Awards
Antigone 2025
OAM
OAM to Elizabeth Minchin
Elizabeth Minchin is Classics Adviser to Greek Theatre Now. From Ros Jackson, President, Friends of the ANU Classics Museum: “No doubt many of you were delighted to note the award of the OAM to Emeritus Professor Elizabeth […]
About
Michael J Smith – Artistic Director
Michael founded Greek Theatre Now in 2024. He has a background in opera, politics and journalism, and running, health and fitness. He won an academic scholarship to Melbourne Boys High and came under the singing […]
Adviser
Elizabeth Minchin OAM
Greek Theatre Now classics adviser Elizabeth Minchin is Emeritus Professor of Classics at The Australian National University, Canberra. Her research focusses primarily on aspects of cognition, memory and emotion in relation to the Homeric epics, […]
Cast/Crew
Cast/Crew – Antigone 2025
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, […]
Theatre
Declamatory Speech
Outdoor Greek theatre is: In Ancient Greece, these were not just stylistic choices, they were technical necessities. They enabled 15,000 people at the Theatre of Dionysus, on the southern slopes of the Acropolis, to hear […]
Cast/Crew
Carl Davies – Graphic Design & Photography
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
Cast/Crew
Cate Clelland
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 […]
Cast/Crew
Tania Jobson
“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 […]
Cast/Crew
Lachlan Ruffy
Ruffy has garnered acclaim across Australia for his versatility as a performer, writer, creator, and game designer. He’s a graduate of ANU, University of Canberra and WAAPA. He has been referred to as “a true […]