Dimitris Karantzas
Medea
by Euripides
An attempt to retrieve and illuminate the Medea conundrum. Three male performers will question, re-examine, and attempt to provide answers to the legend of Medea from a male perspective. In which parts of the story does Medea feign her emotions? In which parts of the story does she argue convincingly? In which parts of the story does she come off as perfectly reasonable? Where does she go wrong? Are there any grounds on which these three men can justify and even acquit Medea? This production anatomizes Euripides’ tragedy in terms of rhythm and argumentation. A “whispering” performance, that will engage with Medea’s “symptom.”
The performance incorporates excerpts from Heiner Müller’s Medeamaterial [Verkommenes Ufer MedeaMaterial Landschaft mit Argonauten by Heiner Müller, 1982, © henschel SCHAUSPIEL Theaterverlag Berlin GmbH], Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Medea screenplay (trans. Dimitris Arvanitakis, Kastaniotis Publ.) and Jean Anouilh’s Medea(trans. Fontas Kondylis, Dodoni Publ.)
Special thanks to Nikos Flessas for giving permission to use his translation of Heiner Müller’s Medeamaterial and to Mr. Bourlas and Moraitis School for their generous sponsorship
With English surtitles
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