Lucy C M M Jackson

Hit and myth: Bacchae brings into view the National’s history of revamping Greek tragedies Following in the footsteps of Peter Hall and Katie Mitchell, Indhu Rubasingham directs an ancient epic at the National Theatre. Bacchae reveals the virtues and vices of creating a new play from old

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The Greeks: Radical Reinvention Written by Dr Lucy Jackson, Associate Professor in Ancient Greek Literature, Durham University.  This month sees the launch of a new exhibition – ‘The Greeks: Radical Reinvention’ – which Erin Lee …

Dr Lucy Jackson (@lucycmmjackson.bsky.social) writes about the new exhibition "The Greeks: Radical Reinvention" at the National Theatre which she worked on with the Head of Archive at the National Theatre, Erin Lee:
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“Eurovision has never been about politics, says BBC boss Tim Davie”

**Screams in Riverdance**

🎭 Congratulations to Dr Lucy Jackson, whose exhibition '‘The Greeks: Radical Reinvention’ has opened at the National Theatre’s Wolfson Gallery!

👉 The exhibition tells the story of how the NT has reimagined Greek drama across six decades

📅 Open until early spring

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Gary Owen’s unforgettable ‘Iphigenia in Splott’ is released as a Student Edition this month from @methuendrama.bsky.social, with a fascinating intro by @lucycmmjackson.bsky.social. It’s extra special to have this play - a blistering aria against austerity on a mythic scale - as part of the series.

If you're in Los Angeles, get thee to the Troubies at the Getty!

If I could move any group to Broadway, it would be a Troubie show.

#theatresky

Modern Reflections on Ancient Violence – 2025 CRSN Summer Series We, Antonio Papapicco (Scuola Normale Superiore) and Valeria Spacciante (Columbia University) are the organisers of the Classical Reception Studies Network’s 2025 Classical Reception Summer Speaker…

Now up on the CRSN site! Antonio Papapicco and Valeria Spacciante - the organisers of the CRSN/ICS 2025 Summer Series - reflect on the theme of ancient violence and its reception in the modern world. Read more here:
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We're supporting a new National Theatre ‪exhibition exploring how ancient Greek tragedies continue to inspire modern theatre.🎭
Our expert in ancient Greek literature, @lucycmmjackson.bsky.social curated the exhibition.
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I am enjoying watching ‘Too Much’, but I do just keep thinking wistfully of ‘I May Destroy You’.

He locked. Her out. When she went. To get. Pizza.

THAT’S how you do it.

Just want three or four other ways of saying ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’, is that too much to ask…?

“I asked Chat GPT” “I asked Grok”

Ok well I asked Sappho and she said

…….
…….
..[b]osom

When people say “You’re not tired, you’re just dehydrated” it makes me want to decapitate them with a Barbie doll. I can be both, fool. I contain multitudes.

Marking is still going well, clearly.

Andor is great and I don’t mind a bit all the Andor content being pushed to me on Facebook. They really had the ma(a)rvellous Fiona Shaw saying ‘Fuck the Empire’ and it’s not everything but it’s not nothing

Why do packing cubes, and the people who advertise them, have such a hold on me?

Already.

We’re at the Mahler 9 stage of marking season

This is happening in the UK, not the US.

Fascism, misogyny & the desire to control women’s bodies is on the rise everywhere.

Stop using period tracker apps. Consider a permanent form of birth control if you’re sure you don’t want kids. Be discrete with your reproductive health.

Illustration of a woman with grey hair and glasses. A speech bubble says 'Can I still use the women's loo?'. Other text on the graphic says 'There's a lot of confusion about our rights at the moment. Read our Know Your Rights resource for accurate, up to date info. transactual.org.uk/know-your-rights

It's here! Know your rights. A resource for trans people in the UK following the Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act. It has been reviewed by a team of lawyers to help you (and us) feel confident in knowing your rights.

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#Trans #Nonbinary

#TheatreSky what are your favourite seismic pieces of literary criticism on Midsummer Night’s Dream? Marxist, feminist, anarchist?

Heartened to see that close to 900 fellow academics and educators have already signed our letter in support of trans rights, trans wellbeing & trans inclusion, and against essentialist, anti-scientific, racialised & regressive views of womanhood. Please do read, share & sign! tinyurl.com/mud7va29

The Durham UCU picket line outside of Bill Bryson library

Day four! Striking for our jobs! We are not a drain on the university! We ARE the university!

Members of the Durham UCU out picketing in front of Elvet Riverside. They wear stickers, hold signs and are smiling in the sun

Two members of the Durham UCU out picketing in front of Elvet Riverside. They wear stickers, hold signs and are smiling in the sun

Members of the Durham UCU out picketing in front of Elvet Riverside. They wear stickers, hold signs and are talking to students and amongst themselves

FAB to stand with dedicated picketers today on Day 3 of our local branch STRIKE! Best of all was the support (honk honk!) from the Durham town community. This callous threat of forced redundancies by Management impacts our whole community - brothers and aunts, sisters and sons, colleagues and pals!

Day two of the strike, and we've ben getting a lot of questions from students about the action. What's it for, why are we doing it now, and how can they help.

So let's run through some Strike Questions! 🧵

Great turnout today on @ducu.bsky.social pickets. On strike to protect professional services staff jobs.

An attack on one is an attack on all!

Management tried to pit academics against professional services staff - they've failed!

We are *all* the university!

New picket day, new sign. As cuts go up, services go down. Upset by the cut in library hours? Just you wait until cuts take effect!

Anise pine nut cookies ready to go for the morning!
@ducu.bsky.social #veganpickets
#NoCuts
#SaveOurStaff

Job cuts are a choice, not a necessity.

@ducu.bsky.social is on strike today to protect our colleagues and our university.

@ducu.bsky.social Starting our STRIKE action today to defend the jobs of colleagues. We’ll all suffer with forced redundancies - a better solution has to be found. Would prefer to be revising aorist participles with my brilliant students. Digital picket line here #LoveOurPSStaff

Anyway anyone looking for a career change on TERF island should probably consider plumbing or construction. Lots of toilets and changing rooms that need to be built because our government is either too complicit or stupid to counteract truly batshit interpretations of the law. 👷👷‍♀️👷‍♂️