THEATRE REVIEWS

Rectangles and circles provide the backdrop for the delivery of perfect diction needed to present the words of Euripides' Medea. Femi Elufowoju, jn directs Alistair Elliot’s translation of a play dealing with the way women are dealt with by Creon, ruler of Corinth, in the year 484 BC. The plot revolves round Medea and her children, fathered by Jason.

Medea is enacted by Tanya Moodie, who gives an enlightened performance of the troubled centre piece of this Greek tragedy. The actors who support her give fine performances to add to the overall strategy and success of a play dealing with a man who wants another woman for selfish gain and is prepared to banish the mother of his children. All is set for an evening of intrigue and revenge as the appreciative audience found out.

After a late start a full house watched this one act play in attentive silence, although, for some reason or other, many left and came back during the performance. It will keep the thinking public fascinated, although some may feel that this production is lacking that little something. © BA

“Medea” is in Leeds on the 14th November to the 13th December, 2003.