APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama)
University of Oxford research centre into performances inspired by ancient Greece and Rome: stage plays, ballets, films, tv, audio dramas, drag shows, dance, animation, musicals... from 1315 to present day!
http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk
- Tomorrow 2pm! Join us ONLINE
- Metaphors of Reception, Reception as a Metaphor. This coming Tuesday, 3rd Feb 2pm at the Ioannou Centre, and online. Visit our website for the zoom link. Not to be missed!! www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/... #metaphor #reception #classics
- A very interesting seminar coming up on Thurs 29 Jan 12pm, Faculty of English, Cambridge. Malika Bastin-Hammou (Grenoble-Alpes), "To put it in a nutshell": Writing Neo-Latin Argumenta to Greek Drama -- The case of Aristophanes’ Clouds'. For more info go to: www.english.cam.ac.uk/seminars/Neo...
- Happening now! Friends and colleagues are running some workshops for anyone who is around and able to attend. For more details go to: www.instagram.com/p/DT2bDjqjbk...
- From our friends at Dansox! Lecture by Edward Kemp (dramaturg) Thur 29 Jan 6pm "Remembering the Cellist". w/ footage of choreographer Cathy Marston and dancers. Jaqueline du Pré Building, Oxford. Free and welcome to all. Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rememberin... or susan.jones@ell.ox.ac.uk
- Deadline fast approaching! 6 Feb 26. BADA summer program. Participants spend 10 days in London, 10 in Greece,+ a final residency in Oxford with the APGRD. For students & theatre practitioners at various stages of their careers. www.bada.org.uk/study/greek-... #bada #greektheatre #classics #drama
- Metaphors of Reception, Reception as a Metaphor. This coming Tuesday, 3rd Feb 2pm at the Ioannou Centre, and online. Visit our website for the zoom link. Not to be missed!! www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/... #metaphor #reception #classics
- A beautiful picture of Fiona Macintosh and David Ricks, with Michael Silk in the middle, celebrating the launch of their recently published volume "Poetry and Poetics, Greek and Beyond: Essays in Honour of M.S. Silk" at King's College London. #reception #classics #poetry #poetics #greek
- A quick reminder about our pop-up exhibition "Advertising Antiquity", this coming Monday 12 Jan. Free and open to all. One day only! Join us in person or online, from 2.30pm, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles, Oxford. For the Zoom link go to: www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/...
- Congratulations to Fiona Macintosh and David Ricks, co-editors of this fascinating volume, and to all the APGRD scholars who participated in it, just hot from the press! Poetry and Poetics, Greek and Beyond: Essays in Honour of M.S. Silk. To know more go to: www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/poetry-and-p...
- Have a wonderful 2026!! We are back on 5th January preparing for our first event of the year, our Poster Exhibition, 'Advertising Antiquity', 12th Jan from 2:30pm at the Ioannou Centre. Looking forward to see you there! If you cannot attend in person, head to our website for the Zoom link.
- Sharing some great pictures from a past event! The APGRD was happy to support a practical workshop run by Shreya Dua (University of Durham) with the support of OCDS (Oxford Classical Drama Society), focusing on Gesture and Movement in the Tragic Chorus. www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2025/...
- Another January event from our friends at DANSOX! 29/01/26, 6-8pm, JdP St. Hilda’s College, Oxford Edward Kemp (Dramaturg) "The Cellist" celebrates Cathy Marston’s making of “The Cellist”. Free and all welcome. +Q&A+reception. booking: susan.jones@ell.ox.ac.uk more info: dansox3.wordpress.com
- From our friends at @dansox_oxford some events that will take place in January 2026. 12/01/26, 5.30-7pm: "Learning from the Future" Colette Sadler with dancer Leah Marojevic JdP, St. Hilda’s College, Oxford. Free, all welcome. To book a place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/learning-f...
- A quick reminder about our first event of 2026!! MON 12 JAN from 2:30pm. ADVERTISING ANTIQUITY. A pop-up exhibition offering a snapshot of the variety of posters held in the APGRD's archival collections. For full details, including Zoom link to join online, go to: www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/...
