About the festival

The London Festival of Greek Drama was created in 1987. It proved to be an enormous success and led to a surge of interest in the already popular annual performances at University College and King's College London.

Now every year, students and lectures alike produce a season of live performances, lectures and workshops, commited at bringing the experience of Greek drama to the widest possible modern audience. They perform plays from Aeschylus to Aristophanes, in the original Greek or in translation, which allow the audience to immerse themselves in Greek dramatic tradition.

Last year, there were three performances of Greek drama. At King's College, there was the much acclaimed performance of Sophocles' Trachinae. While University College and Royal Holloway, there were performances of two comedies, Aristophanes' Archanians and Frogs. This year we are pleased to present three performances of Greek tragedy