Euripides
Staging Greek Drama Today/KCL Greek Play – Euripides’ Medea
Greenwood Theatre London, United KingdomKCL GREEK PLAY 2018: EURIPIDES' MEDEA 7-9 February 2018, 7pm (2.30pm matinees on 7 & 9) Greenwood Theatre, London Bridge Euripides' brutal tragedy is re-imagined in early twentieth century London as a cautionary tale about maligning the marginalised. A play once used to protest for women's suffrage, this new production celebrates the centenary of that […]
Queens of Syria: screening and Q&A
University of Edinburgh Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomA 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 […]
Anachronism and Antiquity: Configuring Temporalities in Ancient Literature and Scholarship
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL, United StatesThe Anachronism and Antiquity team is delighted to announce ‘Anachronism and Antiquity: Configuring Temporalities in Ancient Literature and Scholarship’, a conference to be held at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, on March 23-24, 2018. Speakers and their titles are: Carol Atack, St Hugh’s College, Oxford, ‘Plato’s Queer Time: Dialogic Moments in the Life and Death […]
New films, old drama: an evening with Barefaced Greek
Senate House, University of London Malet Street, LondonBarefaced Greek celebrate classical Greek drama in performance by making accessible short films using text from Greek comedy and tragedy. These fresh new films (in the original language, with subtitles), produced for online broadcast, aim to reach new audiences internationally, and to inspire a love of Greek language and drama in the twenty-first century. This […]
‘A Play after Euripides’ Andromeda’
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United Kingdom'A Play after Euripides' Andromeda': a rehearsed reading from a new play by Hannah Greenstreet, followed by discussion with Astrid Rodda. Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles', Oxford
Andromeda
Nottingham Playhouse Wellington Circus, Nottingham, United KingdomA hero saves a princess from a monster. Two girls meet on a starry night. Andromeda is a queer reimagining of Euripides’ Andromeda, constellating fragments from Greek myth with a contemporary queer love story. What happens when we get stuck between a rock and a hard place? Part of the Amplify Festival.
‘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, […]