University of London Festival of Greek Drama 2009
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' Oedipus Tyrannus. While University College London, there was the excellent production Aeschylus' Agamemnon. And finally at Royal Holloway, there was outstanding dramatic interpretation of Euripides' Bacchae.
This year we also have a series of student-led plays from each of the universities.
What's On
26th January
Workshop and lecture on 'Mask and Chorus in Ancient Greek Theatre' by Chris Vervain
30th January
Workshop and lecture on 'Mask and Chorus in Ancient Greek Theatre' by Chris Vervain
9th - 13th February
University College London's production of Aristophanes' Frogs
11th February
Workshop on 'Text & Performance Studies: Exploration of Edexcel A2 Section A Unit 6' by Rebecca Reed
11th - 13th February
King's College London production of Aristophanes' Lysistrata
5th March
Workshop and lecture on 'Chorus Matters' by Yana Zarifi (Thiasos Theatre Company)
19th March
Workshop and lecture on 'Greek Tragedy' by Professor Edith Hall (Royal Holloway) and 'Chorus Matters' by Yana Zarifi (Thiasos Theatre Company)