We are thrilled to circulate information on the Oxford Classical Drama Society's 2026 Triennial Greek Play! Euripides's Iphigenia at Aulis at the Oxford Playhouse. Wed 4 to Sat 7 November 2026. Not to be missed! Bookings now open: www.oxfordplayhouse.com/events/iphig...

From our friends @Dansox! Body Politic. Residency with DANSOX as they develop their new work No Place! All welcome to Open Rehearsal and Showing Sun 5 July 2-4pm Free followed by reception. Jacqueline du Pré Music Building St Hilda's College, Oxford. Bookings: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/body-polit...

A Red Extreme Heat Warning has been issued for Oxfordshire advising to avoid non-essential travel. You can still join us in person but feel free to join us online! 26th Annual Joint Postgraduate Symposium, Thur 25 June - St Hilda's College (9.30-17.00); Ioannou Centre (18.00-20.30) and on Zoom.

📣 The 26th Annual Joint Postgraduate Symposium on Ancient Performance and Reception will take place on one day only this year: Thursday 25 June 2026. Join us in person at 9.30am Riverside Pavilion, St Hilda’s College, or on Zoom! Details: www.classics.ox.ac.uk/event/techno...

📣 The 26th Annual Joint Postgraduate Symposium on Ancient Performance and Reception will take place on one day only this year: Thursday 25 June 2026. Join us in person at 9.30am Riverside Pavilion, St Hilda’s College, or on Zoom! Details: www.classics.ox.ac.uk/event/techno...

Unfortunately we still have ongoing issues with the APGRD website. We have had to take down our databases temporarily, but the rest is still up - although it is still struggling. Speak gently, go softly, cross your fingers 🤞⚙️🔧

APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama)@apgrd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📣 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]

TOMORROW (we heard that Lil' Buck may be attending!) 18 June 5.30pm: Like watching music: Fred Astaire & Lil Buck, virtuosi of the everyday; Kathleen Riley discusses the synergies between the work of Fred Astaire and Lil' Buck +Q&A +reception. Free, all welcome: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/like-watch...

Like Watching Music: Fred Astaire and Lil Buck, virtuosi of the everyday

Kathleen Riley discusses Fred Astaire and Lil Buck

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⚠️☀️ 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.

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...

The Astaires: Fred & Adele

Alastair Macaulay in conversation with Kathleen Riley

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We are still having some problems with our website, so here is the programme for Saturday, just in case you can't access it!

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]

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...

⚠️☀️ 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.

Check our new "Introductions to... Women in Greek Theatre", by Leo Kershaw. Go to the APGRD website/ Learning to access all our Introductions and Notes from the Archive.

Saturday 13 June! 'Antiquity in Simulation: Global Receptions of the Classical World in Video Games'. A conference on Eastern and Western approaches to the reception of the classical world in video games. For the zoom link to join online & programme, please go to: www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/...

Exciting event in Oxford focused on artistic responses to the new Euripides fragments discovered in 2024. 'Stories from the Sands', 11 June, 2-5:30pm, Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College. Organised by Prof Laura Swift & Oxford University. Book your free ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stories-fr...

From our friends at Dansox: TODAY 11/05, 5:30PM!! Clare Finburgh Delijani: “A Way to Inhabit the World”: Decolonial-Environmental Resistance in Dance from the French Caribbean Jacqueline du Pré Music Building Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/resistance... Livestream: youtube.com/live/b2B7RO8...

Resistance in Dance from the French Caribbean

Claire Finburgh Delijani joins us for a lecture on resistance in dance from the French Caribbean.

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📣📣❗❗Tomorrow 2pm!!! Join us for the annual Classics & English Lecture, delivered by Dr Miranda Stanyon (University of Melbourne), in the Ioannou Centre lecture theatre and online at 2pm on Tuesday 12 May.

This Friday 8 May! Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience a piece performed in ancient Greek. See you at the Ioannou Centre, Oxford, 6:30pm 😀

APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama)@apgrd.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📣📣📣📣 Exciting event coming up!! Friday 8 May 6:30pm. Don't miss the chance to attend these performances in ancient Greek (with English intro) directed by Prof David Wiles. Free and open to all. Join us at the Ioannou Centre, 66 St Gile's.

📣📣📣📣 Exciting event coming up!! Friday 8 May 6:30pm. Don't miss the chance to attend these performances in ancient Greek (with English intro) directed by Prof David Wiles. Free and open to all. Join us at the Ioannou Centre, 66 St Gile's.

From our friends at UCL: Experiencing the last days of Pompeii through silent cinema. Sat 9/05/26 8:30pm, Bloomsbury Theatre. A one-off screening of the rarely seen silent epic film Jone o Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei 1913, dir. Giovanni Enrico Vidali. More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

📣📣📣📣 Exciting event coming up!! Friday 8 May 6:30pm. Don't miss the chance to attend these performances in ancient Greek (with English intro) directed by Prof David Wiles. Free and open to all. Join us at the Ioannou Centre, 66 St Gile's.

Remembering the time that Buffy the Vampire Slayer did Oedipus... 😆😆

Apply now for ICS Public engagement grants Deadline 1 May Small grants (up to £500) are available to support Classics-themed public engagement activities. Full details: ics.sas.ac.uk/public-engag...

Join us on 4 May at 6pm for our next OWC #Shakespeare webinar on Henry VI Part II. Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social will be joined by Dr Kavita Mudan Finn to discuss the play followed by a Q&A. All welcome! Free but booking required. shakespeare-webinar-henryvi-partii.eventbrite.co.uk

Some exciting events coming up from our friends at DANSOX! 8th May 2026- 6pm, Amanda Britton, Director Rambert School and former dancer with Rambert Dance Company; 11th May 5.30pm a special lecture by Claire Finburgh Delijani (Goldsmiths). For more info: dansox3.wordpress.com/upcoming-eve...

Today and tomorrow! Join online if you can't get to the event in person. Link and programme for the event are on the APGRD's website: www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/...

APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama)@apgrd.bsky.social · 5mo ago

13-14 April. The APGRD is proud to support, with Theatron - Teatro Antico alla Sapienza, the 1st edition of Sympatheia – Symposium of Ancient Theatre Initiatives in Academia, hosted by the Centre for Classical Studies, University of Lisbon. Go to the APGRD website for more details & to join online.