Tales of the Night Sky | Greek & Roman Star Myths

By: Bibi Jacob Geoff Chong. A Monkeybird Production
  • Summary

  • Original audio drama with spectacular soundscapes, based on the Greco-Roman myths behind the constellations. Written and directed by Bibi Jacob, these moving and sometimes humorous tales, brim with tragedy, injustice, and violence.
    Monkeybird Productions 2024
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Episodes
  • S3 E3 Pasiphaë: The Constellation of Taurus, Part 3
    Aug 31 2024

    Pasiphaë, Queen of Crete, pays the price when her husband breaks his oath to Poseidon and refuses to sacrifice the Cretan Bull. In a letter to her daughter, Ariadne, she explains the terrible events that lead to the birth of the Minotaur.

    Written and directed by Bibi Jacob.
    Featuring Rose Romain as Pasiphaë and Bibi Jacob as Ariadne.
    Sound and production by Geoff Chong.

    Sources include ‘Euripides Dramatic Fragments - Cretans’ and of course Roberto Calasso’s ‘The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony.’

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    28 mins
  • S3 E2 Ariadne & Io: The Constellation of Taurus, Part 2
    Jun 30 2024

    When Dionysus, god of wine and insanity, appears to Ariadne, determined to marry her, she tells him the tale of her ancestor Io.

    Written and directed by Bibi Jacob.
    With Nigel Pilkington as Dionysus and Bibi Jacob as Ariadne.

    Original violin loops were created and performed by Chloe Dunn.
    Sound and production by Geoff Chong.

    Sources include:
    Aeschylus’ 'Prometheus Bound', Moschus’ poem 'Europa', Walter Otto’s ‘Dionysus: Myth and Cult’ and Roberto Calasso’s ‘The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony,’

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    23 mins
  • S3 E1 Ariadne & Europa: The Constellation of Taurus, Part 1
    May 19 2024

    Ariadne has been abandoned on the island of Naxos by Theseus. As she battles with heartache and homesickness she remembers her grandmother Europa.

    Written and narrated by Bibi Jacob.
    Sound and production by Geoff Chong.

    Sources for this re-telling include Moschus’ poem ‘Europa’; Roberto Calasso’s ‘The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony,’ and Ariadne’s letter to Theseus from Ovid’s ‘Heroides’ which you can hear me read on Late Night Classics: S1 E4: Heroides – Ariadne to Theseus

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    27 mins

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Magical!

This is sweepingly well done. Stories to listen to while you snug under blankets sipping a warm drink.

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