The Oresteia: Libation Bearers and Eumenides
Tickets: £9
Pre-show talk from 6pm on Thu 29 Jan
Post-show talk after 7pm performance on Fri 30 Jan
This event contains reference to murder (matricide), implied cannibalism, familial abuse, slavery and sex references, and also contains on-stage blood and stage-weapons. The performance may include flashing lights, loud sounds, and audience interaction.
Warwick Classics Society presents Aeschylus’ Oresteia (Libation Bearers and Eumenides), a stand-alone play continuing from 2025’s spectacular Agamemnon.
Orestes is told by Apollo there is only one way to avenge his father’s murder- to kill his mother in turn. If he doesn’t, he will be haunted by his father’s enraged spirits. Conflict abounds, and the decision reached leaves the royal house of Argos collapsing. Furies and gods flood the stage, as these plays extend from a family affair to one of cosmic importance. Clear-cut lines between living and dead, human and god, Olympian and chthonic dissolve as the play and its protagonist descends into madness.
Whether you’re familiar with Greek theatre and myth, or have no prior knowledge, The Oresteia will be an electrifying play that shows the boldness and experimental imagination of Greek dramatist Aeschylus.
Ticket prices are subsidised courtesy of the Department of Classics and Ancient History.
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