Events

LSA CA lecture. Thursday 19th October 7pm Dr Harry Sidebottom, Best Selling Author and Historian, University of Oxford FURTHER INFORMATION

Swan Theatre 7.30pm A concert of music and text inspired by Ovid, featuring works by Benjamin Britten, William Walton & the world premiere of a new piece by the 2017 RSC Resident Composer, Sarah Llewellyn. Tickets £20 adults/£15 concessions FURTHER INFORMATION

  Latin and Greek language training A free 1.5 day course for secondary teachers 2.00 – 5.00pm on Friday 20th October 9.00am – 5.00pm on Saturday 21st October Hosted by Harrow School Classics for All, a national charity which works to widen access to classical subjects, is delighted to be working in partnership with Harrow … Continue reading "Latin and Greek language training: A free 1.5 day course for secondary teachers"

Roman Baths Virgil's great epic presents a rich variety of female characters. Are doom-laden characters like Dido and Camilla a reminder of what happens if women step beyond cultural norms and expectations? Meet the wives, lovers, mothers, queens, goddesses, furies and more. They are brave, independent, loving, loyal, manipulative, morally courageous, ruthless, violent and vulnerable. … Continue reading "Women in the Aeneid"

Swan Theatre 7.30pm Suitable for ages 12+ A rehearsed reading of playwright Brad Birch’s fresh, contemporary look at stories from Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’. Brad Birch won the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe First award for ‘Gardening: for the Unfulfilled and Alienated’. An RSC commission. Tickets £5 FURTHER INFORMATION

Swan Theatre 7.30pm, Suitable for ages 14+ Erotic and poignant, Ovid’s Metamorphoses has enchanted audiences and inspired artists for more than two thousand years. Daniel Morden and Hugh Lupton retell these great tales that charm and chill us still today. This performance includes the stories of Arachne, Orpheus in the Underworld, The Death of Adonis, … Continue reading "RSC: Metamorphoses Storytelling"

Swan Theatre 1.30pm – 2.30pm, Suitable for ages 8+ and their parent/guardian A family friendly performance from Ovid's timeless collection, featuring some of the most famous stories in the Classical world, including Midas, Echo and Narcissus and The Theft of Persephone. Daniel Morden and Hugh Lupton were awarded the Classical Association Award in 2006 for … Continue reading "RSC: Metamorphoses Storytelling – For Families"

Latin A level talk: Ovid's Heroides by Dr Tristan Franklinos (University of Oxford) Monday 30th October, 5 - 6pm at the Iris Classics Centre at Cheney School This talk will explore Ovid's Heroides, including both a general overview of the collection and a detailed exploration of poem six. The talk is aimed at A level … Continue reading "Latin A level talk: Ovid’s Heroides – 30th October, 5 – 6pm"

Time to book your place at CfA's annual lecture... Master storyteller Robert Harris has written ‘the finest fictional treatment of Ancient Rome in the English language.’ (Allan Massie, Scotsman). Given he is not a classical scholar, how did he come to write these books? Does he consider them to be allegories of current events? What … Continue reading "‘A Cicerone to Cicero: Robert Harris in conversation’: Classics for All Annual Lecture"

Gloucester Cathedral A chance to get close to the heart of Latin literature with this day on Latin poetry. We will look at the principles behind Latin metre, at different verse-forms, and enjoy readings from a variety of authors. . Further Information