MONSTROUS
Hera is angry, but she’s been trying her best to get past it. She has a therapist, she’s read all the mindfulness books she can find in her local library, she goes to yoga everyday and she drinks more green tea than even Gwyneth Paltrow could stomach. Yet still that deep seated rage twists in her guts like a pit of vipers. Then again, when you’re an Ancient Greek goddess, being filled with an unquenchable wrath comes with the territory. Perhaps it’s time to have a little vent… but is the world ready for 3000 years worth of anger?
“I am the mother of mothers, the patron of placental power and the queen of the quickening.”
Written in 2019, MONSTROUS is a solo-show that explores female rage and womanhood through the lens of the Greek goddess of women, Hera.
Produced and performed by Alexandra Ricou, MONSTROUS premiered as part of the Swindon Fringe, and went on to perform at the Bath Fringe and Frome Festival, the latter of which garnered a sold out show.
MONSTROUS was due to perform at the 2020 Brighton Fringe, but was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.