Experience the full complexity of Euripides’ masterpiece in Peter Arnott’s acclaimed translation. Anchored by Olivia Sutherland’s riveting performance, this unabridged staging honors the rarely seen scope of the ancient text. By restoring the vital scenes with King Aegeus, the complete poetic choral odes, and the original triumphant ending, this production offers a definitive look at Greek drama as it was originally written.

Young, defiant, and operating with divine impunity, Medea appears high atop the skēnē building to taunt her enemies and declare her new life in Athens. Rather than walking away in sorrow, she escapes in a blazing sun chariot gifted by her grandfather. It is a breathtaking finale that defies easy digestion—an unforgettable conclusion that forces you to grapple with what the playwright is saying about the destruction wrought by the man of gold’s lies.