Event | Facing Medea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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Description Source | Website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Production Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Status | Completed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Identifier | 154627 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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