medea

Medea returns to Beer Quarry Caves

Event Date: 
11/04/2018 - 7:00pm to 21/04/2018 - 9:00pm
Venue: 
Beer Quarry Caves

Beer Quarry Caves will be home once more to the spectacular Ancient Greek production of Medea in April, courtesy of innovative and immersive theatre company, Four of Swords. Following a sold-out run last year, Medea is back at this incredible subterranean venue from Wednesday 11 – Saturday 21 April 2018.

Having toured Devon and Somerset during the autumn, Four of Swords are returning to Beer Quarry Caves to perform again their adaptation of the Greek masterpiece by Euripides, Medea. The production left a lasting impression with audiences who described the production as “hugely...

Medea returns to Beer Quarry Caves

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 04/06/2018 - 12:13am

Beer Quarry Caves will be home once more to the spectacular Ancient Greek production of Medea in April, courtesy of innovative and immersive theatre company, Four of Swords.

Following a sold-out run last year, Medea is back at this incredible subterranean venue from Wednesday 11 – Saturday 21 April 2018.

Having toured Devon and Somerset during the autumn, Four of Swords are returning to Beer Quarry Caves to perform again their adaptation of the Greek masterpiece by Euripides, Medea. The production left a lasting impression with audiences who described the production as “...

Medea

Event Date: 
01/11/2017 - 7:00pm to 04/11/2017 - 9:00pm
Venue: 
Beer Quarry Caves

Medea to be performed in Beer Quarry Caves this Autumn.

Beer Quarry Caves are set to be home to a spectacular Ancient Greek production this autumn, courtesy of innovative and immersive Exeter theatre company, Four of Swords.

Medea will performed in the spectacular Beer Quarry Caves from Wednesday 1 – Saturday 4 November 2017.

Freely adapted from the Greek masterpiece by Euripides, Medea is the ultimate heroine, villain and victim, all rolled into one! The dark and dastardly Medea is suitable for audiences over the age of 11, and will enchant and terrify through gut-...

Medea - a modern version of Euripides' classic tragedy

Event Date: 
28/11/2012 - 7:30pm to 01/12/2012 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

"If there's a God, which at the moment I DOUBT, I want you to curse him. If there's any justice, I want them - both of them - in a car crash."

Her husband's gone and her future isn't bright. Imprisoned in her marital home, Medea can't work, can't sleep, and increasingly, can't cope. While her child plays, she plots her revenge.

This startlingly modern version of Euripides' classic tragedy explores the private fury bubbling under public behaviour and how in today's world a mother, fuelled by anger at her husband's infidelity, might be driven to commit the worst possible...