The cast of a classical Greek play found the perfect Oxford backdrop to promote their show.

Paul O'Mahony, who plays Jason, and Marie-Louise Crawley, as Medea, posed among the classical columns of the Ashmolean Museum in Beaumont Street.

They are rehearsing for Euripides' Medea which runs at the Oxford Playhouse from January 30 to February 2.

The play, part of a celebration of Greek drama held in Oxford every three years since 1880, will be performed by Oxford University Classical Drama Society in classical Greek with the English translation shown above the stage.