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This show belongs to the Adelaide Fringe 2022 season. This season is now over.

Medea holding a Greek female mask covering half her face. The other half represent Jason. PHOTO Martin Newland
A face have as a woman and half as a man representing Medea and Jason. Picture by Martin Newland
Medea and Jason in an argument mode. There is a fountain between them. Picture By Martin Newland

MEDEA AND JASON

Theatre and Physical Theatre • Tragedy
International

The play holds the American Theatre Wing's Tony Award record for most wins for the same female lead character with Judith Anderson, Zoe Caldwell and Diana Rigg. In 1969 Pier Paolo Pasolini made a movie starring Maria Callas.

This is the sequel of Euripides's 431 BC masterpiece 'Medea'. The ups and downs of passionate love stories hasn't changed in 2500 years. She married him. He left her for a younger woman. They meet again 30 years after those tragic events in Corinth. Words exchanged, love songs too. 

The play has been explored and interpreted by playwrights across the centuries and the world in a variety of ways and Medea's struggle to take charge of her own life in a male-dominated world.

★★★★★ "Loizou’s storytelling is impeccable – he holds our interest and has us wanting more without needing to resort to shock or twist; and his songs are beautifully played and sung" Mark Wickett, Stage Whispers

"songs are rendered with exquisite virtuosity. It's an intelligent show" THE BAREFOOTREVIEW

 "six hauntingly beautiful love songs" Flora Georgiou, Stage Whispers

 

SPECIAL OFFER

See any two of the four shows on the same night at 6pm and 8pm for only $30.

THEATRE: 'CASANOVA, MORE THAN A PLAYBOY'

CABARET: 'BALLADS BY N. MOUSKOURI AND M. THEODORAKIS'

MUSIC: 'THE BEST ACOUSTIC SONGS OF ALL TIMES'

 

Praise for past works:

"A vivid raconteur"-THE AGE

"all heartfelt"- Adelaide Theatre Guide

"has passion, pathos"-The Advertiser 

 "deliciously beautiful"-THEATREPEOPLE

"soulful -InDaily

" terrific story-telling talents and skills" Tony Knight, Stage Whispers

Presented by: ATHENS PRODUCTIONS

BIOGRAPHY
Athens Productions
Loucas Loizou was born in Cyprus to Greek parents. He studied classical guitar when he was young and Pianoforte much later with the London’s Trinity College of Music.

He studied theatre directing with NIDA in Sydney and Film with the Radio, Film and TV School.

He worked with the BBC in London and with the CyBC TV in Cyprus. He appeared in numerous TV and radio programmes including the ABC.

While on holidays in London in 1974 Turkey invaded Cyprus and became a refugee and had to sing for his supper 2500 nights straight.

THEATRE
'Homer's Odyssey' – A Mini Musical 2019-2021 Adina Treasury Tunnels - Holden Street Theatres.
'Oedipus Rex, The King' – A Mini Musical 2018-2019
'Medea and Jason - A Mini Musical' 2019 - 2022
'Casanova, not just a playboy' 2022

Reviews & Fringefeed Reacts

  • Loucas Loizou plays on guitar a few original and contextualised songs which are rendered with exquisite virtuosity. It’s an intelligent show - David Grybowski, The BAREFOOT REVIEW

  • interspersed with with six hauntingly beautiful love songs signifying devotion, desire, foreboding passion, and unconditional love. - Flora Georgiou, Stage Whispers

  • Loizou’s storytelling is impeccable – he holds our interest and has us wanting more without needing to resort to shock or twist. - Mark Wickett, Stage Whispers

  • Loizou is practised and confident: a man of many talents. The songs are beautiful, and wonderfully suited to Loizou's (...) expressive voice - Megan Koch, Arts Hub