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Medea

Written by Kate Mulvany & Anne-Louise Sarks after Euripides.
Original Concept & Director Anne-Louise Sarks.
Produced in association with Australian Theatre for Young People (atyp).

  • Venue Downstairs Theatre
  • Dates 11 Oct – 25 Nov 2012
  • Supported by
    • ATYP

Winner of five 2012 Sydney Theatre Awards including:
Best Mainstage Production
Best Direction of a Mainstage Production (Anne-Louise Sarks)
Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production (Blazey Best)
Best New Australian Work (Kate Mulvany & Anne-Louise Sarks)
Best Newcomer (Rory Potter & Joseph Kelly)

Two young children on a stage play games to distract themselves. Off-stage and unheard their parents are having a very famous showdown. At some inevitable moment in the next hour the children will be drawn away from their games and into their parents’ bitter argument. From there they will enter mythology as the most tragic siblings of all time.

Made specially for the Downstairs Theatre, Anne-Louise Sarks’ refocusing of Medea is an examination of the collateral damage of one of history’s most famous family breakdowns. It is to Euripides’ Medea what Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is to Hamlet: a behind-the-scenes look at the lives that minor characters live before the plot takes over.

Former Artistic Director of Melbourne’s acclaimed The Hayloft Project (and now Belvoir Resident Director), Anne-Louise is a canny and formidable theatrical mind. Her Medea is a smart, sharp and bittersweet look at the fine line that divides regular life and all-out tragedy.

Team

Written by Kate Mulvany & Anne-Louise Sarks after Euripides
Original Concept & Director Anne-Louise Sarks
Set & Costume Designer Mel Page
Lighting Designer Benjamin Cisterne
Composer & Sound Designer Stefan Gregory
Assistant Director Laura Turner
Stage Manager Kelly Ukena
Assistant Stage Manager Grace Nye-Butler

Cast

Blazey Best
Joseph Kelly
Rory Potter

Rehearsal images by Heidrun Löhr
Production images by Heidrun Löhr

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