Medea in Exile

Flinders Drama Centre previews an epic new Australian take on Medea

Students of Flinders Drama Centre’s Bachelor of Performance courses in Acting, Directing and Theatre-Making present the first ever staging of Medea in Exile, a bold new triptych created by acclaimed Australian playwright Tom Holloway and classicist Dr Emma Cole. This fully-staged performance will contribute to the work’s final phase of development and offers audiences an exclusive first look ahead of its future professional world premiere.

The trilogy spans Medea’s lost prelude and aftermath: from her childhood as a priestess presiding over human sacrifice, through her erased encounter with Herakles, to her later exile in Athens where she again confronts betrayal and the destructive instinct for revenge.

This epic new work follows Medea’s journey across three distinct worlds — exploring themes of exile, reinvention, and survival. Staged across multiple indoor and outdoor locations within the Drama Centre and Bedford Park campus, the production culminates in a powerful site-responsive performance under the open sky, invoking Adelaide’s status as the ‘Athens of the South’ in a year that sees the finalisation of our new Sister City relationship with the ancient home of world theatre.

Flinders University Drama Centre
Humanities Road (Free parking at Carpark 5)
Bedford Park SA 5042

November 26, 27: 6:30pm
November 28: 7:00pm
November 29: 5:00pm
(Please note the outdoor presentation of part 3 of the Medea in Exile tryptich is not wheelchair accessible)

Tickets $30/$20(Concession)/$10 Flinders Students & Staff

Special Event – Tom Holloway and Emma Cole in conversation with Elena Carapetis 4:00pm Saturday November 29.