Current and forthcoming events

Listings are published in reverse order of date of first night.*

26th October 2009
The screening of Iphigenia in Aulis at the Ionnnou Centre, Oxford, UK

The Polish theatre director, Wlodzimierz Staniewski, will screen his film about the Gardzienice production of Iphigenia in Aulis at Delphi in 2008. The screening of Iphigenia in Aulis will be at 2.15pm on 10th October 2009. Contact: apgrd AT classics.ox.ac.uk

11th September 2009
The screening of Iphigenia in Aulis at the Dramatiska institutet, Valhallavägen 189, Stockholm, Sweden

The concept of a unified subject which found its most congenial expression in realistic dramaturgy and charactercentred theatre is nowadays problematic. The dethronement and crackling of character, the individual as conglomerate of sub-individuals, multi-facetted identities and simulation characterizes the contemporary understanding of the Self. The seminar will investigate some of the links between the ideas which form the representations of the human being in some modern drama/theatre and the concept of the Mask. To register, please email: helena.falck AT draminst.se

4th September 2009
Mask and Space at the Dramatiska institutet, Valhallavägen 189, Stockholm, Sweden

The mask influences the experience and consciousness of the spatial and temporal dimensions of movement and stillness. The mask accentuates the consciousness in the performer of the body’s presence in space and creates a heightened and intense experience of dramatic time and space for both the audience and the performer. The seminar will investigate aspects of the interaction between the concepts of Mask and Space. To register, please email: helena.falck AT draminst.se

July - August 2009
Stanford Summer Theater: The Electra Festival at Stanford, USA

Celebrating its 11th season, Stanford Summer Theater (SST) presents 'The Electra Festival', an exploration through theater and film of one of the great mythic heroines. Electra's story—the saga of the house of Atreus, the Trojan War, and its aftermath—has inspired playwrights, novelists, composers, film directors, and thinkers over the centuries. The Electra Festival allows us to trace the influence of this classic myth from ancient Athens to the contemporary world.

The Electra Festival features a major production of Sophocles' Electra, using MacArthur-Award winner Anne Carson's masterful translation. Directed by SST Artistic Director Rush Rehm, Electra includes a stellar cast (L. Peter Callender, Kay Kostopoulos, Valentina Condé, Courtney Walsh, Florentina Mocanu), along with a formidable design team. The Electra Festival also includes staged readings of two earlier versions of the story, Aeschylus' devastating Libation Bearers and Euripides' strangely contemporary Electra. Using translations designed specifically for performance, these performances invite us into the wider world of fifth-century Athens and its fascination with revenge and justice in the aftermath of the Trojan War.

For more information, please visit: www.stanford.edu/group/summertheater/festival.html

10th March 2009
Staging the Greeks today: A Personal View in the Classics Centre Lecture Theatre, Oxford, UK

Declan Donnellan (Artistic Director, Cheek by Jowl) will give a lecture on Staging the Greeks today: A Personal View at 2.15pm on 10th March 2009. The lecture will be followed by refreshments. Contact: apgrd AT classics.ox.ac.uk

23rd February 2009
The Death of Tragedy and the Return of the God Pan after Nietzsche in the Classics Centre Lecture Theatre, Oxford, UK

Vassilios Lambropoulos (University of Michigan) will give a lecture on The Death of Tragedy and the Return of the God Pan after Nietzsche at 2.15pm on 23rd February 2009. The lecture will be followed by refreshments. Contact: apgrd AT classics.ox.ac.uk

26th January 2009
Recent Stagings of Homer and Euripides in Germany in the Classics Centre Lecture Theatre, Oxford, UK

Bernhard Zimmermann (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg) will give a lecture on Recent Stagings of Homer and Euripides in Germany at 3pm on 26th January 2009. The lecture will be followed by refreshments. Contact: apgrd AT classics.ox.ac.uk

17th November 2008
Romans on the American Stage, 1770s - 1830s in the Classics Centre Lecture Theatre, Oxford, UK

Margaret Malamud (Associate Professor of History, New Mexico State University) will give a lecture on Romans on the American Stage, 1770s - 1830s at 2.15pm on 17th November 2008. The lecture will be followed by refreshments. Contact: apgrd AT classics.ox.ac.uk