![]() Incorporating live music and physical theatre, this production is modern, accessible and often humourous as well as dark and affecting. Jealousy and pride fuel the fire of hatred inside the heart of this woman-scorned and, with the help of the gods, Medeia commits to the ultimate sacrifice in order to wreck the treacherous Iason's life. ![]() The powerful sorceress Medeia is now seen as a threat to the royal household and, with her having previously murdered several people to secure Iason as a husband, Kreon does have a point.Ĭrushed and spiritless at first, Medeia prepares to flee with her two sons, before her obsession with treat-em-mean-keep-em-keen Iason develops into a grotesque bid for revenge. Kreon, the King of Korinthia has offered his daughter's hand to the social climbing Argonaut - who decides to ditch the old wife for a younger model. Psychologically bullied by her charismatic and arrogant husband Iason, Medeia is now being forced to leave the country where she and her family have settled. Revenge is far from sweet.Įuripides' masterful observation of female passion and its darker recesses in an accessible new version, which fuses the ancient with the modern. How do you get back at him? Kill the kids. ![]() Your husband runs off with a younger woman and leaves you with nothing. London Ensemble Productions present a new adaptation of Medeia by Euripides. ![]()
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