International Festival of Ancient greek Drama – Bacchae
Ancient Odeon, 2100 to 2215 - 26 July
The European Capital of Culture – Pafos2017 showcases through its programme the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama that came into being in Pafos and is co-organised by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Cyprus, the Cyprus Centre of International Theatre Institute and the Cyprus Tourism Organisation.
The award-winning Israeli director, Yair Sherman, presents Euripides’ Bacchae in a contemporary reading of the play, an exciting directing approach and a highly aesthetic artistic result, in the production that gave him the “Golden Porcupine – Director of the Year”, for 2016.
In Bacchae, one of the most complete and enigmatic plays of world dramaturgy, Dionysus is starring as a humanized god, penetrating as a new force to enforce his own worship. In a game of couplings and transformations, myth and history meet the poetic rebirth, while unexpectedly the tragic, the dramatic and the theatrical element coexist. God Dionysus abolishes the boundaries between people, social order, gender, age, and even the difference between human and divine qualities. The city that denies his existence will experience the power and dominance of God through a mysterious, dark and bloody nightmare.
With Greek and English subtitles
Summary
Bacchae, one of the most complete and enigmatic plays of world dramaturgy, Dionysus appears as a humanised god, penetrating as a new force to enforce his own worship.
In the city of Thebes, which is governed by the young and adored king Pentheus, a mysterious stranger appears, claiming to be the messenger of an unfamiliar god – Dionysus. Pentheus, the young king who has just risen to power, refuses to accept the Dionysian ritual and divinity.
In the city of Thebes, which is governed by the young and adored king Pentheus, a mysterious stranger appears, claiming to be the messenger of an unfamiliar god – Dionysus. Pentheus, the young king who has just risen to power, refuses to accept the Dionysian ritual and divinity.
The charismatic stranger lures the women of the city, led by Agave, the Κing’s mother, to the insanity of nature rituals, insane dances, massive orgies and free love. The inevitable conflict between the law and these rituals becomes a personal, bitter conflict between the two leaders, ending with a horrifying, unpredictable and inconceivable murder, bringing destruction to the house of Cadmus.
Translated by Aharon ShabtaiDirected by Yair ShermanComposer: Eldad LidorSet Design: Adam KellerCostumes: Rona PlotekLight design: Nadav BarneaLight adaptation/operator: Amir Castro
Sound operator: Naor Izsak
Sound operator: Naor Izsak
Cast:
Dionysus: Nadav BossemTeiresias: Uri AvrahamiCadmus: Avi PniniPentheus: Shai EgoziMessenger: Ora MeirsonSecond Messenger: Eyal Heyne GalliAgave: Shiri GolanEuripides: Nitzan Rotschild
Dionysus: Nadav BossemTeiresias: Uri AvrahamiCadmus: Avi PniniPentheus: Shai EgoziMessenger: Ora MeirsonSecond Messenger: Eyal Heyne GalliAgave: Shiri GolanEuripides: Nitzan Rotschild
Bacchae:
Zohar Meidan, Aurelle Maor,
Michal Weinberg, Ruth Dannon
Zohar Meidan, Aurelle Maor,
Michal Weinberg, Ruth Dannon
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