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Medea in mid-air: how Syracuse’s Greek theatre keeps the classics alive

Playing in the vast ancient amphitheatre, imaginative new productions of Euripides and Aeschylus find fresh nuance even in this huge space

The Guardian - UK

A torrent of revenge is unleashed in A Red Orchid’s unflinching ‘Is God Is’

Between dreamlike, choreographed scene transitions, the bodies pile up, each death ruthless, complex and — a credit to Aleshea Harris’ writing — unexpected.

Chicago Sun-Times

Euripides persuades us that love is what makes us human

Letter: We ruin, waste and trivialise human life by ignoring that, writes Michael Bulley

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Sophie Okonedo: ‘I’m a really emotional person – I sometimes feel like all my skin is off’

The award-winning actor on taking on the challenge of Medea, her love of cycling, and playing the long game in TV’s Slow Horses

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Greek tragedies like Medea are an ethical nightmare. That’s why we need them

Ancient classics can reinforce patriarchal lies about women, but they also take us back to the origins of pernicious narratives, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Grenfell: System Failure; Medea; Trouble in Butetown – review

Playground; @sohoplace; Donmar Warehouse, LondonRichard Norton-Taylor and Nicolas Kent’s second Grenfell drama is a shocking dissection of negligence; Sophie Okonedo breathes fire as Medea; and Diana Nneka Atuona brings wartime Cardiff to life

The Guardian - UK

Medea at @sohoplace review: a blazing Sophie Okonedo makes this spartan production a must-see

Dominic Cooke’s staging of the Greek tragedy is gripping

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Medea review – Sophie Okonedo is magnificent as ancient Greece’s preeminent rebel woman

Medea is as much victim as villain in Dominic Cooke’s psychologically subtle and subversive production, and Ben Daniels is superb playing all the puffed up men in her life

The Guardian - UK

‘Saint Omer’ review: A real-life murder trial becomes a singularly moving courtroom drama

“Saint Omer,” one of 2022′s near-perfect films, marks the narrative feature debut of the French documentary filmmaker Alice Diop. Set mostly in the northeastern French town of the title, it concerns a Paris professor following a murder trial there as primary research for her next book. That book, whose working…

Chicago Tribune

The cynic's guide to evolution

What if life isn't calculating, but more akin to a "puppy running amok," accidentally destroying its own habitat?

Salon

The best theatre of 2022

In a superb year for the stage, our chief critic gives 10 shows an extra round of applause. Plus, Guardian theatre reviewers each pick their 2022 standout

The Guardian - UK

Ruination review – fabulous festive myth and murder from Lost Dog

Ben Duke’s retelling of the Medea myth may not have the trappings of Christmas cheer, but its inventive wit brings real delight

The Guardian - UK

Ruination review – you’ll laugh and cry at this ‘Christmas show’ Medea

Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonBen Duke brings fresh life to the classics again with deft movement between tragedy and comedy

The Guardian - UK

‘What’s the least Christmassy thing I can think of?’ Ben Duke on his festive Ruination

Lost Dog has a reputation for taking sideways looks at classic tales and taking them into unlikely spaces, but might an interrogation of the murderous Medea in the bowels of the Royal Opera House prove a step too far?

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What Greek myth tells us about modern witchcraft

Living on the North Shore in Boston in the fall brings the gorgeous turning of the leaves and pumpkin patches. It is also a time for people to head to nearby Salem, Massachusetts, home of the 17th century infamous witch trials, and visit its popular museum.

The Independent UK

Met Opera to open season with dark, murderous ‘Medea’

The Metropolitan Opera opens its new season Tuesday with its first production of “Medea,” a version of the classic Greek tale of a sorceress who murders her children after her lover chooses another woman

ABC News

Anne-Louise Sarks puts women centrestage in her first Melbourne Theatre Company season as artistic director

The first season from Anne-Louise Sarks features plays about a bohemian art museum founder, the way the legal system fails women, and two sisters seeking revenge.

The Guardian - UK

Irene Papas obituary

Greek stage and screen actor who appeared in The Guns of Navarone, Zorba the Greek and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

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The week in theatre: A Little Life; Medea; Muster Station: Leith; Detention Dialogues

The hurt is all too real in Ivo van Hove’s visceral staging of Hanya Yanagihara’s bestseller; Liz Lochhead’s Scots Medea burns bright; and audience members abandon sinking Britain in Grid Iron’s latest

Edinburgh Live

National Theatre of Scotland wows audiences by bringing Greek classic to life

National Theatre Scotland's performance of the classic Greek tragedy Medea easily stands out amongst other performances during Edinburgh's busy August lineup.

The Guardian - UK

Medea review – Adura Onashile exudes awesome authority in bloody tragedy

Liz Lochhead’s Scots verse spits wit and venom as male power meets female determination with operatic intensity, in this National Theatre of Scotland staging

The Guardian - UK

‘Some things can’t be repaired’: how do you recover when a friend betrays you?

With the ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial poring over the destruction of a celebrity friendship, four people share their experiences of treachery and trauma

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