Bacchae
Bacchae, by Euripides, has been a favourite of AOD Actors of Dionysus since the company began. Our most recent versions adapted by David Stuttard were performed at the National Trust’s beautiful Osterley Park before being staged that same year in a private garden in Kingston. Both involved a circus dimension with use of corde lisse/rope to represent the compelling God Dionysus, their Olympian status and overarching power.
Prior to that we undertook a national tour with a very physical production in 2000 and also performed in the ancient theatre at Ephesus in Turkey.
What People Say
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Stunning, absorbing and beautifully produced…Having Tamsin Shasha play Dionysus added a welcome ambiguity to the gender war…Don’t miss this company when they return to the city.
Aberdeen Press & Journal -
With clever cross-casting, and on a simple effectively lit climbing frame set…This is an athletic, sensual, ritualistic staging
Glasgow Herald -
Thanks so much for a fab show: 16 years after I first saw it & still great
The Idle Woman -
Wonderful...With moments of great pathos and brisk humour
BGS Classics Weekly