Greek
Theatre
at Warwick

Euripides’ Medea

18-19 January 2018

Young woman n a white dress descending staircase behind a crowd of people in the production of Euripides' Medea by Warwick Ancient Drama Festival

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Performance

Production

The Ancient Drama Festival 2018 took place on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 January. The Drama day for schools (19 January) focused around performance of Euripides’ Medea, directed by Asha Martin. The play was produced by the Classics students at Warwick, and was performed on the Main Stage of the prestigious Belgrade Theatre in Coventry.

We’d like to thank IATL, Warwick Innovation Fund, Warwick Impact Fund, and Warwick Widening Participation Fund for providing us with all the financial support we needed to produce a truly spectacular Classics Play this year.

Trailer

Supporting the performance, the Department offered a series of lectures and seminars specifically for school students to link in with Latin, Greek, Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, Drama and English syllabuses at GCSE and AS/A2 (no previous knowledge of the subject area or play will be expected). These included:

Medea in Rome: a transcultural multimedia heroine

Euripides’ Medea on the Athenian stage

Murder in the family, in Greek drama and in Euripides’ Medea

Introduction to Greek Theatre and Festivals

actors onstage at the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performance of Medea
actors taking a bow onstage at the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performance of Medea

Get in touch

If you would like to reach out to know more about this production, 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]

Department of Classics and Ancient History, Humanities Building, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL