Here is our weekly round-up of forthcoming events, with a special mention for Clytemnestra, this year’s Oxford Greek Play. It’s on in week 6, and Lizzie Sandis, an English DPhil student, is the executive producer. It’s an Oxford institution that only comes round once every three years, and an extensive programme of free events and lectures has been organised to run alongside it. Full details of everything below – student discounts are available on tickets, but book soon: it’s expected to be sold out by next Monday…

EGO drinks, week 5: This week we’ll be at Jesus for EGO drinks – we’ll send out a reminder on Wednesday morning.

The Oxford Greek Play 2011, Wednesday 16 to Saturday 19 November (6th week): Clytemnestra, a new translation of Aeschylus’s Libation Bearers by Arabella Currie and aided by Tom Paulin. The production incorporates a modern score as well as influences of Japanese Noh theatre. Information about the play and the cast, as well as discount tickets for students, can be found at www.ogp2011.com.

An extensive programme of lectures and educational events are accompanying the play, ranging from Greek religion to the history of the Oxford Greek play and cast Q&A sessions. The full programme is online at www.ogp2011.com/education/education-timetable/. All the events are free but some require advance booking.

Also coming up:

Cuppers, Tuesday 8 to Saturday 12 November: Another Oxford theatrical institution. Competition runs at the Burton Taylor with plays throughout the week, see the Facebook page or the OUDS website for full listings.

Meera Syal, inaugural lecture as Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Theatre, Bernard Sunley Theatre, St Catherine’s, Monday 14 November, 5pm. Register in advance by emailing nathan.jones@stcatz.ox.ac.uk.

And in London:

Charles Dickens, Life & Legacy, National Portrait Gallery: a display of prints, drawings and photographs to mark the bicentenary of Dickens’s birth. Free, and on until 22 April. Full details here.

Ghost stories at the Horse Hospital: Syd Moore will read from her debut novel, The Drowning Pool, which explores a 19th century witch hunt. Part of the Plectrum Cultural Pick evening on 17 November; full details here.

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