Black Medea

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Event Black Medea
Venue Beckett Theatre @ CUB Malthouse, Southbank, VIC
First Date 12 May 2005
Opening Date 12 May 2005
Last Date 5 June 2005
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description In this riveting reworking of Euripides' play, Medea is a young indigenous woman who, after leaving her family and desert country behind, finds herself in a loveless partnership with the drunken and violent Jason. When Medea attempts to flee home with their young son, Jason makes her promise that she will never take the child from the house. In a breathtaking act of revenge and sacrifice, Medea killls her young child... the child that was the father's heart.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Tragedy
Subjects Family
Indigenous Australia
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Margaret Harvey Actor
Michael Morgan Actor
Aaron Pedersen Actor
Jesse Rotumah-Gardiner Actor
Justine Saunders Actor
Christina Smith Costume Designer
Wesley Enoch Director
Kyle Rowling Fight Director
Rachel Burke Lighting Designer
Wesley Enoch Playwright
Euripides Playwright
Christina Smith Set Designer
Jethro Woodward Sound Designer
Tiffany Noack Stage Manager
Janice Chalmers Wardrobe Supervision
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Greece
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Revised version (commissioned by Malthouse) of Wesley Enoch's adaptation of Euripides' play, an earlier version of which was produced by Sydney Theatre Company in 2000. This version also appeared at Company B's Belvoir St, Theatre in 2005.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Malthouse Autumn season 2005
Newspaper
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 66607