The Bacchae

The Bacchae
Summary
Dates 4th & 5th November
Performance Course Third Year BA Acting
Location New Atheneum Theatre
Creative Team
Director Finn Den Hertog
Assistant Director Speir
Designer Melania Cwynar
Movement Director Vicki Manderson
Sound Designer Stuart Henderson
Lighting Designer Mark Sillett
Production Team
Stage Manager Zsanka Bollok
Deputy Stage Manager Lea Meloee
Assistant Stage Manager Eve Imrie
Assistant Stage Manager Coral Nelson
Assistant Stage Manager Shannon White
Technical Stage Manager Noah Dates
Head of Flys Kyle Jessiman
Assistant Technical Stage Manager Euan Dyer
Assistant Technical Stage Manager Rory Gilmore
Production Electrian Ryan Worrell
Lighting Crew Pierce Brown
Lighting Crew Laura Martin
Sound No.2 Joseph Liddle

Overview

The Bacchae is an ancient Greek tragedy, written by Euripides. The tragedy is based on the Greek myth of Prince Pentheus of Thebes and his mother Agave, and their punishment by the god Dionysos. The god Dionysos appears at the beginning of the play and proclaims that he has arrived in Thebes to avenge the slander, which has been repeated by his aunts, that he is not the son of Zeus. In response, he intends to introduce Dionysian rites into the city, and he intends to demonstrate to the king, Pentheus, and to Thebes that he was indeed born a god. At the end of the play, Pentheus is torn apart by the women of Thebes and his mother Agave bears his head to her father Kadmos.