Phèdre

In May and June of 2013, Catherine starred as Phèdre in the play Phèdre in both Melbourne and Sydney for production company Bell Shakespeare. Phèdre is a 17th century play written by French playwright Jean Racine, and is not often produced in Australia. Also starring Julie Forsyth, Marco Chiappi and Abby Earl.

The play itself centres around a woman named Phèdre, who is married to a demigod named King Theseus. Secretly though, Phèdre is in love with her step-son, and when she tells the young man of her love for him (after thinking her husband is dead), the storyline explodes with 'wild accusations, chilling curses and violent deaths'.

You can read my review of Phèdre here.