SIM Ep 771 Chops 265: Sophie Melville is Iphigenia In Splott

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Austerity and the dangerously stretched state of the NHS have never cut so deep. And yet, that statement felt just as true back in 2015 when Iphigenia In Splott, Gary Owens’ lauded monodrama reimagining of Euripedes’ Iphigenia In Aulis, first debuted. It’s only right that Iphigenia In Splott is back now, once more starring the phenomenal Sophie Melville as Effie – our Greek heroine via Cardiff. Effie’s life is a mess of drink, drugs and drama every night, and a hangover worse than death the next day – until one night gives her the chance to be something more. In Greek myth, the story of Iphigenia is a tragedy: a young girl sacrificed for male hubris, ambition and legacy, and Mickey chats to Sophie about the Iphigenias, the Effies, of today, how they’re being sacrificed and why the time is ripe for revolution. Iphigenia In Splott is at the Lyric Hammersmith, London, until October 22. Tickets available here: https://lyric.co.uk/shows/iphigenia-in-splott-2/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:25.2	Waitrose have added more of your favourites to their new lower prices.
0:28.8	Or is it new new lower prices? Or new are new lower prices?
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0:39.4	Ernie who?
0:40.8	Waitrose have new new lower prices on hundreds of your favourites,
0:44.4	like apples, chicken and those cheeky ginger nuts. Waitrose.
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0:58.8	Hello there and welcome to this week's Sunday Chops.
1:14.1	Mickey here, hoping you're feeling not for a revolution.
1:17.2	Don't worry if you're not feeling it right now.
1:19.7	I am confident that by the end of this podcast,
1:22.2	you'll be ready to join Sophie Melville's army, I know I am.
1:26.0	Sophie is an actor or theatre hoe, as she terms herself,
1:29.5	who quite rightly cause a stir with her portrayal of
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