Greek myths are all over theatre stages at the moment, their fierce, vengeful stories offering unnerving parallels with events in our modern world. The latest such project is a pithy double bill of ...

This album is SHORT. At 27 minutes and just five tracks, one might wonder why Julienne Dessagne (this is a solo act) didn’t ...

Britten’s Phaedra, text taken from Robert Lowell’s translation of Racine’s Phèdre (of which I seem to have five different texts and academic studies on my shelves—I’m glad to be prompted to seek them ...

According to Greek legend, Athens founder and king, Theseus, found himself in a labyrinth where he was to do battle with the ...

On the Isle of Naxos, Ariadne guards the labyrinth where her half-brother the Minotaur was interned. Half beast half man, the Minotaur was born after a curse incited Pasiphaë to sleep with a bull.

We’re on Naxos, where Theseus has killed the Minotaur and Ariadne awaits the hoped-for reward of love and loyalty; as the lights come up we see a giant black wall, hosting a violent slash of blood-red ...

Located in the southwestern region of Occitanie, Toulouse, France has all the charms of Paris, plus world-class museums and restaurants, at a fraction of the cost.