The Wolf Road
Stories from Norse Mythology
 The Gate Theatre
17 December 1998 to 16 Jan 1999
Writer: Nick McCarty , director: Penny Cherns , producer: Alys Kihl , designer: Will Hargreaves , lighting designer: Douglas Kuhrt , movement advisor: Liana Nyquist , costumes co-designed with Ingrid Macody Lund , production manager: Sarah Jane Grimshaw , stage manager: Julie Sproule , master carpenter: Rebecca Oliva .
Cast
Glenn Chapman, Magnus Hastings, Lawrence Leason, Grace Mattaka, Elizabeth Perry and Daniel Tomlinson.
Music
Jan Hendrickse and Ben Harlan
Ragnarok, the battle at the end of the world, is fast approaching, but gods and giants are too engrossed in turmoil and feuds to notice. Freyja, the most sensual goddess, gives herself to four dwarves in exchange for a gold necklace. Thor, god and thunder, strives to regain his stolen hammer. Loki, a shape-changing trickster is only momentarily stopped from causing mayhem when his lips are sewn together, and Fenrir the wolf, struggles to free himself and wreak revenge on the gods.
Reviews
The young ensemble cast are all excellent and their stories are given added atmosphere by Jan Hendrickse and Ben Harlan's music, which uses everything from saws to singing bowls.
Hettie Judah - The Times
Story telling may not yet be the new rock 'n' roll but companies like Wonderful Beast could help in that direction.
Charles Godfrey-Faussett - Time Out
The often brutal, often comic episodes are brilliantly recounted and mimed by a small group of actors, directed by Penny Cherns, while a pair of musicians provide a suitably unearthly accompaniment.
John Gross - Sunday Telegraph
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