Description

**A queer revisionist retelling of the story of Hercules, for fans of *The Song of Achilles *,* A Thousand Ships *and* Ariadne.*** This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures… everyone’s favorite hero, right? Well, it’s not. This is the story of everyone else: * Alcmene: Herc’s mother (She has knives everywhere) * Hylas: Herc’s first friend (They were more than friends) * Megara: Herc’s wife (She’ll tell you about their marriage) * Eurystheus: Oversaw Herc’s labours (He never asked for the job) * His friends, his enemies, his wives, his children, his lovers, his rivals, his gods, his victims It’s time to hear their stories. Told with humour and heart, *Herc* gives voice to the silenced characters, in this feminist, queer (and sometimes shocking) retelling of classic Hercules myth.