Last year, stymied by tour cancellations, actor, artistic director and Classics enthusiast Paul O’Mahony wanted to build a community among fellow performers from his Hove home as the world headed into isolation. Finding “very willing accomplices” at Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies and Brandeis University, he pulled together an international ensemble to read all 32 surviving Greek tragedies in weekly online sessions which kept growing in ambition. From the cast, Tim Delap (
The Huntsman: Winter’s War) found “being able to check in once a week, see old friends, make new ones… was really special”, while Noree Victoria (
Queen Sugar;