The Cyclops, Euripides’ only surviving Satyr Play, is incomplete, half-translatable, and reads like someone trying to remember The Odyssey after downing a whole bottle of ouzo. So that’s exactly what this Satyr is going to do. This is not a Greek play, this is an interactive, queer, techno-pop fever dream of the night before: karaoke, drunk texts, bar fights and all. It asks the important questions like, “what if a goat and a man had a child?” and, “how did a goat and a man have a child?” Every day, people choose between feeding the monster or saving the stranger, but this Satyr refuses to pick. He’s going to make you do it.

SNAPSHOT REVIEW

This play is really funny, and sexy, and interactive. Griffin Hewitt’s on person play begins with him lying on the floor with a cluster of clutter around him, before the lights dim, the music starts thumping, and he emerges from last night’s stupor. There’s bottles, cups, and other assorted paraphernalia, some quite large. Before long, the audience is invited into his world of karaoke and his one-eyed sidekick. Whether the cyclop clingon is a friend or foe is left to the audience to decide in the murderous end. Expect a show full of sexual innuendos, but “not in a fun way”, plenty of laughs, and perhaps your own starring role. This is a very intimate production, and one that has the possibility to going on to greater acclaim. Fringe or Summerworks perhaps? Catch it now so you can say you were there when!

Cyclops: A Satyr Play March 27 to April 4, 2026 – B Street Arts Hub, 1100 Bathurst Street, Toronto

Produced by Panic Theatre. Written, directed, and performed by Griffin Hewitt. Presented by Talk Is Free Theatre

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