Mon, 14 April, 2025 — Sat, 19 April, 2025
A new dark comedy putting a fiercely witty twist on a classic Greek tragedy.
Jocasta is dead. That much she knows.
She now stands at the gates of the Underworld, seeking safe passage from the judgmental and impatient Gods. But there is a fee for this, and Jocasta must pay for it with her story.
She weaves her way through bad marriages, cursed births and tragic deaths, but her debt is still not settled. When the tale turns to a passionate love affair with a much younger man, Jocasta must face the unsettling truth or risk her eternal life.
Jocasta is a new dark comedy inspired by the classic Oedipus Rex. Fiercely witty and dramatic, this is the Greek tragedy as you’ve never seen it before – told by a voice silenced until now.
Nikki Kalkman is a freelance writer, director and producer. Her recent credits include Jocasta (in development and supported by Creative Scotland), a new doric audio theatre project (in development and supported by Creative Scotland and Aberdeen Performing Arts), Writer and Director, The Bookshop Untold (Wigtown Book Festival), Writer and Director, Odd Socks (presented at Puppet Animation Festival 2022), Co-Director, The Dark Carnival: Unplugged (Vanishing Point), Assistant Director to Matthew Lenton, The Dark Carnival (Vanishing Point), Rehearsal Director, Black Beauty (Traverse Theatre and Red Bridge Art), Assistant Director to Gemma Fairlie and Young Company Director, Wizard of Oz (Pitlochry Festival Theatre). Independently, Nikki has also produced several theatre performances. These include, My Doric Diary Autumn Tour 2023 (Aye Tunes!), Arthropoda (Paper Doll Militia), and Puppetry Scratch Night (Assembly Roxy).