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UCL Greek and Latin - Plato's Symposium
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UCL Greek and Latin department presents
PLATO'S SYMPOSIUM
Wednesday 8th February 2023; 7.30pm
Thursday 9th February 2023; 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Friday 10th February 2023; 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Promocode PLATO241 for 2 for 1 tickets for听Wednesday 8th听19:30, Thursday 9th 14:30听and Friday听10th 14:30 performances only. T&C Discount can not be applied retroactively for tickets already purchased.
A heartbreak spanning centuries. What is love? Do soulmates really exist? Join Alcibiades in crashing one of the most famous dinner parties you鈥檒l ever come across as Plato redefines what it means to be beautiful.
Age guidance:听15+
Running time:听approx 2h 10min + 20min interval
Evening performances on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th will include a pre-show talk in the theatre (included in the ticket).
Thursday 9th, 6.45-7.15pm
Dr Frisbee Scheffield (Cambridge) 鈥楶latonic love: Lessons from the Symposium鈥�
Friday 10th, 6.45-7.15pm
Professor Edith Hall (Durham) 鈥榃hat has Plato's Symposium got to do with theatre?
Pre-show talks will be filmed - by buying a ticket you give permission to be filmed for this purpose.
Public workshops听(limited capacities due to nature of activity)
Wednesday 8th, 4-5.30pm -听Venue: Room Archaeology G6 LT, Gordon Square (31-34) & (14) Taviton St
Dr Michael Loy (Cambridge) 鈥楶lato and the Archaeology of the Symposium鈥�.听听BOOK HERE听
Thursday 9th, 4-5.30pm -听 Venue: Bloomsbury Studio, 15 Gordon St, WC1H OAH
Dr Helen Eastman (Theatre Director) 鈥楥horus and Chorality in Practice鈥�.听BOOK HERE
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Friday 10th, 4-5.30pm - Venue: Room Archaeology G6 LT, Gordon Square (31-34) & (14) Taviton St
Dr Caterina Pell貌 (Nottingham) 鈥楾eacher, Priestess, and Intellectual: A Woman Philosopher in Plato's Symposium鈥�.听听BOOK HERE
To learn more about the annual UCL Greek and Latin plays (which began in 1987) please visit听HERE
听
UCL Greek and Latin department presents
PLATO'S SYMPOSIUM
Wednesday 8th February 2023; 7.30pm
Thursday 9th February 2023; 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Friday 10th February 2023; 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Promocode PLATO241 for 2 for 1 tickets for听Wednesday 8th听19:30, Thursday 9th 14:30听and Friday听10th 14:30 performances only. T&C Discount can not be applied retroactively for tickets already purchased.
A heartbreak spanning centuries. What is love? Do soulmates really exist? Join Alcibiades in crashing one of the most famous dinner parties you鈥檒l ever come across as Plato redefines what it means to be beautiful.
Age guidance:听15+
Running time:听approx 2h 10min + 20min interval
Evening performances on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th will include a pre-show talk in the theatre (included in the ticket).
Thursday 9th, 6.45-7.15pm
Dr Frisbee Scheffield (Cambridge) 鈥楶latonic love: Lessons from the Symposium鈥�
Friday 10th, 6.45-7.15pm
Professor Edith Hall (Durham) 鈥榃hat has Plato's Symposium got to do with theatre?
Pre-show talks will be filmed - by buying a ticket you give permission to be filmed for this purpose.
Public workshops听(limited capacities due to nature of activity)
Wednesday 8th, 4-5.30pm -听Venue: Room Archaeology G6 LT, Gordon Square (31-34) & (14) Taviton St
Dr Michael Loy (Cambridge) 鈥楶lato and the Archaeology of the Symposium鈥�.听听BOOK HERE听
Thursday 9th, 4-5.30pm -听 Venue: Bloomsbury Studio, 15 Gordon St, WC1H OAH
Dr Helen Eastman (Theatre Director) 鈥楥horus and Chorality in Practice鈥�.听BOOK HERE
听
Friday 10th, 4-5.30pm - Venue: Room Archaeology G6 LT, Gordon Square (31-34) & (14) Taviton St
Dr Caterina Pell貌 (Nottingham) 鈥楾eacher, Priestess, and Intellectual: A Woman Philosopher in Plato's Symposium鈥�.听听BOOK HERE
To learn more about the annual UCL Greek and Latin plays (which began in 1987) please visit听HERE
听
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 - 19:30 to Friday, February 10, 2023 - 14:30
Bloomsbury Theatre Event Bloomsbury Theatre and Studio