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In the first four weeks of the project we carefully worked on the script of Medea Material analysed and written by Heiner Müller based on a Greek Mitology ‘Medea’ by Euripides. We analysed the script in aim to have the same understanding of the messages, motives and background intentions as a group. We all discussed each of the three parts of the material and brainstormed the ideas of how we want to portray it on the stage. We started looking for symbols and themes which then led to creating a deeper concept and signs that we wanted to explore. In the process of decisions making, our director Emily carefully discussed with us her aesthetics and the way she wants to expand the project adding movement in order to progress it further. Here are some scans of the script and the notes that helped us working on a unison but also the punctuation marks and emphasising of words. We used Laban efforts in order to connect to the text more, so we sectioned it to different sentences and practiced as a group which we then used to create an ensemble piece saying the first part as a chorus.

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As one of our tasks we’ve been asked to search for the paintings or pictures that we associate with a collage of words. Here’s mines:

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We searched for song lyrics, poetry and spoken word pieces to trigger our conversations. We started looking for pieces that would explain how the characters felt at the moment in the scene as well as their intentions and actions.

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Interesting element considering that during our discussions we thought Medea is a very grounded, earthy character, ‘she, who is skilled in poisons’ almost like a ritualistic witchcraft or magical potions making.

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‘I, monster of a man. I, monster of a woman’

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Ioli has set us up with a task which intended to in pairs create a combination of two individuals movements that we then used in a ritual below.

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A ritual made out of a combination of movements that we developed in groups, we used a lot of elements from this practice in our performance.

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Together with Lavinia I have created a movement that triggered my character study, I found this practice very useful as it allowed me to embody my character in a very ritualistic/ post dramatic way.

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Inspirational silhouettes I used to create my movement in the opening of scene 2. 

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Inspirational silhouettes I used to create my movement in the opening of scene 2. 

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Working with Ioli we came up with structuring the poses and finding the transmissions, speed and levels between them. I found it very interesting as it gave me a fresh perspective of being a symbol of Medea not wanting to be a woman, nor a man.

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Inspirations/ Visual Content Creating Experience 

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Inspirations/ Visual Content Creating Experience 

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A collective of photographs and scenes that I used in order to get inspirations for Medeamaterial footage.

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I created a collection of short videos symbolising the words from the Medeamaterial’s text, we spent a long day working along with Lavinia, Karola and Raman on creating a footage - a form of a visual film that has been used in the part 3 of our performance.

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Karola Kosecka as Creusa

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Interpretation of the images from inspo board

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This is my tester make-up for the character, after few takes and upon a discussion with a director we decided that I will grow a moustache which help me developing the characteristic masculinity/ while being a feminine figure.

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This is my final look. We decided that as part of the symbol of Medea being no woman no man I will keep my facial hair.

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Character on stage - we have decided upon a costume choice that all the characters of a Medea along with my character will wear a different interpretations of a dark red costume to symbolise unity and the similarities between actors and characters.

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After 8h of hand sewing the costume was ready for the show, I never thought it’s gonna be so much fun (I never thought its gonna be so time consuming either)

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I believe that my contribution in making and performing in the piece brought a lot of benefits to the execution of work we created. I am forever grateful to both Emily and Ioli for their trust and believing in me. I have never felt so much support from the artists I have never worked with before. I think that an open discussion is a very important key element in creating a piece and I never experienced such understanding and support. As a second year Acting and Performance student I can say I am proud of my work and during working on this project I have proven myself of my values and understanding of post dramatic arts. I learned a lot of useful tools from Emily about constructing a project using the text and I am hoping to bring this ideas into my workshop in the future. As a non-binary person playing a non-gendered character in the piece/ performance had a very important impact on my arts and personal life. I also believe I will continue reflecting upon this project for a long time.

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Brodka from her music video ‘Game Change’ women empowering song about a woman taking over a toxic relationship.