The Bacchae

Theodoros Terzopoulos, maestro of contemporary Greek theatre, stages Euripides' tragedy in a choral and monumental production. Dionysus embodies the archetype of the refugee: his ancient journey crosses the wars and seas of the present to reach us. “The Bacchae is an emblematic tragedy for my theatrical vision. It is of extreme importance to present The Bacchae at this moment, where Dionysus embodies the archetype of the refugee, who left Tmolos three thousand years ago, traveled through the war zones of the Middle East, to end, today, in the Mediterranean Sea, on the coasts of Crete or Lampedusa. His journey reminds us that the art of theatre is an infinite voyage, travelled by people fleeing, in continuous transformation, that Evil can disguise itself as Merit and vice versa, and that the enigma of death contains a perspective of life; it reminds us that the Word is Earth, that Knowledge is Awareness, Passion is its Negation and Harmony is its Contradiction. Dionysus mounts the stage and invites us to break, together, the mirror of narcissism, letting its fragments give life to a new image. He returns to us as a stranger and invites us to sacrifice our body on the altar of the Unknown and the Transcendent. In difficult times like ours, while the beacon of theatre continues to illuminate itself, Dionysus invites us to illuminate the future with the light of life, and to rebuild together a New Myth.” Dates: - Friday 02 April at 20:30 - Saturday 03 April at 20:30 - Sunday 04 April at 16:30