Past Performances

Listings and Reviews of Performances from 1 January 2007

Electra by Sophocles
1st - 4th March 2007
Kilburn Arena Theater
Directed by Sandra Shotwell
Produced by the University of Minnesota Actor Training Program
Read review by James Svendsen

Electra by Sophocles
24th May - 24th June 2007
The Harlem School of the Arts Theatre
Directed by Alfred Preisser,
Produced by The Classical Theatre of Harlem, Inc.
Read review by James Svendsen

Phaedra by Yannis Ritsos
4th July, 2007
Camden People's Theatre in London, UK
Tickets: £7
To book call: 08700 600 100
Website: www.cptheatre.co.uk

Desideratum theatre presents Phaedra by Yannis Ritsos in association with the P.I. Network as part of the Groundwork5 Season at Camden People's Theatre. Directed by Christos Chanios, designed by Natasa Stamatari and performed by Maria Gaitanidi and Raymi Javier, Phaedra is a contemporary taking on the ancient myth in the form of a dramatic monologue, where the eponymous protagonist unravels images, anachronisms and memories from the recent and distant past, in an attempt to come to terms with her desire for her husband's son.

Electra by Sophocles
6th - 13th July, 2007
IX. International Voices of History in Vologda, Russia
Directed by Reinhard Auer
Website: www.ftb.bz.it

This production of Electra will be performed by the company Freies Theater Bozen at the IX. International Voices of History in Vologda in Russia. For more information, please visit website.

Lisa's Sex Strike by Blake Morrison (after Aristophanes' Lysistrata)
September 2007
Octagon Theatre, Bolton, and National Tour
Directed by Conrad Nelson for Northern Broadsides
Read review by Christian Billing

Clouds by Aristophanes
19th - 29th September, 2007
Performed by kaloi k'agathoi
19th Sept at Abergavenny
21st - 22nd Sept at Greenwood Theatre, London, UK
28th - 29th Sept at Courtyard Theatre, Hereford, UK
Website: www.kaloikagathoi.co.uk

Helen by Euripides
23rd - 30th September, 2007
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
Directed by Barbara Smith
Website: www.theatre.utah.edu/calendar_current/calendar.htm

In Euripides' surprising take on the tale, Helen was never in Troy, having been spirited away from Sparta and a fake Helen left in her place to be kidnapped and taken to Troy, thus touching off the 10-year war. Continuing Euripides' Trojan War plays, this year we uncover the fate of the real Helen, as she waits in Egypt for news of her husband and fends off a marriage to the new king. This production will tour to Weber State University, Westminster College, and Brigham Young University in September and October.

The Burial at Thebes (Sophocles' Antigone)
9th - 13th October 2007
Translated by Seamus Heaney
Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, UK
Tickets: £6 - £21
To book call: 01865 305305
Website: www.oxfordplayhouse.com

Medea by Euripides
10th - 13th October 2007
Cambridge Arts Theatre, UK
Performed in Greek with English subtitles
To book call: 01223 503333
Website: www.the-medea.co.uk

Pre-show talks are available to schools groups before matinee performances on selected days, see website for more details.