- Some pictures of the wonderful event the APGRD and DANSOX held at St Hilda's JdP on 5th Dec. Choreographer and dancer Akram Khan, MBE, in conversation with Marcus Bell (UCL). Photographs copyright to Jake Owens. #akramkhan #dance #coreography #reception
- 2:30pm -Wed 17/12, JdP. Songs of Solidarity Workshop’s Final Session: Framing the Journey Forward NOTICE CHANGE OF TIME-14.30 - 17.45 Collaborative session to set next steps, draft the framework for interviews, define the ethical and dramaturgical questions guiding the next phase. Drinks 5pm.
- Join us for a public discussion to close the 3 day development workshop “Songs of Solidarity Project Writer's room”. Weds 17 Dec 5pm, St Hilda's College Oxford. Songs of Solidarity is an interdisciplinary performance project reimagining ancient epics through the voices of migrant communities today.
- 📣📣❗❗❗ADVERTISING ANTIQUITY. Mon 12 Jan 2:30pm. Join us for a pop-up exhibition offering a snapshot of the variety of posters held in the APGRD's archive. Speakers from V&A, National Theatre London, Univ. of Hertfordshire & Oxford. All welcome, no booking required. Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles, Oxford
- Tomorrow! Last tickets available. Visit Eventbrite to get your free ticket. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/akram-khan...
- Have you booked your free tickets yet? This exciting event is happening THIS FRIDAY 5th December, 2:30pm. Don't miss it! #dance #coreography #akramkhan
- Have you booked your free tickets yet? This exciting event is happening THIS FRIDAY 5th December, 2:30pm. Don't miss it! #dance #coreography #akramkhan
- From our friends at Jesus College! Professor Armand D’Angour will be performing a selection of Juvenal’s early satires, Tues 20.01.26 6:30pm, Jesus College, contact rose.evans@jesus.ox.ac.uk The link to the sign-up form: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
- Not long to go now for the fabulous Dressing 'Greek': Clothing, Movement, and Performance from ancient to modern workshop! Register for this free event, open to all. Saturday 29th November, 9am, Ertegun House, Oxford. #dance #reception #clothing #movement
- Tickets are now out for this exciting event! Free and open to all. Book your free tickets on Eventbrite. Akram Khan, MBE in conversation with Marcus Bell (UCL), co-organized with Dance Scholarship Oxford (DANSOX) Friday, Dec 5, 2025, 14:30 Jaqueline du Pre Music Building, St Hilda's College Oxford.
- We are circulating this information on behalf of our colleagues at AGRELITA, Université de Caen Normandie. Call for applications “Visiting researchers” 2026. For more information and contact details, visit their dedicated webpage. agrelita.hypotheses.org/9813#more-9813
- From our friends at DANSOX: 26/11/25- 5.30-7pm *Beyond the Ballets Russes* Lectures by Prof. Philip Bullock & Dr Gabriela Minden. Riverside Pavilion St. Hilda’s College, Oxford. Free Open to All. Followed by reception. Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the... More info: dansox3.wordpress.com
- A neo-Latin play performance at Corpus Christi College Auditorium and Book Launch. #neolatin #piccolomini #latin #performance #reception
- In converstaion with Gregory Jusdanis, Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography. Taylor Institution, Main Hall, Tuesday 25th November 2025, 5pm. Free and open to all, not to be missed! #cavafy #greek #classics
- We have a wonderful series of events coming up, save the dates in your diaries! Next week's Research Seminar will focus on "Filiation, Cannibalism, Carrier/Vehicle" with Emma Greensmith, Rosa Andújar, Giovanna Di Martino and Carla Suthren. #apgrd #classics #reception #metaphor
- Interesting CFP for " Cultures of violence and female resistance: receptions of ancient Greek myths from the 14th to the 21st century, in Europe and beyond" organized at the University of Caen Normandie (June, 10-12 2026) by the members of the ERC AGRELITA Project (agrelita.hypotheses.org/9587)
- We are so excited! We got our posters back and we are just about to get them back in the corridors. Expect some new faces in there! #posters #apgrd #classics #reception
- A reminder that our Reception Studies Seminar "Conceptual Metaphors in Reception Studies" continues tomorrow. This week: Presence, Typology, Time. Don't miss it! Join us at the Ioannou Centre, or go to the APGRD website for instructions on how to join online. #metaphor #reception #classics
- Exciting news! Our colleagues are looking to fund creative commissions inspired by papyrus fragments of two lost plays by Euripides, which were discovered by Egyptian archaeological team in 2024... are you an artist who likes to work with academic ideas? torch.ox.ac.uk/event/storie...
