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1 Antigone through a digital lens, with Creation Theatre Creation Theatre's Artistic Director Dr Helen Eastman talks about digital theatre, Creation's award-winning approach to digital work, and how they have used it both to interpret and to intervene in Sophocles' ancient tragedy. Helen Eastman, Giovanna Di Martino, Claire Barnes 26 Sep 2024
2 Creative Commons Marco Martinelli and Teatro delle Albe: Italy and Community Theatre A podcast episode with Marco Martinelli Marco Martinelli, Giovanna Di Martino, Claire Barnes 23 Apr 2024
3 Choreographing Sophocles A podcast episode with Leo Aylen and David Wiles Leo Aylen, David Wiles 05 Jun 2023
4 Queering the Past(s) A podcast episode with Nancy Rabinowitz, Marcus Bell, and Eleonora Colli Nancy Rabinowitz, Marcus Bell, Eleonora Colli 06 Jul 2022
5 Reimagining Tragedy from Africa and the Global South A podcast episode with Mark Fleishman and Mandla Mbothwe Mandla Mbothwe, Mark Fleishman 05 Jan 2022
6 Tragic Form in Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire Naomi Weiss delivers a public lecture on Kamila Shamsie's award-winning novel, Home Fire Naomi Weiss 15 Dec 2021
7 The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro: New Visions of Tragedy in 21st-Century America Rosa Andújar delivers a talk on the work of the award-winning playwright Luis Alfaro Rosa Andujar 15 Dec 2021
8 A People’s History of Classics Edith Hall and Henry Stead in conversation about their book, A People’s History of Classics: Class and Greco-Roman Antiquity in Britain and Ireland 1689 to 1939 Edith Hall, Henry Stead 15 Dec 2021
9 Queer Andromeda A podcast with Hannah Greenstreet and Charlotte Vickers Hannah Greenstreet, Charlotte Vickers 20 Aug 2021
10 Greek Tragedy at the National Theatre of Prague during the Nazi occupation (1939 – 1945) Alena Sarkissian gives public lecture, subtitled 'Theatre as a space of Spiritual Contemplation', on Greek Tragedy in the Czech Republic under Nazi Occupation. Alena Sarkissian 12 Feb 2021
11 Medea - A Mirror for the 21st Century Avery Willis Hoffman, Fran Amewudah and Shivaike Shah talk about the BAME Medea project Avery Willis Hoffman, Fran Amewudah, Shivaike Shah 09 Dec 2020
12 Ancient Theatre Around the Black Sea A podcast with Edith Hall and Rosie Wyles Edith Hall, Rosie Wyles 09 Dec 2020
13 Sicily and Ancient Greek Theatre A podcast episode with Oliver Taplin and Giovanna Di Martino Oliver Taplin, Giovanna Di Martino 09 Dec 2020
14 East and West in Ancient Drama A podcast with Michael Scott and Marchella Ward Michael Scott, Marchella Ward 09 Dec 2020
15 Creative Commons APGRD/TORCH panel discussion of 'We Are Not Princesses' Nur Laiq (TORCH Global South Visiting Fellow), Hal Scardino (producer) and Fiona Macintosh (APGRD) discuss We Are Not Princesses, a documentary about Syrian women living as refugees in Beirut telling their stories through the ancient Greek play, Antigone. Fiona Macintosh, Nur Laiq, Hal Scardino 18 Jun 2019
16 Director Wayne Jordan discusses Oedipus (Abbey Theatre 2015) The Abbey Theatre's artistic director Wayne Jordan talks to Professor Fiona Macintosh, about his acclaimed 2015 production of Sophocles' Oedipus. Wayne Jordan, Fiona Macintosh 03 May 2017
17 The Oresteia at the Globe Theatre (2015) Director, Adele Thomas, and playwright / translator, Rory Mullarkey, talk about their production of Aeschylus' Oresteia at the Globe Theatre, London in 2015 Adele Thomas, Rory Mullarkey 11 Aug 2016
18 E. M. Forster’s Tragic Interior David Scourfield, of Maynooth University, discusses E. M. Forster's relationship with Greek tragedy in the APGRD's second, annual Classics and English Lecture David Scourfield 10 Aug 2016
19 Medea, a performance history (ebook) A free to download, interactive/multimedia ebook by the APGRD, on the production history of Euripides' tragedy Medea Fiona Macintosh; Claire Kenward; Tom Wrobel 09 Aug 2016
20 APGRD Lecture: Gwyneth Lewis on Clytemnestra Gwyneth Lewis on Clytemnestra Gwyneth Lewis 11 Mar 2015
21 Why Classical Reception - Classics Alumni Day 15th March 2014 Dr Fiona Macintosh delivers her lecture "Why Classical Reception" as part of the Classics Alumni Day - "From Helen to The Hijaz" Fiona Macintosh 09 Jun 2014
22 Shaped by the Classics? Tania Demetriou on the non-existent classical epyllion; Helen Slaney on dilettante comparatists; Henriette Korthals Altes on dance and text; John McKeane on Sophocles, Holderlin and Lacoue-Labarthe. Tania Demetriou, Helen Slaney, Henriette Korthals Altes, John McKeane 22 Oct 2013