Bacchic

An icon. An orgy. A dissenter.

Caught between heaven and earth, a demi-god falls from grace. Inspired by The Bacchae, Euripides’ masterpiece of rejection and revenge, aod’s Bacchic explores the epic battle between ecstasy and restraint. Using stunning aerial theatre, storytelling, music and movement, this is a provocative look behind the mask of the guru to question our faith in heroes.
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This dynamic show features an exciting mix of acclaimed collaborators including Matilda Leyser (Line Point Plane), Lucinka Eisler (Hysteria, Total Theatre Award Winner 2006) and Jonathan Young (The Garden, Total Theatre Award Nominee 2006).

Tickets: £10, Concessions £8

BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE *****
‘Shasha is a dazzling, sensuous performer. This inventive reworking has pertinence, conviction and style’

EDINBURGH GUIDE *****
'A superb performance, bringing the text to vivid contemporary life. I urge you to see it’

THE SCOTSMAN ****
‘Clever, highly effective, an original, remarkable & mesmerising reworking ……Alan Cumming will have to work hard to better the hugely talented Tamsin Shasha’

‘MUST SEE’ : THE STAGE
‘Outstanding, exquisite, inventive and seamless. Crisp, delicate and layered – this is a rare piece of theatre’

THE TIMES, Robert Dawson Scott
‘Thoughtful and intelligent, (Tamsin) Shasha has the acting as well as the rope skills, a most unusual and rewarding hour’

TOTAL THEATRE
‘With a strong script, scenography that is dramatic in it’s simplicity and beautifully incorporated aerial work; Bacchic is a theatrical gem not to be missed’