Greek Theatre
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Annual Drama Festival and Educational Resources

actors onstage at the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performance of Medea

The Warwick Ancient Drama festival has been held every year since 2013. This site documents the festival’s productions, academic lectures, programmes and photographic material, and brings these resources together to support and inspire new ways of teaching ancient drama in both schools and universities.

The core ethos of the festival itself and these resources is a recognition of the significance of performance in shaping the meaning of the plays.

The resources collected here, which include bitesize videos, essays and blogs, offer a new pedagogical platform for teaching ancient drama tailored specifically to schoolteachers and their students.

This year's festival

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2025
Agamemnon

Latest on the upcoming festival, the programme, performances and how to book

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Search for performances, lectures and essays on all the plays and themes from the past decade

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The ancient drama festival has influenced the way I will read Greek theatre in the future and has helped me appreciate performance with a new depth of understanding.

An introduction to the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival

Having seen the performance, I have realised how important watching - or visualising - Greek drama is to actually understanding it.

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Whether you are a teacher or a student, there are so many ways to get involved with the Ancient Drama Festival at the University of Warwick.

How to get involved

Are you a teacher?

We would love to hear from you about resources that would help you with teaching Classics and Ancient Drama to your school students. What themes and topics would you like us to explore?

If you would like to keep up to date with the latest resources and information about the Festival, please email [email protected].

Studying at Warwick?

Get in touch

If you would like to reach out to know more about the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival, or the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, please feel free to contact Dr Emmanuela Bakola at [email protected]