The Medea Hypothesis

Cockpit Theatre, Gateforth Street, London
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This event ended on Friday 8th of November 2019
Admission
£10 advance, £12 on the door
Venue Information
Cockpit Theatre
Gateforth Street , NW8 8EH
Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Edgware Road (Bakerloo) 0.27 miles

An ancient myth collides with a modern crisis

Produced and presented by The Washing Machine Collective
On the verge of ecological disaster, a mother who no longer wishes to be a mother and a child who no longer wishes to be, find salvation in a drastic solution.

An ancient myth collides with a modern crisis as a new scientific theory is brought to life by The Washing Machine collective.

The Medea Hypothesis uses an ancient myth to address a very modern crisis - is humankind's current path self destructive?
As we seek to give our children every advantage are we securing a way of life that leads to destruction?

In the same way that the original Medea play questions fundamental concepts of what it is to be a mother, The Medea Hypothesis questions what it means to fight for survival, or even the value of life in a world where 'strength in numbers' might only serve to secure destruction.

This reassessment of life's fundamental values is played out by a single mother who doubts any reasonable future for her and her son, and a son who perceives himself and his peers as the cause of tomorrow's global catastrophe.

Running through the core of this play is The Medea Hypothesis - a real life theory by Paleontologist Peter Ward that suggests a malign alternative to nurturing concepts of a Mother Earth - one that instead casts off her children to save herself.

In English

60 minutes long

Suitable for 16+

Production Image by Jean Goldsmith @jeangoldsmith.com

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