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‘The Bacchae’: a solo performance written, created and performed by Ewan Downie
October 6, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm UTC+0
Company of Wolves presents ‘The Bacchae’, a new solo performance inspired by Euripides, which takes place on Friday the 6th of October 2023 at The Byre Theatre, St Andrews. Running for an hour with no interval, the performance will be followed by a Q&A. Booking follows a ‘Pay What You Can’ policy – £15, £12, £10 and is possible from the website: https://byretheatre.com/shows/company-of-wolves-presents-the-bacchae/
The performance was created, written and performed by Ewan Downie and directed by Ian Spink, and is described as weaving together storytelling, dance, and songs in ancient Greek, to take us on a journey from repression and denial to renewal and release, to explore the beauty and violence at the heart of letting go.
A god who doesn’t fit in.
A woman barely holding on.
A king who refuses to dance.
What happens when they all let go?
An invocation. A celebration. A sacrifice.
Age 14+
CW: the website cautions that the performance contains descriptions of trance-like states / altered consciousness, and one description of an incident of graphic violence