# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Stories from the Sands
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 11 Jun, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Thu, 11 Jun, 2026 at 05:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: A sharing of new artistic responses to the astonishing find of two 'lost' plays from ancient GreeceAbout this EventIn summer 2024, an Egyptian archaeological team made an extraordinary discovery. While excavating an ancient necropolis, they found written fragments of two lost plays by the great playwright Euripides. These fragments represent the most significant find in the study of Greek tragedy for a generation. Containing around one hundred lines from two different plays linked by the death of children, one passage portrays a woman’s dreadful revenge over her scheming love-rival, while the other depicts a grieving father who cannot accept that death is permanent. Most movingly, the fragments were found in a grave that appears to belong to a mother and child who were buried together some time around the 3rd century CE.Since January, Classicist Professor Laura Swift and theatre company Potential Difference have been working with three outstanding artists shose practices span theatre, game design and visual arts, to explore the many questions posed by these exciting texts.Join us for an afternoon sharing of new works-in-progress and a discussion of this unusual collaborative process between academic researchers and am multi disciplinary group of artists.Details and getting to the venueGrove Auditorium, Magdalen College. Access via the Longwall Street entranceThe venue is wheelchair accessible and is fitted with an induction loop for people with hearing aids. There is an accessible toilet. If you have any questions about access, please contact access@potentialdifference.org.ukDoors open at 1:40 for a 2pm start.The event will finish by 5:30pm and we invite you to join us afterwards for drinks and to meet the artists informally.  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/bd0c86f0-4fd1-11f1-9403-c734ca7258ad-rimg-w748-h740-dcd5d7de-gmir.jpg The ArtistsSindi Breshani is the founder of Episod, a game development studio pioneering the integration of true stories into commercial games. Their first title in development is co-created with climate scientists and indigenous peoples in the Arctic. Her vision is to transform the gaming landscape into a force for positive change. As part of their Play Lab, Episod experiments at the intersection of games with culture and education, having already collaborated with prominent institutions. Sindi's games have been shown at Tate Britain, Somerset House, Young V&A, and her paper 'Inside a Game' was published by SERRC in 2020.Sindi will be presenting an interactive narrative experience that unfolds across three interconnected lives separated by centuries, each encountering the same surviving fragments in radically different contexts. One brings the story to life, one preserves and reshapes it, and one reconstructs meaning from what remains, as questions of death, justice, and power resurface each time. The player becomes the final interpreter, revealing how stories survive and are continually remade.Richard Dufty is a theatre maker, producer and researcher. Since 2000 he has been co-artistic director of the theatre company Uninvited Guests with whom he has devised, co-written and performed in numerous projects, in person and online, touring nationally and internationally. Alongside this Richard worked at Battersea Arts Centre for 18 years where he was the Head of Producing, leading on the public performance and residency programme. He has also been a Relationship Manager in the Arts Council’s London theatre team. Richard is coming to the end of a PhD at Lancaster University looking at contemporary performance in which conversation involving audience members is a key feature.Blending rites and rituals from the ancient world, the drama of Euripides, the yearning for immortality of human beings everywhere and a dash of magic and mysticism from online marketplaces, Richard Dufty – world-famous academic, theatre maker and conjuror – will attempt to bring the dead back to life in front of your very eyes! Watch him attempt the impossible! See him transcend the here and now! Witness him cast his spells! Be there as he speaks to the long-gone and appeals to the yet-to-be! For one-time only, on a stage in Oxford, the portal to the past and future will open! Be there to behold this unique event as Dr. Dufty raises bodies from their graves and tries to get answers to our questions, to fill in the gaps, to re-stage what is lost! And then marvel as he makes contact with your afterlife!Eloise Moody is a multi–disciplinary artist/maker. Her work investigates time, memory, absence and belonging through socially engaged practice. Working with specific groups of people; from security guards and nuns to archaeologists and physicists, she helps to uncover and document moments of beauty, translating them into finely made artworks that often go back into the public realm. She has made work for and with BBC Radio 4, Kew Gardens, The Museum of London, Kettles Yard, Metal, the Art Lending Library, The London Wetland Centre, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UCL, University of York, Oxford University and Pitt Rivers amongst many others.Cover Art by Reeve SchutzenhoferAgendaWelcome and Introduction to the lost plays and the findsPresentation and demonstration by game designer Sindi BreshaniSharing of work in progress by theatre maker Richard DuftyTea and coffeePresentation of material by multi-disciplinary artist Eloise MoodyPanel discussion with Professor Laura Swift and the artistsDrinks and informal discussion
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/oxford/stories-from-the-sands/100001989535711871
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre, business, performances, entertainment
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Oxford
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Magdalen College
- **lat**: 51.753437
- **long**: -1.2484682
- **full address**: Magdalen College, Longwall Street entrance, Oxford, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Stories from the Sands being held?
  - **A:** Stories from the Sands takes place on Thu, 11 Jun, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Thu, 11 Jun, 2026 at 05:30 pm at Magdalen College, Longwall Street entrance, Oxford, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Stories from the Sands?
  - **A:** Stories from the Sands is organized by Potential Difference.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Stories from the Sands is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Oxford, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Stories from the Sands sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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