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
APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama)
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SECOND Thursday 18 June 5.30pm - Like watching music: Fred Astaire and Lil Buck, virtuosi of the everyday -
Kathleen Riley discusses the synergies between the work of Fred Astaire and Lil' Buck. FREE and OPEN TO ALL, book at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/like-watch...
⚠️☀️ Summer Closure ☀️⚠️
The Ioannou Centre for Classical & Byzantine Studies will be undergoing major building works this summer and we are unable to accept visitors from July to October 2026. If you had hoped to consult the collections during that time, please email us to discuss an alternative.
⚠️☀️ Summer Closure ☀️⚠️
The Ioannou Centre for Classical & Byzantine Studies will be undergoing major building works this summer and we are unable to accept visitors from July to October 2026. If you had hoped to consult the collections during that time, please email us to discuss an alternative.
We are still having some problems with our website, so here is the programme for Saturday, just in case you can't access it!
Coming up events, last few weeks of Trinity Term! Sat 13 June: 'Antiquity in Simulation' Classics and videogames! Thur 25 June: Technologies and Classical Reception and 'The Digital Auteur'. Join us in person/online. Visit the APGRD website for more info and zoom links. www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events
Musical Workshop opportunity coming up! A new musical based on Homer's Iliad at the Phoenix Arts Club, London 17-18/06. Featuring an original pop-rock soundtrack, Age of the Hero is a retrospective of the epic woven with contemporary interpretations of the text.
phoenixartsclub.com/events/age-o...
Not long to go! Saturday 13 June, 9am-5pm, Conference 'Antiquity in Simulation: Global Receptions of the Classical World in Video Games'. Organised by Clare Chang & Sarah Marshall in collaboration with the APGRD and Bristol Digital Game Lab.
📣 The APGRD website is currently down - we're looking into it - hopefully have it back up and running again soon! 👩💻🔧⚙️
[Image: American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits, 1889]
📣 The APGRD website is currently down - we're looking into it - hopefully have it back up and running again soon! 👩💻🔧⚙️
[Image: American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits, 1889]
Our friends at DANSOX have two great events, free and open to all, next week at the JDP.
FIRST Tuesday 16 June, 5.30pm - The Astaires: Fred and Adele - Alastair Macaulay in conversation with Kathleen Riley. FREE and OPEN TO ALL, book at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-astair...
APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama)
