Medea

Bard in the Botanics in association with Raw Material, Supported by Macrobert Arts Centre by Kathy McKean, directed by Gordon Barr

Fri 6 - Sat 7 Mar, 7:30PM

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About

“I am not a part of the story you tried to write
I am the story
And it ends when I say so”

Everyone knows how Jason won the Golden Fleece - everyone knows how he became a hero for all time - and everyone know the part his wife, Medea, played in creating his legend - don't they?

Erased from the narrative - abandoned by her husband for a new wife and a new life - left isolated and alone in a city where she does not and cannot belong - Medea begins to plot revenge - a terrible, bloody revenge that will send a howl of rage echoing through the ages.

The award-winning production of this thrilling Greek tragedy returns re-imagined to tour Scotland's stages.

Image: Tom Duncan

Supported by National Lottery through Creative Scotland


Reviews

'Kathy McKean’s Medea burns with rage and rips at the heart' - The Scotsman

'More than 2,000 years on from the original, in a version that brings a sharp edge of 21st century language to the story, we still find ourselves gasping at its boldness' - The Scotsman

'An utterly scintillating 90 minutes of theatre' - The National


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Credits

  • WriterGordon Barr (he/him)
  • DirectorgKathy McKean (she/her)
  • Nicole Cooper (she/her)

    Medea

  • Alan Steele (he/him)

    Creon / Tutor

  • Johnny Panchaud (he/him)

    Jason


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