Performance
New lines: contemporary poets and the classics
OnlineAn APGRD online performance event, in collaboration with Live Canon and hosted by Dr Helen Eastman. Four poets (Fahad Al-Amoudi, Maia Elsner, Glyn Maxwell and Laura Theis) will read their work and read their work and discuss their engagement with classical material. Watch live or after the event at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-LYP8QB-J4 Fahad Al-Amoudi is a poet […]
ReTAGS Speaker Series: a reading of Femi Osofisan’s Médáyé
Online16 August 2021: a play reading of Médáyé. Médáyé is a re-reading for the African stage of Euripides’ Medea by Femi Osofisan. The reading will be followed by a Q&A with the author. Sign up here for the Speaker Series and join the ReTAGS Mailing List to keep updated about future Speaker Series and other upcoming events.
‘Global Majority Medea’ with Shivaike Shah
OnlineThe University of Reading hosts 'Global Majority Medea', a talk with Shivaike Shah. Join Shivaike Shah, producer of the critically acclaimed new adaptation of Euripides' tragedy Medea featuring a global majority cast and crew, at an online talk discussing the play, the production (first performed in Oxford in 2018) and its aims, challenges and successes. […]
Conference: Heavy Metal and Global Premodernity
OnlineHeavy Metal and Global Premodernity An interdisciplinary online conference hosted by the Department of Classical Studies at Brandeis University Organizers: Charlotte Naylor Davis and Jeremy J. Swist February 24th-26th, 2022, via Zoom In this conference we aim to gather investigators and artists to critically examine how heavy metal music and its culture (or scenes) have […]
‘The Bacchae’: a solo performance written, created and performed by Ewan Downie
University of St Andrews St Andrews, United KingdomCompany of Wolves presents 'The Bacchae', a new solo performance inspired by Euripides, which takes place on Friday the 6th of October 2023 at The Byre Theatre, St Andrews. Running for an hour with no interval, the performance will be followed by a Q&A. Booking follows a 'Pay What You Can' policy - £15, £12, […]
2023 Oxford Greek Play – Euripides’ Medea
oxford playhouse Oxford Playhouse, Beaumont Street, OxfordThe Oxford Greek Play, whose first production took place in 1880, is a student-run triennial event supported by the Oxford University Classical Drama Society (OUCDS) and the Oxford Playhouse. What drives a mother to kill her own children? How can a victimised woman turn into a passionate and scheming avenger? These questions have gripped audiences of Euripides’ Medea for over 2000 […]
APGRD 2024 Public Lecture: The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomAlexa Piqueux (Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Literature at Université Paris Nanterre), is author of the acclaimed The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE (OUP, 2022) - the first full-length study on how the body is staged, represented, and perceived in ancient Greek Old and Middle Comedy. Free, all welcome; no booking required. […]
Applications open for BADA Greek Theatre Program, Summer 2024
Greek Theatre: From the Ancient World to the Modern, Through Theory and Performance is BADA’s month-long summer program dedicated to exploring the performance and reception of ancient drama. Its interdisciplinary model means it is suitable for students and theatre practitioners at various stages of their careers. Participants will spend the first ten days of the course […]
Conference: Christopher Logue and the Classics 3/2/24
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomA one-day conference on Christopher Logue and the Classics, in the Classics Faculty at 66 St Giles, OX1 3LU; co-organised by Thomas Munro and Claire Barnes. Keynote speaker: Henry Power (Exeter). Speakers include: Claire Barnes (Oxford); Alexander Christensen (Oxford); Sarah Cullinan Herring (Oxford); Meg Dyson (Exeter); Francesca Kaminski-Jones (RHUL); Thomas Munro (Yale/UCL); Alex Silverman (Oxford).
UCL 2024 Classics Play – Euripides’ Bacchae 7-9 February
University College London London, United KingdomBloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AH The UCL Greek and Latin department presents a visceral and musical interpretation of Euripides’ Bacchae, translated by Anne Carson Directed by Pari Ahuja and produced by Ed Kirby, this rendition of the play delves into the duality of the plotline and characters, showcasing dynamic changes from extravagance […]