Queens of Syria screening

University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

A group of Syrian women, now refugees exiled in Jordan, created an extraordinary modern retelling of Euripides’ The Trojan Women. On stage the women courageously explore parallels between the ancient Greek tragedy and the catastrophe of today’s civil war. Their first-hand experience of a country in turmoil mirrors the Trojan women they portray, displaced and enslaved […]

Britannia release date

From the Sky website: 'David Morrissey (The Walking Dead) and Kelly Reilly (True Detective) star in an epic and cinematic new nine-part drama from award-winning writer Jez Butterworth (Spectre, Jerusalem). Sky's most ambitious drama ever, it's packed with action and emotion and is produced by Vertigo Films (Bronson, Monsters) and Neal Street Productions (Penny Dreadful, […]