“Rage and heartbreak” – Review: Medea
"[Medea] is a truly frightening figure as she stalks the quad, coming right up to the audience and looking them in the eye as she delivers some of the most acerbic lines of the play."
All Greek to Me: Why we can’t get enough of modern takes on ancient literature
Greek and Latin works have inspired literature throughout the ages - authors were, and still are, constantly riffing off one another, with even Virgil,...
Shadows of Troy: Tragedies of the Trojan War reimagined
Shadows of Troy is a bold new adaptation of two giants of ancient theatre - Sophocles’ Ajax, and Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis. It presents the two...
Prometheus Unbound – An ancient tragedy in open air performance
"This performance breathed a fresh, modern dynamic to an otherwise static play".
Phoebe Athena Hennell explores the implications of language in a Modern Greek performance of Aeschylus' ancient tragedy 'Prometheus Bound'. With contributions from Andreas Janssen.
Is sadness ‘all Greek’ to you? – Greek tragedy in the modern day
Can Greek tragedies be staged for a modern audience?
