“Of all creatures that possess reason and are driven by instinct, we women are the most unfortunate. As young girls, we dream of finding a suitable husband; after marriage, we wish to stay with our beloved for life. We value precious love more than life itself, disregarding the disasters and hardships that may come.”

Medea, a princess from the eastern shores of the Black Sea, falls in love with Jason through divine intervention. To help Jason secure the Golden Fleece, she defies her father and kills her brother, fleeing with Jason. They are married and have two sons, but the intervention of the Corinthian princess tears apart their once-happy family. Consumed by jealousy, Medea devises a plan for revenge, killing the king and princess. To further plunge Jason into endless agony, she kills their two sons.

Thrown into a world of numerous displacements, the lion-hearted Medea is marked as an outsider upon entering the hellish realm of Athens. An abandoned wife and a mother who kills her sons—she is trapped by the expectations of others. Medea’s revenge goes beyond punishing her husband; it is a liberation of her primal force, breaking free from societal gazes. To be human is to embrace madness; her revenge may start with obsession, but it is ultimately born out of a desire for freedom.

Resident director Christmas Lam first staged Medea as a graduation project, earning the Outstanding Director Award in school and a nomination for Best Director at the 11th Hong Kong Theatre Libre. Now, he merges his directorial vision with a contemporary adaptation for us today.