Medea

Synopsis

Vulnerable outcaste, jilted lover and scheming sorceress. Without Medea's help, Jason would never have acquired the Golden Fleece, never have arrived safely back to claim his kingdom, never have had the success that followed, never have had his two beautiful sons. Such devotion surely deserves repayment.

Our Review:

John Dixon - 1 November 2012

Mike Barkett’s new version of Medea is spellbinding stuff.

The split level set changes swiftly from outside to inside and then we get to view the bedrooms and even the ...Well we will not spoil the end, but it should play to packed houses every night.

In this version Medea is a modern day troubled housewife who is trying to cope after her husband leaves her and prepares for his forthcoming marriage. His future father –in-law owns the house and demands she leaves before the wedding, but finally agrees to allow her another fateful twenty-four hours. Medea claims to be a witch and at the wedding her gift to the couple means there are two terrible deaths at the reception, which one on the guests has filmed on her mobile phone.

Her young son, who never speaks, is used as a pawn and he watches as his Mother plunges her hand in to boiling water when preparing his dinner and places the cooked vegetables on his plate by hand.

Adam Levy plays ex husband Jason and provides ...

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