Bakkhai

QUT School of Creative Practice presents Bakkhai by Euripides in a new version by Anne Carson, Directed by Flynn Hall. 

Performed by graduating QUT acting students

Designed, stage managed, and assistant directed by QUT technical production, drama and dance students 

Anne Carson writes, “Euripides was a playwright of the fifth century BC who reinvented Greek tragedy, setting it on a path that leads straight to reality TV. His plays broke all the rules, upended convention and outraged conservative critics. The Bakkahi is his most subversive play, telling the story of a man who cannot admit he would rather live in the skin of a woman, and a god who seems to combine all sexualities into a single ruinous demand for adoration. Dionysos is a god of intoxication. Once you fall under his influence, there is no telling where you will end up.” 

Content warnings

Age Recommendation 15+

Use of Theatrical Haze
Use of Fake Blood
Flashing Lights
Sexism
Sexual references
Graphic/explicit description and depiction of violence including murder
Derealisation