Professor Elizabeth Minchin

Cast/Crew

Sophocles’ Oedipus the King – Cast/Crew

8 February 2026 Michael Smith Comments Off on Sophocles’ Oedipus the King – Cast/Crew
Burbidge Amphitheatre, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, April 2026 Oedipus, King of Thebes – Andrew Mackenzie Creon, Oedipus’s brother-in-law – Owen Maycock Jocasta, wife of Oedipus, sister of Creon – Kate Blackhurst Priest of Zeus, […]
OAM

OAM to Elizabeth Minchin

5 February 2026 Michael Smith Comments Off on OAM to Elizabeth Minchin
From Ros Jackson, President, Friends of the ANU Classics Museum, to Friends members: “No doubt many of you were delighted to note the award of the OAM to Emeritus Professor Elizabeth Minchin in the Australia Day Honours […]
Adviser

Elizabeth Minchin OAM

3 December 2025 Michael Smith Comments Off on 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, […]
Reviews

Reviews – Sophocles’ Antigone – ‘A must see’

22 April 2025 Michael Smith Comments Off on Reviews – Sophocles’ Antigone – ‘A must see’
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.” […]
Theatre

Declamatory Speech

18 September 2024 Michael Smith Comments Off on 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 […]