoi Productions), we’ll be translating Hesiod’s Theogony, telling the story of where the Greek gods came from and how Zeus came out on top.
Advance tickets 15$ (link in bio), or PWYC on the door.
Poster design as usual from the incredible @johnnyfraud
#hesiod #classics #storytelling #translation #montrealtheatre
To all our friends, family, lovers, and haters - as the fates have decreed, Sword and Oar has further capitulated to the dictates of Big Tech by making a website!!!
Please feel free to peruse, share and discuss (especially with those who aren’t on social media).
While you’re there, don’t be afraid to sign up for our mailing list. Link in bio :)
Memory fades but posters, somehow, remain.
We’d like to take the slightly belated opportunity to thank everyone who came to one of our shows in 2025. Last year took us to new depths of despair (looking at you, Hektor) but also bright new horizons (Portugal, baby!) What’s next? Only the fates can tell. But we do know that a special announcement is on the way in the next few days. Keep your swords sharp and your oars at the ready.
#homer #translation #improvisation #storytelling #montrealtheatre
Join us on Thursday (Nov 20th) for the final showdown. Info/tickets in bio. The translation will be improvised. The music will be improvised. But one thing’s for certain: Ares will have his fill of blood.
#homer #translation #storytelling #classics #ancientgreece #improvisation #montrealtheatre
***Show Announcement***
You have another chance to see Between Lions and Men, Thursday 20th November, 8pm, P’tit Ours.
We’ve been excited to bring Homer to this space for a long time, but it is intimate = small = tickets are limited, so get in there quick like Achilles if you want to guarantee a spot.
Between Lions and Men is our adaptation of the 22nd book of Homer’s Iliad, featuring the final showdown between Hektor and Achilles before the gates of Troy. As ever, composed-in-performance, accompanied by live music.
Tickets in bio
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#homer #storytelling #translation #classics #ancientgreece #montrealtheatre
THE BOXER. Translation-in-performance, Iliad 23.
Two days until Homeric Death Match! Not too late to get your tickets. Lynn better come with friends.
Special thanks to @juliette_uli
#homer #classics #translation #storytelling #ancientgreece #improvisation #montrealtheatre
***GET READY FOR FIGHT NIGHT***
This show has been a long time coming.
Can’t wait to share the stage with Montreal’s OG homeric bard, and my former prof, Lynn Kozak. Less than two weeks from now. 25/10. Théâtre Sainte-Catherine. History will be made.
This ain’t WWE. No scripts. No shields. Just 100% improvised translations of our favourite deaths until someone comes out on top. We’re going in blind like Homer. You’re gonna want to be there.
Tickets in bio. 🥊
#homer #classics #montrealtheatre #ancientgreece
Very excited to announce Tom is teaming up with Lynn Kozak (Oimoi Productions, Happy Hour Homer) for a show in this year’s Montreal Intercultural Storytelling Festival. They’ll go head to head in Homeric Death Match, a storytelling contest to perform the best death scene from the Iliad and Odyssey. 25th Oct, 8pm. Tom will also be featured in the opening Gala on October 18th at 8pm. Tickets are already on sale for both events (link in bio) - more info to follow!
ACHILLES, translation-in-performance from Iliad 18.
3 days until Between Lions and Men! Still time to get tickets!
#homer #classics #translation #storytelling #improvisation #ancientgreece #montrealtheatre #poetry
HEKTOR, translation-in-performance from Iliad 6.
Little taste of what’s at stake in Between Lions and Men, our live translation of Iliad 22, depicting the climactic showdown between Hektor and Achilles.
Not too late to get tickets to our first show on Wednesday May 14th at 8PM. Tickets in bio.
#homer #classics #translation #storytelling #improvisation #ancientgreece #montrealtheatre #poetry
