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An incendiary retelling of Homer’s Iliad, sung through the voice of Thetis, Achilles’ mother. Two performers fluidly shifting: god/mortal, mother/warrior, goddess/lover, masculine/feminine, collapsing the boundaries of gender, power and fate. Love – maternal, erotic, spiritual – collides with the brutal machinery of war. Developed through international residencies and informed by artistic exchange with Lebanese and Palestinian artists working amid ongoing conflict, the production refuses nostalgia. Olympus is not distant; it is political, volatile, human. Nearly three millennia later, the…
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Iliad: The Song of Thetis is by Raccontamiunastoria Storytelling Company, listed under Theatre in the Fringe programme. It plays at Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR, 6 August to 18 August.
The show runs 90 minutes and is suitable for ages 16+. Tickets from £10. Content warnings: Distressing or triggering themes and Scenes of a sexual nature.