Medea
The British premiere of the new translation for Cambridge University Press
| "Masters of physical theatre" Birmingham What's On |
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"A bold and daring company that revels in walking a creative tightrope" Aberdeen Press and Journal |
A woman is driven to the edge. She weighs before her the future and the past then tosses
the scales into the sea - urgency and pain forcing her decision.
The limits shift to a world far beyond the worst imaginings.
A world beyond breaking hearts and searing tears, a place where deepest love is no longer
sick, but dead and mourned; where hurt feeds eternal and death has overcome.
And the people stand by, look on, witnesses to the tragedy,
unwilling to intervene..
The innocent are slaughtered
The sun shines on.
Medea
is a play about the terror born of humanity's inability to forgive. A timeless
tragedy, as relevant today as when it was first written. It is a universal
story about a woman stretched to the limits of her experience - surviving
on the edge. Medea forces us to examine our strongest,
most primitive impulses - to open our eyes and look. We recognise her humanity
- we see the need for revenge, to hurt the one who has hurt us; to slay
the innocent in order to cause the deepest pain. We watch the destruction,
failing to intervene.
But Medea is more than this. It is a play that pits rationality
against emotion, civilisation against barbarism. It is a play about the
centre and the edge. Who holds the power? Medea is different
- an outsider, a foreigner. How do we deal with the stranger... and what
will the consequences be?
Medea toured the UK from March 5th to May 12th
2001.
"A gripping central performance by Naomi Cooke as the vengeful mother..a production of great conviction and clarity. It's a substantial and stylish achievement." Adhoc
Foursight Theatre
Newhampton Arts Centre
Dunkley Street
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV1 4AN
Tel: 01902 714257
Fax: 01902 428413
