HACKNEY SCHOOLS & THE IRIS PROJECT present…
ARISTOPHANES’
Frogs andPeace

A double-bill of ancient Greek comedy performed by the children of Hackney At 2.30pm on 7th July 2008 in the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre

Entrance is free

PLEASE EMAIL US HERE TO BOOK TICKETS

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Orpheus
Pegasus Theatre, Oxford
8pm, Friday 30th and Saturday 31st May
Tickets £8.50 / £6 concessions

Cafe Reason Butoh Dance Theatre and nonstop Tango Café Reason sets off into the Underworld to grapple with the eternal themes of Love and Death and their control over human lives. The archetypal myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, of love and loss, of hope and fear, and the redeeming power of art, is reinvented through the transcendent medium of Butoh, where the dancers bring into the movement their own lived and unconscious experiences.

To book, contact (01865) 722852
or email

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The Red Ladies

29 - 31 May • 7.30pm
Old Fire Station, Oxford
www.livenation.co.uk/ofs

3rd & 4th June • 7.30pm (& 10pm on 4th)
ICA, London
£10 / £8 Concessions / £7 ICA Members
www.ica.org.uk

6th & 7th June
Serralves Museum of Contemporary Arts
Missions also take place in Porto, Portugal in conjunction with Serralves Museum of Contemporary Arts.
www.serralves.pt

Who are these women? And what do they want?

Red Ladies is an ongoing performance piece featuring a group of identically dressed women, inspired by the ancient Greek chorus.

Red Ladies keep an eye on things. They observe. They witness. They gather evidence. They place sites of political importance and key landmarks under surveillance. They watch the watchers. Red Ladies remain silent unless it is necessary to speak.

They have a repertoire of love songs including the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.

"Choreographed with military precision and pulled off with admirable panache"Metro

"'The Clod Ensemble's witty new work, Red Ladies, is not plot driven so much as post modern mosaic... a reference strewn meditation on the crowd or dramatic chorus"Time Out

http://www.clodensemble.com/redladies.htm

 

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Zeb Fontaine presents:
'The Cows Come Home'

Written and Directed by Zachary Dunbar (www.zebfontaine.com)

6-11 May (2008), Camden People's Theatre (London) 8:00 pm £12/£10
12-13 May, Brighton Fringe, The Udder Place (Underbelly) 6:15 pm

The demise of a farmer and his cattle lead to larger questions about human fate and the role of God in a seemingly uncertain universe. Startling poetic movements fuse with live electro-acoustic sounds evoking a modern-day tragic chorus. Experience rare bite-sized dance theatre, lean on the text, heavy on images, with bits of Oedipus, mad cows and BSE thrown in. It will melt in your mind.

Zeb Fontaine's third production of tragic transpositions explores the chorus in the twenty-first century.

Recent UK productions of ancient Greek tragedy have attracted an audience hungry for new theatrical experiences. Directors such as Katie Mitchell have responded by exploring particularly the role of the chorus. Much of the modernised reception of the chorus has acknowledged the leading influence of Dance Theatre. Increasingly found in fringe theatres (the Gate season
(2008/09) and at Camden People's Theatre), Dance Theatre proposes innovative approaches to the interrelationship of performance space, sound and movement.

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6TH FORM EUROPEAN CLASSICS COMPETITION
affiliated to UNESCO A Ray of Hope

On Friday 18th April 2008 students in different countries in Europe will take part in the second CICERO competition (29th March for France and Italy) – answering the same questions at the same time, linking with the different centres by video-conferencing, and competing for both European and national prizes.
Cash prizes of up to £150 and an engraved silver trophy. Signed books from Boris Johnson, best-selling novelist Lindsey Davis and ‘Time Team’s Tony Robinson.

Latin translation section : for 6th form students of Latin
Mythology section : for students of any Classical subjects

Click HERE for full details (PDF)

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Eco warriors and Bird Poo... Aristophanes' Birds for Kids....
Cloudcuckooland - World Premiere

The Onassis Programme is proud to have commissioned Cloudcuckooland a new musical for 7+ based on Aristophanes' Birds, with book and lyrics by Stephen Sharkey and music by Alex Silverman.
The show will open in Oxford for six performances from 13th February, then tour to Hammersmith, Belfast, Newcastle, Bridgwater, Newport, Sheffield, Brighton, Armagh, Sutton and Greenwich, until April 27th.
It is performed by 7 actor musicians (who play more instruments between them than you would think possible). This modern adaptation contains lots of slapstick, clowning, juggling, ludicrous big bird costumes and a healthy dollop of political satire.
For more information (including group bookings, workshops and cast recording!) visit here ...Unaccompanied grown ups are very welcome (if you feel self conscious put a pad on your lap and pretend to be a reviewer...)

Helen Eastman
The Onassis Programme
helen.eastman@classics.ox.ac.uk

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SUTTON TRUST SUMMER SCHOOLS - CLASSICS

Each year, Year 12 students from maintained schools and colleges across the UK are invited to apply for the Sutton Trust Summer School. The students spend a week in Oxford, staying free of charge in one of the colleges. They take a course of study designed to complement their A-levels, which is taught by Oxford tutors and closely resembles that of a first year undergraduate. Students attend lectures and seminars in their chosen subject and work towards a mini-tutorial at the end of the week. The Summer School is funded by the Oxford University Widening Participation Strategy and the Sutton Trust with the aim of raising the aspirations of able young people and motivating students with the potential to obtain places at universities such as Oxford.

Food, accommodation, travel and academic costs are all covered by the University and the Sutton Trust.

Priority is given to students who:

    * will be the first generation in their families to attend university
    * have parents in non-professional occupations
    * attend schools which have virtually no history of sending pupils to the university over the last two years
    * attend schools with a low overall A level point score
    * are plausible applicants for university places with a minimum of five A*/A grades at GCSE
    * are taking relevant subjects for the course to be studied
    * attend schools with a high proportion of free school meals and/or in inner-city areas
    * attend schools with a low proportion of the sixth form going on to higher education

For further details please click here


For all general enquiries about the Sutton Trust Summer Schools run by Oxford University, please contact Rebecca Bonsaver in the University Events Office: 01865 280413
Rebecca.Bonsaver@admin.ox.ac.uk

If you are interested in applying for a place for next year's Sutton Trust Summer School for Classics in July 2008, you can drop Dr Bill Allan a line at: william.allan@univ.ox.ac.uk

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For a wonderful day out...

The Roman Baths at Bath

The Museum, Caerleon

St Albans, Herts

Fishbourne Palace

Bignor Roman Villa

Hadrian's Wall

The British Museum