Work · 2007 · Theatre — Site-specific
Medea
A site-specific UK premiere of Anouilh's Médée, staged in the backstage depths of Stratford East.
Dates
5 – 9 June 2007
Venues
- Theatre Royal Stratford East, London (in association with Birkbeck, University of London)
Writer
Jean Anouilh, in a new translation by Suba Das
A new interpretation of the classic Greek myth, based on an adaptation by French playwright Jean Anouilh, in its first ever UK performance. Staged as a journey into the vast, mechanical depths of the backstage areas of the theatre, the piece reveals the final, violent night of a desperate refugee woman. The production incorporated choreography by Olivier Award-winning Kenrick “H2O” Sandy of Boy Blue Entertainment and storytelling by Inno Sorsy, who began her career in theatre in the early 1970s with the groundbreaking French group Le Grand Magic Circus.
Cast
- Adura Onashile (Medea)
- Mo Sesay (Jason / Creon / The Boy)
- Inno Sorsy (The Nurse / Chorus)
Creative team
- Writer (adaptor)
- Jean Anouilh
- Director & Translator
- Suba Das
- Associate Choreographer
- Kenrick Sandy
- Designer
- Fabrice Serafino
- Lighting Designer
- Anthony Newton
- DJ
- Matthew 'Excalibah' Xia