Οedipus Rex (Οιδίπους Τύραννος) Marianna Papaki 29/09/2016 The National Theatre of Greece and Vakhtangov Theatre chose “Οedipus the King” (known by its Latin title Οedipus Rex, around 429 B.C.), the tragedy of...
Elettra Alessandro Zummo 26/05/2016 Gabriele Lavia sets Electra in front of a rusty destroyed building in a sort of post apocalyptic world: Agamemnon ruthless ambitions and the adulterou...
Antigone Katerina Gotsi 22/09/2015 The winter theatrical season in Athens typically comes to an end on the Sunday before Easter – sometimes it may take a little longer but not longer th...
Antigone Sophia Leuner 07/03/2015 It’s a very heavy silence. I don’t like a heavy silence says one of the Chorus towards the end of the play. If you agree with his attitude, this is p...
Antigone Kate Mounce 18/11/2014 An ancient Greek text finds an updated voice in Roy Williams’ and Pilot Theatre’s adaptation of Antigone, and it is one that no doubt speaks loudly to...
Electra Patrick Skipworth 06/10/2014 When the Greeks portrayed the ancient stories of the Trojan War and its endless consequences on the lives of the heroes and villains involved, they we...
Oedipus Retold Patrick Skipworth 18/01/2014 Oedipus Retold is a back-to-back performance of an adaption by Jeremy Kingston of the classic Greek tragedy, Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannos, followed by ...
