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En route to Kings College @lifeatkings to work @kingsgreekplay for the first day of rehearsals. Am looking forward to seeing many of the cast members today and working @sophiaelliemarie @_hendoggydog on their vision of Medea

This is the 5th year running that @actorsofdionysus are Executive Directors on this exciting and important project.

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Friends and fings on film!

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Great energy and ideas in the room today for the Medea auditions with @sophiaelliemarie @_hendoggydog @actorsofdionysus @kingsgreekplay

So exciting to see the offers from such a talented group of students! 👏⭐️👍

#greek #classics #greektragedy #auditions #casting

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Looking back at the lovely moments from Zahra's & Henry's launch last week 💙🧡

Filmed and edited by @abimillersutton and @flowersfromfawn._

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won’t you celebrate with me?

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Join us for an evening of performances, poetry, music and book signing as we celebrate the release of The Birth of Atlas by @_hendoggydog
and Rosie, Starfish, Breakfast by @morningpagesfromcambridge ♥️

Music and poetry by:
@carys_maloney
@rubydewmusic
@august.jjane

Date: 4th of October, 2026
Time: 7pm
Location: Theatreship, E14 9SH
Poster by @infantilni

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Lament of a Desired Manhood by @_hendoggydog from his debut poetry collection, The Birth of Atlas 🧡

Design by @infantilni

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Cover reveal ✨️

Atlas, the mythological symbol of strength, resilience and masculine beauty, embodies the aspirations of debut poet Henry Izard-Bater. The Birth of Atlas: Collected Works captures a trans man’s ever-growing life in its fullness, depicting romance, the body and politics while striking an insightful balance between hope and tragedy, terraforming through perseverance the deep pits of despair and yearning into wells of aspiration and affection.

Henry Izard-Bater’s accessible metaphoric poetry takes an anthological journey through multifaceted styles and atmospheres, painting gothic scenes with uncanny gore and visceral abjection that evocatively portray feelings of devastation, isolation, and alienation from one’s own body. Mythologising the body as a landscape to hyperfixate on monuments to gender dysphoria, The Birth of Atlas documents the resilience of an optimistic realist, emerging from a liminal genesis to awaken and to proselytise his achievement of positive masculinity.

You can now pre-order Henry's book on our online store.

Cover design by @infantilni
Blurb by @joshphelps

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New author announcement 🧡

Henry Izard-Bater is a twenty-year-old writer and artist born in Croydon. He is currently finishing the second year of his BA in English with Film Studies at King’s College London, and is soon to begin
his third-year dissertation on the origins and development of the representation of transgender identities in film from the late 1950s onward.

He feels most at home writing and performing poetry, typically focusing on a mixture of autobiographical queer themes, and persona poetry through the lens of cowboy-archetypal or Greek mythological voices - he has taken part in multiple open mic events hosted by his university’s Poetry Society, performing a variety of works from his debut anthology ‘The Birth of Atlas: Collected Works, as well as some saved for future projects.

Outside of writing, he has been a cast member of his university’s annual Greek Play for the past two years of his degree, playing one of the Furies of vengeance, Tisiphone, in Ines Neacsa’s retelling ‘Elektra: A Throne Restored’, and later the physical comedy role of Strepsiades in Giulia Balsamo’s rendition of ‘The Clouds’. Henry aided in the makeup artistry for both productions, as well as his own personal makeup work, focusing on bringing to life fictional characters from horror media.

Photo by @th.mmo

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love this band. michael romance

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'The Clouds' by Giulia Balsamo

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Introducing our brilliant cast for the @kingsgreekplay 2026 production of The Clouds, by Aristophanes. Grab your tickets now for this hilarious re-imagining by @giulialbalsamo (ticket link in bio).

Playing on the Greenwood Theatre Stage @greenwoodtheatre 3rd-5th March 2026.

Starring:

@lori2025 Lori Thomas as Aello
@lethargic.low Zo Nastase as Ocypete
@caswrenpian Wren Xiao as Calaeno
@juno.goode Juno Goode as Pasias
@sebastian.hindmarsh Sebastian Hindmarsh as Amynias
Alice Borghetto as The Philosopher
@andaveee Andave Ramdhun Contreras as Socrates
Reuben Sivakumar as Xanthias
@v4niiu Sophia Marie as Phaedippidis
@_hendoggydog Henry Boudicca Izard as Strepsiades

Directed and written by @giulialbalsamo

Poster design by @mushroomsofquality
Cast bio posters by @giulialbalsamo

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