Details

They have tasted pleasure and will defend it at any cost! Pentheus wants to stop the women - these wives, these lovers and mothers who have left their homes to revel with the god of dance and wine. He disguises himself as a woman and tries to repress their desires at any cost...The Bacchae tells of curiosity and control, invasion and rage.

Cast/Performers

Alan Cumming (Dionysus), John Bett (Tiresias), Cal MacAninch (Pentheus), Sally Amaka Okafor, Sharon Duncan Brewster, Hazel Holder, Melissa Keyes, Lisa Davina Phillip, Sarah Quist, Ann-Marie Roberts, Jesskika Williams, Emi Wokoma

Creatives/Company

Author: Euripides
Producer: National Theatre of Scotland
Adapted by: David Greig
Translation: Ian Ruffell
Director: John Tiffany