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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. A beat driven score duels the ecstatic ryhythms of the Bacchae's chanting, as Dionysis wreaks a terrible test on the citizens of Thebes. Do we believe in the Gods? And what does it cost us if we don't?

Creatives/Company

Author: Euripides
Company: Sixth Sense Theatre Trust (in association with The Cheltenham Everyman)
Director: Sue Colverd
Music: Kim Humphreys