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'A city teeters on the edge of crisis. A god arrives in the guise of a mortal. Boundaries collapse; old, young, boy, girl, human, beast, mortal, divine, good, bad, light and dark. Co-created by Aaron Orzech and critically-acclaimed director Adena Jacobs, with a collaborating ensemble of young female actors and musicians, The Bacchae is an epic, and hallucinatory theatrical experience.
'A group of teenage girls pray to the god Dionysus, seeking salvation in the arms of excess. Around them a plague rages and their city burns, as all they've known turns to dust at their hands. The female cast from the acclaimed St Martins lend The Bacchae offers an unsettling vision of sacrifice and spiritual desolation.'
Source: Fraught Outfit.
Production Details
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Co-produced by St Martins and Fraught Outfit.
Co-commissioned by St Martins, Theatre Works, and Melbourne International Arts Festival.
Presented at Melbourne International Arts Festival, October 2015.
Director: Adena Jacobs.
Musical Composition: Kelly Ryall.
Dramaturg: Aaron Orzech.
Set Designer: Dayna Morrissey.
Costume Designer: Chloe Greaves.
Lighting Designer: Danny Pettingill.
Associate Artist: Alex Walker.
Musical Director: Danielle O'Keefe.
Stage Manager: Edwina Guinness.
Assistant Stage Manager: Megan Bostock.
Production: Filament Group.
Audio Engineer: Leigh Stout.
Cast (St Martins Teen Ensemble): Bonnie Brown, Tove Due, Eve Fitzgerald, Anouk Gleeson Mead, Cindy Hu, Maima Massaquoi, Romaine Mcsweeney, Eve Nixon, Bridie Noonan, Lois Scott, Mieke Singh Dodd, and Carla Tilley.
Music: Freya Boltman (vocalist), Julian De Marco (boy soprano), Nicholas Dugdale (boy soprano), Xiao Xiao Kingham (organist & pianist), Sarah Lee (cellist), Deborah Lee (violinist), Bella Noonan (vocalist), Zofia Witowski Blake (vocalist & percussionist), Lier Deng (violinist), Lara Stebbens (cellist), and Kelly Ryall (electronics & sound).
Also presented at Dark Mofo, Hobart, June 2016.
