Medea
by Euripides and adapted by Steen
22nd - 30th August 2025
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Medea gave up everything to help Jason and his Argonauts win the Golden Fleece, betraying her country, her family and her gods to help him. She enchants the much younger Jason to win his love and, now alone on the other side of the world, he has deserted her and their two sons to marry a Princess and rule in Corinth, where they have settled.
Medea has taken refuge in a derelict temple where she is visited by Jason, King Creon of Corinth and Aegeus of Athens, who try and reason with her and calm her often violent temper. With her is a Greek chorus of women, also brought from other places and mistreated by the male dominated society that was ancient Greece. Desperate and friendless, Medea takes terrible revenge on Jason and those who have brought her to this low place.
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Mise-en-scene: Steen
Music: Jasmin Sim
Vocal Coach: Samantha Atkinson
Technical: Zachary Hanlon
Publicity: Nick Kilpatrick -
Medea, High Priestess of Hecate - Cathy Bates
Jason, Captain of the Argo - Michael Ianni
Atalanta, Friend to Medea - Nurina Simpson
Apollonus, Teacher of the Children - Dylan Horvat
Creon, King of Corinth - Brett Osseweyer
Aegeus, King of Athens - Andrew Gobran
Greek Chorus - Gillian Meers, Elise Holland, Lucy Miller, Maria Chrysafogeorgou, Jack Cooper, Ben Rayner, Daniel Buys, Michael Emerson, Byron Schipp, Brady Neilson, Cyrus Fletcher, Jasmine Sim, Jackson Hawkins, Christian Tagliaferro & Maddie Ferrier