We all know Medusa as the snake haired monster that turns every mortal man who looks her in the eyes into stone. But Medusa was not always this monster. No, according to some she was once a beautiful girl with long blond hair.
Many different interpretations of the myth of Medusa have been proposed throughout the years. But whether she is a wrongfully punished victim, a strong self-defiant hero, an existential threat to society, a weapon of destruction or a metaphor for the truth that lies within her gaze - one part of the myth remains true in all iterations and interpretations: The Greek Gods unite to help Perseus on his quest to slay Medusa. Like the fractured left that bickers back and forth about the nuances of complicated issues, Perseus appears as a simple solution that speaks directly to the people, as a reminiscence of simpler times, the glory days of the ancient past, as the modern greek god of Eurovision pop star Sakis Rouvas shielding an Olympics 2004 cap.
Devised over two weeks in Athens in a LAMDA collaboration with actors from FONACT and Athens Conservatoire. Performed at The Athens Convervatoire.
Photos by Yanlin Zhang
CAST
MEDUSA
Aliz-Ellie Antouan
PERSEUS
Benjamin Oliviera
ATHENA
Evangelia Theodwropoulou
POSEIDON
Drakoulis Heliotis
BRAVE WARRIOR
John Abecassis
ARTISTIC TEAM
DIRECTOR
Magnús Thorlacius
LIGHTS AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Students of Athens Conservatoire
INSTRUCTORS
Caroline Leslie, course leader of MA directing at LAMDA
Richard Neele, course leader of MA acting at LAMDA
Grace Andrews, head of programmes and practice at FONACT
Konstantinos Arvanitakis, director of the Athens Conservatoire Drama School
Georgina Kakoudaki, theatre practicioner at the Athens Conservatoire Drama School
