In other words, not much has changed since 411 BCE, when Aristophanes wrote “Lysistrata”. In that work, the heroine Lysistrata wanted to end the twenty-year war between Athens and Sparta by persuading the women to deny the men sex.

When a modern-day travelling theatre company takes a production of Aristophanes’ play on tour, it’s not long before the cast start seeing their own lives and relationships through fresh eyes.