LIVEFRIDAY: AN EVENING WITH THE GODS

25 JAN 2013 - ACTIVITIES WE ENJOYED ON THE NIGHT

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25 January 2013, 7-22:30pm

For one night only, the Ashmolean was transformed into Mount Olympus. We encountered the Classical world of myths and legends like never before at the country's oldest public museum.

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Free Performances

  • Odysseus' Sailors - Interactive theatre sketches
  • Hades Inferno Bar - Interactive theatre sketches in the Ashmolean's vaulted café
  • Ptolemy's Rhapsodes and Amoebaean singers - Storytelling
  • Roman Pantomime - Theatrical performances
  • Greek Choir
  • Greek Dancing
  • Roman Food Facts - Quiz

Free Activities

  • Persian and Greek Language Workshops
  • A brief introduction to the history of the Persian and Greek languages from a member of the University of Oxford Faculty of Linguistics
  • Roman Board Games
  • Gladiator Station
  • Toga Station

Ticketed Performances and Activities

  • The Judgement of Paris - Operetta
  • The Latin Play -Theatrical excerpts from Plautus' Miles Gloriosus
  • Treasure Hunt