QUEENS OF SYRIA
A group of Syrian women, living in exile in Jordan, come together to create an extraordinary contemporary reimagining of Euripides’ The Trojan Women.
Performed by an all-female cast of Syrian refugees, the production boldly interweaves the women’s lived experiences of war, loss, and displacement with the ancient Greek text. Their personal testimonies of exile, survival, and resilience are fused with the classical narrative to create a piece of theatre that is raw, urgent, and profoundly human.
Bearing witness to history through their own bodies and memories, their stories demand to be heard, not as distant headlines, but as living truth.
This production is both an act of remembrance and resistance, reclaiming narrative through theatre and refusing to be silenced.
YOUNG VIC THEATRE, DEVELOPING ARTISTS & REFUGE PRODUCTIONS
📍Young Vic Theatre, New London Theatre, The North Wall Arts Centre Oxford, Attenborough Centre Brighton, Everyman Playhouse Liverpoo, West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds
COMPANY
Young Vic Theatre, Developing Artists and Refuge Productions
DEVISED & PERFORMED BY
Reem Alsayyah, Anwar Alsayyah, Waed Alsayyah, Maha Alyousef, Rash Tamr, Fatema Aodah, Duana Abdel Qader, Kaoula Al Fahsi, Sham, Rahme, Mais, Fatin Al Jasem, Reham Alhakim
DIRECTOR
Zoe Lafferty
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Shereen Zoumot
TEAM
SET DESIGNER
Bissane al-Sharif
COSTUME DESIGNER
Farah Karouta
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Howard Hudson
SOUND DESIGNER
David Gregory