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30th November 2013, Corpus Christi College The conference aims to bring together the innovative community projects on ancient cultures and languages that have already developed through Universities and other organisations within and outside the UK, and share best practice. At the end of the conference there will be a round-table session, which we will use … Continue reading "Classics in Communities: Theories and Practices to develop Classics Outreach in the 21st Century"

On Friday 31st January 2014, Francis Holland School NW1 will be hosting a national Sixth-form Classics Conference once again. This year the day will be devoted to a study of Virgil, and will be suitable for A2 Latin students studying Aeneid IV 1-299 as well as Classical Civilisation students studying the Aeneid in translation. Dr. Ingo Gildenhard, a fellow … Continue reading "A Level Virgil Conference at Francis Holland School"

Using the Fagles translation, the Warwick School Classical Society proudly presents its third production. If you would like to come, please email telling him how many tickets (only £5 each) and which night. Parking is extremely easy - massive school car park right by the theatre - and I will send directions. There is … Continue reading "Antigone at Warwick School (4th-7th Feb 2014) | @warwickschool"

Warwick University Classics Department's Ancient Drama Day for Schools - 7th February 2014. The students and staff at the University of Warwick Department of Classics would like to invite teachers and students to our ancient drama schools' day on Friday 7th February 2014. The day will focus around a special schools' performance of Plautus' Pseudolus, … Continue reading "Warwick University Classics Department’s Ancient Drama Day for Schools"

The KCL Greek Play 2014 will be Aristophanes' Wasps, directed by Rosa Wicks. Dr Rosie Wyles will be Executive Director. Further details will follow on this page. Performance dates Wednesday 12 February 2014: 14.30, 19.00 Thursday 13 February 2014: 19.00 Friday 14 February 2014: 14.30, 19.00   Guest Lecture A pre-show talk by Rosie Wyles will be given … Continue reading "KCL Greek Play 2014: Aristophanes’ ‘Wasps’"

For most of March, the Theatre Lab Company is bringing us Medea. Quoting their site... Medea By Euripides Directed by Anastasia Revi Medea is the story of a woman, a gypsy princess, a gifted sorceress who follows her heart to the prosperous West to be with Jason, a charming but ambitious Western aristocrat. He betrays … Continue reading "Medea, at the Riverside Studios"

This amazing and amazingly funny show is back at Battersea Arts Centre next year! Prepare to be transported to 1930s Paris where legendary musician, Django Reinhardt, has been cast as the lead in a new production of Orpheus. Your host for the evening is the charismatic songstress Yvette Pépin. With her troupe of operatic players … Continue reading "Orpheus, at the Battersea Arts Centre"

This looks set to be fantastic. The gods are in the betting shops, the gods are in the cafe, the gods can’t afford the deposit on their flat...Winged sandals tearing up the pavement, Me, you, everyone, brand new ancients. Poet and spoken word artist Kate Tempest tells an everyday epic over an exhilarating live score played … Continue reading "Brand New Ancients, by Kate Tempest"

The utterly brilliant Paper Odyssey, a Paper Cinema production, returns to Battersea Arts Centre next year. BOOK EARLY, as this show gets sold out every time. Here's the BAC's site for more information and how to book. AND, here's a review of the show from last year, just before it headed off to the Edinburgh … Continue reading "The Paper Odyssey, at the Battersea Arts Centre"