Theatre Production of "Socrates and his Clouds" by W. Lyons

A project in London, United Kingdom by Melina Theocharidou
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In this cartoon-strip comedy philosophy and politics meet show-stopping song and dance!
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Dates: May 7th -> Jun 1st (26 days)
Project By: Melina Theocharidou
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Latest News

Meet Riana Athanasiou who joins the Chorus of Socrates and his Clouds!

May 25th - via: kickstarter.com
  Meet Riana Athanasiou who joins the Chorus of Socrates and his Clouds!Riana trained at AMDA, New York. Theatre credits include: Sleeping Beauty Awakes (Fairy Godmother/Mother), Immortal Water (Queen/Witch/Narrator) - Cyprus National Theat...re... (Read More)

photos!

May 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Here are pictures of Phidippides: Jack Montgomery, Strepsiades: Paul Hutton  and Socrates: Alexander Andreou. Also pictured, we are relaxing at our first rehearsal outside the rehearsal room in Camden Stables. Rehearsals take place in whimsically... (Read More)

Lincoln Center

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
SOCRATES AND HIS CLOUDS listed on the Lincoln Center's Directors Lab website! Director Melina Theocharidou was invited to workshop William Lyon's re-imagining of Aristophanes' 'The Clouds' at Lincoln Center's Directors Lab in July 2012. The Lab... (Read More)

Education programme

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
A little bit about our Education Programme... We are committed to developing work that is thought-provoking and that encourages learning through creativity across all ages. We believe that the pedagogical nature of 'Socrates and his Clouds' would... (Read More)

Our illustrator

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Our trailer was put together by illustrator Nastazia Lampropoulou who designed our quirky, wonderful poster image.  To see more of Nastazia's work, have a look at some of her painting and video art here:... (Read More)

The Classics Library

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
And here we are on the calendar of The Classics Library! Are we logged into your calendar yet? :-) http://www.theclassicslibrary.com/events/2013-06/  (Read More)

on Open University website

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
SOCRATES AND HIS CLOUDS featured on the Open University website! William Lyon's play, unlike 'The Clouds', the Aristophanes play that inspired it, presents the Socrates that we have come to know from Plato's 'Dialogues'. A father, a son, a teacher... (Read More)

education outreach

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Are you a teacher or lecturer in Classics, Philosophy, Drama or Politics? We now have a sample of our Learning Resource Pack on our website! Go to http://www.socratesandhisclouds.com/ and click on our EDUCATION page to download it. And remember,... (Read More)

Cast list

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Ladies and gents, the SOCRATES AND HIS CLOUDS CAST is ANNOUNCED! ALEXANDER ANDREOU as SOCRATESPAUL HUTTON as STREPSJACK MONTGOMERY as PHIDDYRAHIL LIAPOPOULOU as THE CHORUSLUCYELLE CLIFFE as THE CHORUSRIANA ATHANASIOU as THE CHORUS Follow our Twitter... (Read More)

A Treat!

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Brilliant music by Olivios Karaolides for "Socrates and his clouds" and reeeeaaaally cheeky choreography by Sandra Maturana. Oh you're in for a treat!  (Read More)

Meet our Socrates: Alexander Andreou!

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Meet our Socrates: Alexander Andreou! Alex's acting career has included diverse parts, from Islamist hate preacher (The Black Album, National Theatre) to Gypsy King (The Wolfman, Paramount) and New York docker (A View from the Bridge, Manchester... (Read More)

Meet our Phidippides: Jack Montgomery!

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Meet our Phidippides: Jack Montgomery! Jack is 21 years old and comes from Birmingham. He appeared in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium) and was in the Original Cast of both Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre) and The Sound of Music (London... (Read More)

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