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Euripides, a new translation by Anne Carson directed by James Macdonald.
Pentheus has banned the wild, ritualistic worship of the god Dionysos. A stranger arrives to persuade him to change his mind. Euripides’ electrifying tragedy is a struggle to the death between freedom and restraint, the rational and the irrational, man and god.
Using three actors and a chorus, echoing the original performance model, James Macdonald returns to the Almeida to stage Euripides’ hedonistic tragedy in a visceral new version by Anne Carson.
Ben Whishaw makes his Almeida debut as Dionysos.
Additional information:
Captioned performance: Friday 4 September, 8:00pm.
Audio Described performances: Saturday 5 September 3:00pm (Touch Tour at 1:15pm) and Friday 11 September 8:00pm (Touch Tour at 6:30pm).
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