MedEia [2012]

Title
MedEia [2012]
Description
A conventionally staged theatre piece.

Across Africa gangs of armed men crash through remote villages looking for booty, sex, adventure. Medea, a village priestess, burns all her bridges to follow Jason, the leader of one of these gangs, to the European metropol of Corinth. Ostracized and abandoned in this xenophobic capital, she is driven into depression with darkest repercussions…

Oscar van Woensel’s beautiful adaptation of the classical Greek myth is a fragmented stream of consciousness. Studded with pop songs and sitting on top of the ace drumming of Frank Paco, Brett’s pop-ritualistic interpretation draws inspiration from Haiti where he spent several months working in 2004.

Medea: Faniswa Yisa
Jason: James Maccgregor
Pelias & Creon: Apollo Ntshoko
Chorus: Mbali Kgosidintsi, Indalo Stofile, Namhla Tshuka
Percussion: Frank Paco

Managing Director: Barbara Mathers
Technical Manager & Lighting Design: Michael Maxwell
Company and Stage Manager: Justin Green
Sound: Carlo Thompson
Video Technician: Kim Gunning
Production photographs: Nicky Newman
Run-Iteration Number
2
Genre
Adaptation
Tragedy
Year Created
2012
Performance Venue
Baxter Theatre, Cape Town, Zurich Theater Spektakel, Theaterfestival Basel, Berliner Festspiele, 7 Dutch cities including Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
Geographic Location of Performance
Producer
Third World Bunfight
Director
Brett Bailey
Text By
Oscar van Woense
Kuno Bakker
Manja Topper
Performers
James Maccgregor
Apollo Ntshoko
Mbali Kgosidintsi
Indalo Stofile
Namhla Tshuka
Musical Director
Frank Paco (percussion)
Stage Designer
Brett Bailey
Lighting Designer
Michael Maxwell
Production Manager
Justin Green
Stage Manager
Justin Green
Production Website
Primary Production
Play Based On