May 3 - June 1

Sport For Jove presents

ISOLDE & TRISTAN

By Esther Vilar

Directed by Damien Ryan

Can you make love with war?

Soldier. Killer. Tristan.
Has murdered the betrothed of an Irishwoman.
Isolde. Princess. Mystic. Revenger. 

The two enemies now share a small boat across the Irish Sea to Cornwall where Isolde will be given in marriage to Mark, King of Cornwall. Her body colonised. Her country annexed.

Unless. Love. Unless. Death. Unless. Both. The ‘Liebestod’…

German playwright Esther Vilar’s short, brilliantly incisive play is a savage riposte to Wagner’s extraordinary opera – how can one of the world’s most remarkable, transcendent myths of love be possible? Can we love what we make war with? What are the limits of forgiveness? This clever, atmospheric, sensuous and very funny play speaks to our torn world loudly and clearly.

Hovering on a wild sea in the intimacy of the Fitz, the play combines live soaring opera, stunning music, raw performance, drunkenness, violence and passion. An exceptional cast, a beautiful, brutal story.

Based on the opera by Richard Wagner.

Cast and Creative Team

Producing Company: Sport For Jove

Playwright: Esther Vilar

Director: Damien Ryan

Producer: Rob Jago

Translators: Udo Borgert & Laura Ginters

Production/Stage Manager & Sound Designer: Sorie Bangura

Set Designer: Tom Bannerman

Costume Designer: Bernadette Ryan

Lighting Designer: Sophie Pekbilimli

Dialect Coach: Linda Nicholls Gidley

Intimacy Coordinator: Cristabel Sved

Cast (of 5): Octavia Barron Martin (Opera Singer), Justin Leong (Pianist), Sean O’Shea (Marke, King of Cornwall), Tom Wilson (Tristan), Emma Wright (Isolde)

This listing is updated as cast/creatives are confirmed in the lead-up to the production, and if there are changes to the team.

Dates + Ticketing

Season: May 3 - June 1

Note- previews are 3 & 4/05, opening night (invite only) is 5/05

Times: 7pm Tues-Fri, 2pm & 7pm Sat, 5pm Sun

Ticket Prices:

  • Previews & Cheap Tuesday: $35 + booking fee

  • Adult: $45-75 + booking fee

  • Concession: $35-55 + booking fee

Approximate Run Time: 100 minutes

Content Warnings: violence, nudity, coarse language, suicide, haze, adult themes.