Medea
- Director: Temo Kuprava
- Theatre:Kote Marjanishvili State Profesional Drama Theatre
- Hosting Theatre :Kote Marjanishvili State Professional Drama Theater (Small Stage)
- Date:
- 1 September - 20:00 hr,
Translated by - Levan Berdzenishvili
Directed by – Temo Kuprava
Set Designer – Anano Liparteliani
Assistant Director – Tamar Pruidze
Cast:
Medea – Nini Kvirikashvili
Jason – Giorgi Tabidze
Nurse – Ketevan Gegeshidze
Creon – Akaki Khidasheli
Also appearing: Ninutsa Tsagareishvili, Temo Vacharadze
Children – Anastasia Machavariani, Natalia Glonti, Lile Akhaladze, Elisabed Khutsishvili
Duration: 70 minutes (no intermission)
About the Performance:
An ancient story that feels more urgent and relevant today than ever.
Medea — the timeless figure of a powerful woman who sacrifices everything for love.
Her story is written in devotion and in blood.
For a life with Jason, she abandoned her home, betrayed her family, and committed the unthinkable.
Now, facing the ultimate betrayal, one question remains:
Will she cross yet another line to say farewell to the man she once gave everything for?
Is a woman who gives up what is most precious to her still a villain?
Or is Medea, as a mother, simply protecting what the state seeks to take away?
This performance features an excerpt from Euripides’ Medea and invites us to confront the uncomfortable edges of justice, love, and revenge.
Marjanishvili Theater opens its 97th theater season. The theater remains faithful to the traditions of its founder Kote Marjanishvili. By combining tradition and innovation, with an audience-oriented repertoire, it managed to establish itself as a “public” theater (social theater). It can be said that it took on the function of a kind of educator and social commentator. Marjanishvili Theater is an important part of the country's culture and still maintains its leading status. The artistic director of the Marjanishvili Theater from 1928 to 1933 was the theater's founder and greatest director Kote Marjanishvili. At the time of his death, the theater was headed by such famous directors as Vasil Kushitashvili, Archil Chkhartishvili, Ushangi Chkheidze, Veriko Anjaparidze, Giga Lortkipanidze, and Temur Chkheidze. From 2006 to 2023.
In 2006-2022, the artistic director of the theater was director Levan Tsuladze. Who enriched the theater with new creative trends. Currently, the artistic director of the theater is director, teacher Giorgi Margvelashvili. The best actors, directors, artists, composers work in the theater, this is the team that determines the success and relevance of the theater. Every premiere performance is a big event in the cultural life of Tbilisi.
The Marjanishvili Theater is not limited to theatrical performances only. An integral part of its profile is the support of various important projects.
Since 2015, the Marjanishvili Theater has become a full member of the European International Theater Convention _ ETC!
Membership in the convention implies uniting in the family of European theaters. Participation in important projects, creation of joint productions and the opportunity to implement ideas.
86 years after the theater's founding, the Guardian newspaper writes:
"If the level of other theaters in Georgia is even remotely close to that of the Marjanishvili Theater, then the profession of theater critic should undoubtedly be considered the most coveted in this country."
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