A Musical Iliad - Tickets £10/£15
Schedule
Wed Sep 10 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
St Nicholas Church, LE1 4LB Leicester, United Kingdom | Leicester, EN
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Spend a magical evening in the 1100 year old St Nicholas Church, experiencing an energetic and punchy adaptation of the famous Greek Iliad, with atmospheric musical accompaniment...This musical adaptation brings to life the epic that everyone has heard of but few have read, showing why it's been famous for 3,000 years, and how it deals with issues that are still relevant today.
Join us as we enter the tenth year of the siege of Troy, the year that Calchas, the soothsayer, had predicted that the city would fall.” Paris of Troy chose Aphrodite the Goddess of Love as the fairest of all and gained Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, as his reward. However Helen’s furious husband, determined to get her back, assembled a fleet of a thousand ships, sailed to Troy and laid siege to the city. Now, all the mightiest Princes of Ancient Greece are camped before Troy's high walls in their black, beached ships...
Award-winning story teller Clare Goodall and historical musician Lizzie Gutteridge combine forces to bring you an epic tale of love, tragedy and loss in an energetic and punchy adaptation, where the characters come to life even if that life then ends brutally in bloodshed. Atmospheric musical accompaniment adds to the impact, with a mixture of ancient Greek music and improvisation on aulos (ancient double pipes) an lyres.
This event is held in St Nicholas Church. Dating back to the 800's, St Nicholas is built almost entirely of repurposed Roman rubble and is a remarkable survival of pre-conquest architecture, being the oldest church in Leicester, and one of the 10 oldest in the UK.
Join us for a wonderful evening of music, and step back in time.
Though the money you spend on tickets goes to support St Nicholas Church and keep this ancient building open and alive, we don't want anyone to be priced out of good art, so there is no 'proof' required for you to purchase a concession ticket. If you can't afford to pay full price, for whatever reason, that ticket is for you! Children under 12 go free.
Basic Info:
There is no parking at the church itself, but there are many multi-story parking options nearby, as well as some on-street parking.
Refreshments will be available.
There are limited toilet facilities at St Nicholas Church.
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Where is it happening?
St Nicholas Church, LE1 4LB Leicester, United Kingdom, St Nicholas Circle (Stand Fa), St Nicholas Circle, Leicester, LE1 4LB, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
