Greek
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About the festival

The Festival is a collaboration between students and staff from the Department of Classics and Ancient History, and Warwick  Classics Society, supported by the Warwick Arts Centre and by various partners who have sponsored our performances.

We have produced the Ancient Drama Festival at Warwick every year since 2015 (except during the pandemic in 2021) performing in front of full houses of school pupils, their teachers, students and classics enthusiasts.

As well as the theatre performances, the Festival includes lectures and seminars from academics of the Classics and Ancient History department. Our goal is to bring Ancient Theatre to a wider audience, encouraging and inspiring the next generation of students. Browse resources.

Each year we add to our lectures, performances and bitesize resources exploring themes and topics new and old.  We have many opportunities for you to get involved and if you have any questions please get in touch with us using the details further down the page.

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An introduction to the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival

An introduction to the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival

Team - not sure if this will be wanted

I'll hold off designing this section until we have a decision - Kate

Dr Emmanuela Bakola

Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Language and Literature
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Dr Emmanuela Bakola

Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Language and Literature
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Dr Emmanuela Bakola

Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Language and Literature
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Gallery

A young man sits on a chair in a dressing room, wearing a black jacket and white shirt, with his hands clasped in front of him. The background features mirrors, scattered belongings, and a table with water bottles and a camera. A police helmet with a badge rests on the table to the right. The setting is part of a production of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex by the University of Warwick Ancient Drama department.
A man in a black suit and bow tie stands holding the hands of two young girls in black dresses in the production of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex by the University of Warwick Ancient Drama department.
Four actors stand in a backstage hallway with metallic pipes on the ceiling. One man in a gray vest and cap speaks animatedly to the group, which includes a woman in a white shirt with suspenders and two men wearing aprons. The setting conveys a casual moment of discussion during the production of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex by the University of Warwick Ancient Drama department.
antigone director with cast
Young woman n a white dress descending staircase behind a crowd of people in the production of Euripides' Medea by Warwick Ancient Drama Festival
sophocles oedipus rex performance
actors onstage at the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performance of Medea
actors onstage at the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performance of Medea
actors onstage at the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performance of Medea
actors onstage at the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performance of Medea
actors onstage at the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performance of Medea
actors onstage at the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performance of Medea
actors onstage at the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performance of Medea
actors onstage at the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performance of Medea
actors onstage at the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performance of Medea
actors onstage at the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performance of Medea
actors onstage at the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performance of Medea
actors onstage at the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performance of Medea
A man in a green waistcoat kneels on the stage with a bag and scroll in front of him as part of the performance of Aristophanes' Frogs by University of Warwick Ancient Drama Festival
two men look out and point into the distance as part of the performance of Aristophanes' Frogs by University of Warwick Ancient Drama Festival
A man in a black suit and bow tie stands holding the hands of two young girls in black dresses in the production of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex by the University of Warwick Ancient Drama department.
still of protagonists on stage at Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performing in Aeschylus' The Persians
still of protagonist on stage at Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performing in Aeschylus' The Persians
still of actors on stage at Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performing in Aeschylus' The Persians
still of actor on stage at Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performing in Aeschylus' The Persians
still of protagonist on stage at Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performing in Aeschylus' The Persians
still of protagonists on stage at Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performing in Aeschylus' The Persians
still of actors on stage at Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performing in Aeschylus' The Persians
still of actors on stage at Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performing in Aeschylus' The Persians
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