Category Archives: Performance

Eurydice Extra

A new event following our Translating Eurydice conference later this month! Ghost Jam is a collective of poets and artists who will be bringing Beyond Eurydice to the conference. This work has grown out of the Orpheus Project which delighted … Continue reading

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Sally Pomme Clayton on Babayaga and the Russian Forest

On 24 November 2016, we were delighted to welcome performance storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton at the Centre for Myth Studies for an exploration of the landscape of Russian fairytales and the figure of Babayaga. Professor Roderick Main (Director of the … Continue reading

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Thursday 24 November: The Russian Forest: the landscape of Russian fairytales with ‘Babayaga’s Daughter’

Performance Event Centre for Myth Studies University of Essex Thursday 24 November, at 12.00 in Room NTC.2.06 The Russian Forest: the landscape of Russian fairytales with ‘Babayaga’s Daughter’ Sally Pomme Clayton We are delighted to welcome storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton … Continue reading

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Harrison’s Oresteia

For the benefit of students taking the MA Translating Myth, but also for everyone’s pleasure, here is the television recording of Tony Harrison’s Oresteia, directed by Peter Hall for the National Theatre in 1981, with music by Harrison Birtwistle. You … Continue reading

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