Facing Medea

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Event Facing Medea
Venue La Mama Courthouse, Carlton, VIC
Umbrella Event Melbourne Fringe Festival
First Date 25 September 2019
Last Date 6 October 2019
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere No
Description Three young women pass a church where an important marriage is taking place, they hear an explosion and terrifying screams… they stop.

They hear an explosion and terrifying screams …… A horrific tragedy unfolds in front of them. Hours later they are still there trying to piece together what has happened.
Gradually they realise it is Medea’s tragedy that they have witnessed. It is as if it has only just happened for the first time – the immediacy of its impact is unexpectedly personal and powerful. Facing Medea is not an adaptation of a Greek tragedy but a search for the traces of this p
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Performance
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Carmelina di Guglielmo Actor
Iris Gaillard Actor
Annie Thorold Actor
Daniel Barber Designer
Jenny Kemp Director
Rachel Burke Lighting Designer
Ian Moorhead Sound Designer
Tennessee Mynott-Rudland Stage Manager
Marissa O'Reilly Translator
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 154627