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Auditions – The Trojan Women

1 September 2025 admin Comments Off

Auditions for Euripides’ The Trojan Women will be 18-19 October 2025, Tooms Place, Lyons (Scout Hall), Canberra. All welcome. Experienced actors and first-timers. Requirements: Audition Bookings: Email michael@greektheatrenow.com.au Inquiries: Michael J Smith 0415 818 673. […]

Season 2026 Announced

1 August 2025 admin Comments Off

Greek Theatre Now today announced its season 2026 production – Euripides’ The Trojan Women. GTN will perform the play in Canberra, ACT, 1-6 April, the Easter week and long weekend, and in Perth, Western Australia, […]

Reviews – Sophocles’ Antigone – ‘A must see’

22 April 2025 admin Comments Off

Sophocles’ Antigone, April 2025, Burbidge Amphitheatre, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra. The reviews are in. Peter Wilkins, Canberra Critics Circle “A must see.” “Wonderfully clear storytelling.” “Compelling authenticity.” “Greek Theatre Now makes an impressive debut.” […]

The Team – Antigone 2025

3 October 2024 admin Comments Off

Antigone, by Sophocles, premiered around 441 BC in Athens, Greece, at the Festival of Dionysus at the outdoor Theatre of Dionysus on the southern slopes of the Acropolis. The story so far … Oedipus, unknowingly, […]

About

2 October 2024 admin Comments Off

Michael J Smith, who has a background in opera, politics and fitness, founded Greek Theatre Now in 2024. It performs outdoor ancient Greek theatre at the Burbidge Amphitheatre, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT, Australia, […]

Contact

1 October 2024 admin Comments Off

Greek Theatre Now www.greektheatrenow.com.au Artistic Director & Producer – Michael J Smith michael@greektheatrenow.com.au Tel: 02-6181 3579 or +61 415 818 673 ABN 13 434 964 872 Lyons, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Carl Davies – Graphic Design & Photography

17 September 2024 admin Comments Off

Carl Davies is a Canberra-based still photographer, illustrator & graphic designer. He did the photos and artwork/graphic design for the Sophocles’ Antigone 2025 production. CMDphotographics https://www.cmdphotographics.com.au

Elizabeth Minchin

16 September 2024 admin Comments Off

Elizabeth is Emeritus Professor of Classics at The Australian National University. Her research focusses primarily on aspects of cognition, memory and emotion in relation to the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, and has been published in two […]

Cate Clelland

15 September 2024 admin Comments Off

Cate fell in love with Ancient Greece at the age of 15 when she studied Ancient History at school – the beginning of a youthful enthusiasm which has never waned. She then trained and taught […]

Tania Jobson

14 September 2024 admin Comments Off

“My creative journey began as a child growing up on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. I started to learn how to sew at the age of eight and although I went on to a […]