4.0
Review: Medea, The Barbican
Simon Stone’s taut, modern adaptation of Medea pulls no punches so I’m not going to either: this is a brutally unflinching journey exposing many of the darkest...
Euripides
4.0
Review: The Trojan Women, Theatro Technis
Classical theatre is a tough cookie. Usually, there are two scenarios. Either it’s done brilliantly well, and it evokes the same vibrant energy that the audienc...
Review: Here She Comes, The Gallery on the Corner
Several audience members are cradling their knees as they sit on the bed of soil. Two or three lucky ones have managed to nab a log to perch on. I collapse onto...
Review: Queens of Syria, The Young Vic
The first thing to understand is that Queens of Syria isn’t a play, not really. It may claim that it’s an adaptation of Euripides’ The Trojan Women but that’s n...
Guest blog: The Bacchae – finding the wild within us
PENTHEUS. What benefits do these rituals bring to the sacrificers? DIONYSUS. It is not right for you to hear, but it is worth knowing. It began with Anya ...
Review: Medea, Gate Theatre
In the last year or so, London has welcomed a flurry of Greek drama to its stages; while the Almeida Theatre most notably offered its Greeks season, other venue...