The Games
Spike Theatre in association with unitytheatre and The Met
22 Oct 10 to 23 Oct 10
Unity Theatre
Three athletes with aspirations of greatness are poised to compete at the largest sporting event in the ancient world, ‘The Games’.
Under-funded, under-prepared and completely out of their depth, they take on the heroes of ancient Greece.
Olympic fever is sweeping through Liverpool’s Spike Theatre.
The award-winning thesps are linking 2012 with the origins of the sporting competition and a winning dose of humour.
Liverpool Echo
The all-inclusive, world peace-promoting tradition of carrying the Olympic torch was invented by Hitler.
This is one of the many surprising facts uncovered by Spike Theatre artistic director Mark Smith in creating his new comedy The Games.
Liverpool Daily Post