Cambridge Greek Play 2016: Antigone and Lysistrata

The Cambridge Greek Play Committee are thrilled to announce that the

2016 Cambridge Greek Play will be a double bill of Sophocles’ ANTIGONE and Aristophanes’ LYSISTRATA.

The committee are excited to be welcoming back director Helen Eastman and composer Alex Silverman, the team behind AGAMEMNON (2010) and PROMETHEUS/FROGS (2013), for their third consecutive Greek Play. The production will take place at the Cambridge Arts Theatre from 12th to 15th October 2016 (please note these dates are still provisional).

Booking information and details for school groups will be available in April 2016. We anticipate that the production will be appropriate for students aged 14 and over; anyone wishing for advice on bringing a younger group should contact the producer, Dr Chris Whitton (clw36@cam.ac.uk).

Greek Play enthusiasts will also be pleased to hear about the launch of our new website, www.cambridgegreekplay.com. The website includes full recordings of the 2013 productions of PROMETHEUS and FROGS, audio recordings of the schools talks given before the performances, and educational materials from the last 15 years of Greek plays. There are also photographs and archive materials from every Greek play going back to 1882. We hope that teachers and schools everywhere will make use of these resources – and we’d also welcome feedback on the kinds of resources we could provide in future.