Hotel Medea defies the vocabulary of a critic, and to some extent the critical mindset along with it – the sense of community and shared experience this six-hour production creates can make it hard to ...

It's not quite as easy to capture the imaginations of a modern audience with Greek tragedy as it was at the old Dionysia festival, but when it works, it works. This season, Dalston's Arcola Theatre ...

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Operagoers often brandish their tickets to Wagner's "Ring" cycle like a badge of honor. But in the latest twist in theatrical one-upmanship, "Hotel Medea," at London's Arcola Theatre, is a six-hour ...

A man stands before us muttering the words, "I'm not mad. I’m not mad.” He is wearing tattered, filthy long johns and the remnants of yellow stockings round his ankles. Under his chin is a red turkey ...

Whisked away on a boat to the seemingly isolated Trinity Buoy Wharf at eleven o’clock at night, there’s definitely something adventurous about the prospect of Hotel Medea. As other shows bring their ...