Natalie Haynes | The Myth of Medea Retold
Sun 23 Nov 2025 | 6:00pm - 7:15pm
The rock star mythologist returns! The star of BBC Radio 4’s Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics brings us her electrifying one-woman show about Medea – priestess, witch, and daughter of a brutal king. When Jason and his Argonauts set sail in search of the Golden Fleece, their quest is filled with peril at every turn. Jason’s survival may depend on Medea, who alone has the power to save him.
But what will it cost? Will Medea betray her family and her home for the sake of a stranger? And what will she demand in return? Together, Medea and Jason seize their one chance of a life together, as the gods intend. Yet from the very beginning their love is steeped in vengeance, and no one – not even those closest to them – will escape the consequences.
Based on Euripides’ classic tragedy, this is Medea as you’ve never seen her before: an ancient myth brought vividly to life by a phenomenal storyteller. A total treat!
Venue: TTP Stage (Cambridge Union)
Duration: 1 hour
Tickets available soon.
Author Biography
Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster. She is the author of The Amber Fury, The Children of Jocasta, A Thousand Ships, which was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2020 and Stone Blind. Her non-fiction book about women in Greek Myth, Pandora’s Jar, was a bestseller in both the UK and the US. She has written and performed eight series of her BBC Radio 4 show, Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics. In 2015 she was awarded the Classical Association Prize for her work in bringing Classics to a wider audience.