- [Not loaded yet]
- The APGRD wants to warmly welcome the new cohort of Classics and Reception Studies students starting their Oxford journey today. And what a better way of doing it than with this exquisite quote from Vallejo, Irene, 'Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World', Hodder & Stoughton, 2023.
- We would like to pay tribute to Tony Harrison, not only for his landmark adaptations of Greek drama but also for being so supportive of the APGRD’s formation and research endeavours; many of our archive’s highlights are indebted to his work - a colleague and friend to many of us over the years 💛
- [Not loaded yet]
- Exciting news! Our friends at the National Theatre bring a new, interactive free exhibition: "The Greeks: Radical Reinvention". Journeying through past reimaginings of Greek tragedies & featuring archival objects. Not to be missed! #nationaltheatre #thegreeks #greektragedy #reception #performance
- Our friends at Thiasos Theatre are performing two comedic plays at The Cockpit Theatre, London, 16th to 20th September: Euripides' Cyclops and Aristophanes' Clouds. Not to be missed!! #euripides #cyclops #aristophanes #clouds #ancientdrama
- 🎉🎉New exciting event just announced for November. 'Dressing “Greek”: Clothing, Movement and Performance from Ancient to Modern', Ertegun House, Oxford, 29th November. An interdisciplinary conference on ancient Greek bodies, performance and clothing. #clothing #performance #classics #reception
- An extremely interesting event coming up soon, organised by our friends at BCLA: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality British Academy / British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA) St John’s College, Oxford. 11–12 Sept 2025. To book (free) go to: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...
- ⚠️📡 This sounds like we also need to improve our Hypsipyle detection radar! If anyone knows of Hypsipyles or Hypsipyle-inspired performances - anytime since 1315 CE, any country, drama, dance, radio, tv, film etc. - let us know at: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/apg... (we accept Medeas too 💛)
- Did anyone said "birds"? Costume design, music score and some performance pictures of Aristophanes' Birds and other comedies. Beautiful findings in our Aristophanes' drawer... #aristophanes #classics #reception #birds #performance
- 🎉🎉If you missed the launch of this fascinating, thought provoking issue, 'What Makes an American “Classic”?' co-edited by Caterina Domeneghini and Claire Barnes, the recording is now online! Head to the APGRD Website to watch the video, or go to our YouTube channel. #reception #classics #american
- It feels strange to see our walls so bare... but we are bringing in some changes over the summer! Blue lady is down 😢... and a little birdie is flying in... #poster #exhibition #birds #classics
- 🎉🎉 If you missed it, Dr Emily Pillinger's fascinating contribution to the 25th Annual Joint Postgraduate Symposium on Ancient Performance and Reception is now online, accessible to all. Go to the APGRD website or our YouTube channel to watch it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjzb...
- Happily rummaging through the APGRD's video recording collection. So many interesting little gems there! And behold! Another bird (or birds) in the Archive... #birds #archive #greektragedy #video #drama
- 📕🚀ONLINE BOOK LAUNCH!!! Don't miss our next event, Monday 14 July 5pm (UK time) ONLINE book launch, 'What makes an American Classic?', an invitation from co-editors Caterina Domeneghini and Claire Barnes.For the Zoom link to join us, please go to the APGRD website: www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2025/...
- [Not loaded yet]
- Exciting events coming up from our friends at DANSOX. Thursday 24 July, SHOBANA JEYASINGH in residence at the Jacqueline du Pré Building 21st-25th July, We Caliban, an inventive, sideways look at Shakespeare’s The Tempest. For more details, head to: dansox3.wordpress.com/upcoming-eve...
- Kindly donated by Bill Zewadski, this little gem holds pictures of an 1887 production of Antigone in Zurich, collected as a memento of the performance for/by (?) Prof Dr Hugo BLÜMNER, a German archaeologist & classicist who in 1877 transferred to Zurich University #antigone #reception #performance
- Book Launch! Join us online to explore and celebrate the publication of the especial edition of the New American Studies Journal (Vol. 76, 2025) What Makes an American 'Classic'?, co-edited by Caterina Domeneghini and Claire Barnes. Zoom link: apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/
- This week the BADA (British American Drama Academy) Greek Theatre Summer Programme has come to the APGRD for a few days of enriching varied activities and workshops. Here they are interacting with some of the Archive’s fascinating collections. #archive #classics #theatre #reception #drama #bada
