tragedy

REVIEW: Hippolytus

Robyn Bellinger was impressed by Hippolytus, an ancient play with a fresh perspective

Death in the Amazon: Cambridge graduate stabbed during psychedelic drug ritual

“Charismatic and incredibly bright” Homerton alumnus Unais Gomes fatally stabbed in the Peruvian jungle

Episode 2: The Supervision

The Sunday Serial continues as we join Anna in her first supervision of term. This one’s about tragedy

Thyestes

Like any decent critic, JAMES MACNAMARA enjoys watching actors kill and eat each other onstage.

Elektra

ANNA ISAAC is left Elektrafied by this mesmerising performance.

Interview: The Oxford Greek Play

Ex-Theatre Editor KIERAN CORCORAN summons up his old enthusiasm to interview the folks behind this year’s Oxford Greek Play, ‘Clytemnestra’.

Theatre Guide Dog: Week 6

THE THEATRE GUIDE DOG prophesies theatre to come. And is having suspicious food cravings. WHAT COULD THIS MEAN?

Cruel and Tender

The ADC lateshow leaves KIERAN CORCORAN with a less than tragic sense of disappointment as the cruelty and tenderness treads the fine line between subtle and dull.

Theatre Guide Dog: Week 4

THE THEATRE GUIDE DOG mourns the loss of Theatrical salvation for Cambridge, while giving you a rundown to what’s worth going to this week.

Antigone

KIERAN CORCORAN and CATHERINE AIREY find tragedy in the Greek classic, sadly not the moving kind of tragedy they were hoping for, more the tragedy of bad theatre.

UPDATE: Academic In Boat Tragedy

UPDATE: A body has been recovered from the Thames, believed to be that of Dr Walford.

Agamemnon

TAMARA ASTOR is very happy to see a very sad play very well done.