The National Theatre of Greece is inaugurating its Research Theatre of Classical Drama with a live streaming of Euripides’ Medea directed by Martha Frintzila.
The main aim of the newly created Research Theatre is to study ancient Greek drama by examining its conventions, investigating modern ways of approaching it, and highlighting its potential in terms of stage practice and performance. Its theatrical offerings bear the stamp and quality guarantee of enlightened directors and figures from the intellectual and artistic sphere. The 2021 season opens with Medea, performed in a new translation by Nikoletta Frintzila.
Afterwards, there will be a live discussion with the actors and creative team. Questions can be asked by text message.
Shaped by passion and revenge, Medea – one of Euripides’ most paradoxical tragic heroines – is an unfathomable dramatic riddle, as she survives her own destruction by committing the unthinkable: the murder of her children. A complex, impenetrable personality, she hovers between human maternal feelings and the heroic imperatives of honour and justice. In a foreign land, betrayed and faced with unexpected disappointment, the archetype of female strength kills what is dearest to her and becomes the protagonist of the pain caused by her own horrific act.
Our production is a response to Euripides’ poetic masterpiece, but is also offered to those who, overcome with awe though they may be, have anxiously attempted to enter into dialogue with it. It would not be true to say that our Medea is something wholly new, noted the director.
“If the theatre is the mirror of real life, ancient drama is a reflection of the bottomless depths of the human soul. Ancient drama is the proof that only in the theatre can the depth and breadth of existence be shown. I often wonder how it is possible that these texts were even written,” the director added in a lengthy note.
ΕΡΕΥΝΗΤΙΚΗ ΣΚΗΝΗ • ΝΕΑ ΠΑΡΑΓΩΓΗ • ΠΑΡΑΣΤΑΣΗ & ΣΥΖΗΤΗΣΗ • LIVE STREAMING: «Μήδεια» του Ευριπίδη – Medea’s Son(g)s σε σκηνοθεσία Μάρθας Φριντζήλα/ Κυρ., 10 Ιαν., 19:00 απευθείας από το Θέατρο Rex – Σκηνή «Κατίνα Παξινού»
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The livestream will be available at livestream.n-t.gr with the purchase of an electronic ticket (password required).
Time: at 19:00 on January 10, 2021
Price of ticket: € 8
English subtitles are available.
A digital programme, which includes the production text, can be purchased from the National Theatre of Greece website www.n-t.gr or from www.ticketservices.gr.
