The play “Greeks. Oedipus. Medea "from the cycle" History of Europe "- based on Greek myths.

A story about a man who killed his father and married his mother A story about a woman who killed her children, or a story of a man in one sandal.

"Histories of Europe" - about those great myths that created Europe and us together with it. What is our common past. What we once knew but forgot - and what we always wanted to know.

Do you remember what riddle the Sphinx asked Oedipus?

Have you ever wondered why Oedipus had in his hands the very staff with which he killed four people?

Do you know who Jason is and why he came to Iolk? (and where is that anyway ?!) What caused the quarrel between a man named Pelius and the goddess Hera?

Did Medea really kill her children? And why was Jason in the same sandal?

What is fate and should we fight it?

All this - and much more - in the play “The Greeks. Oedipus. Medea"

Idea and production - Ksenia Zorina

Participants: Maxim Dolinin, Olga Zlodeeva, Luciena Lyubimova, Anna Marlioni, Natalia Rumyantseva, Valentin Samokhin, Dmitry Cherednik.

Viewers reviews:

Alexander Panasco: “I highly recommend it to everyone! It is unexpected, touching and modern! "

Max Gorz: “Awesome theater: when the actors have nothing to hide behind, and right in front of you, a vortex of living, dense and bloody human history arises from the air, which, it turns out, has always pulsed inside the myth and now has entered you, and you clap with everyone, you discuss what you saw for a long time, you drink with your friends, you walk around Moscow at night, but it still won't let go. "

Maria Nikolskaya: “It's easy for you. They tell. History. About the ancient Greeks and their strange ideas about the world. It seems so initially. At what point does this story turn into a story about you? And in what way does it break out of the framework of the laws of ancient Greek myths? A person is always struggling with fate, even when it is impossible. And in the end it wins - let it be a bitter, terrible Pyrrhic victory. And the story of Medea turns into a victory of man over the gods. A victory, to which many questions remain - but a victory. And the story of Jason becomes the story of a man who did nothing himself - and his trace was lost ... “The Greeks. Oedipus. Medea ”is a performance that leaves the viewer alone with a huge number of questions. Eternal and momentary. And not about gods and heroes - but about yourself. And like a relay baton, they give us a piece of burnt cork in the final ... ".