Medea 2019

Project Details

Graphic design for posters, web and print materials for the campaign MEDEA 2019.
Photographer – Pavel Chervenkov

Announcement: Euripides’ tragedy “Medea” will be presented for the first time in 40 years on the stage of the Roman Theater in Plovdiv. The performance will be played only once, just like in the ancient times. Although awarded third place in the drama competitions in Athens in 431 BC, this Euripides’ play remains in the history of world art as one of the most provocative tragedies. Can Medea take revenge on her unfaithful husband Jason? Is he guilty? Is she guilty?
The audience will have the opportunity to become involved in a true theatrical spectacle involving more than 40 actors, musicians and children. Medea, the granddaughter of Helios, the Sun God, will once again provoke the boundaries of human nature. The tragedy will begin with the last rays of sunshine and will be played in the darkness of the summer night.
Translation from Ancient Greek: Ch. Prof. Georgi Gochev, PhD and Petya Heinrich
Director – Desislava Shpatova
Composer – Assen Avramov
Stage design and costumes – Sina Gentsch, Germany
Cast:
Medea – Snezhina Petrova
Jason – Petar Dochev
Creon – Vladimir Penev
Nurse – Stanka Kalcheva
Tutor – Ivailo Dragiev
Aegeus – Georgi Gotzin
Messenger – Almuth Gotcheff (Deutsches Theater, Berlin)
Ancient choir – Asya Ivanova and students from the New Bulgarian University
With the special participation of children from different communities in Plovdiv who have passed the trainings and the accompanying events of the Medea Project.
Photographer – Pavel Chervenkov
Graphic Design – Teodora Simova (Lunohod Studio)

The project is part of the official program of Пловдив – Европейска столица на културата 2019 / Plovdiv 2019 ECOC and is realized in partnership with New Bulgarian University, Alliance for Equal Rights and Sustainability Association, Arax Foundation, Shalom Jewish Organization, Paisiy Hilendarski University of Plovdiv and Goethe-Institut Bulgarien.

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