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Medea

Modern-edged take let down by cast

(2 stars)23 Aug 2011

Critical Mass theatre’s modern-edged take on Euripides’ story of the woman who killed her children never quite delivers the emotional clout promised by its heart-wrenching storyline. Stella Duffy’s script is gutsy and raw, but delivered unimaginatively…

Medea's Children

Medea's Children

A cautionary tale for divorcing parents

(3 stars)17 Aug 2011

Lung Ha’s Theatre Company is known for its use of performers with learning difficulties. Teaming up with Swedish company Unga Klara they bring us an exploration of the psychic trauma felt by children affected by divorce. The script, originally…

Stage Whispers: Nadira Janikova on the personal connection she feels to the character of Medea

The personal connection I feel to the character of Medea

Nadira Janikova presents Edinburgh Fringe production of classic work

10 Aug 2011

Medea represents a huge challenge for any actress: trying to convey on stage the power of somebody who is a demigod; and finding the human side of somebody who commits the most unnatural and terrible of all crimes – the murder of their own…

Tom Paulin produces Northern Broadsides' new take on Medea

Tom Paulin produces Northern Broadsides' new take on Medea

23 Feb 2010

Barry Rutter, artistic director and performer for Northern Broadsides, is what you might call Medea savvy. In bringing this touring version of Euripedes' greatest tragedy to Scotland, he has plainly thought carefully about both the locations in which…

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