The cast of Bakkhai celebrated opening night at the Almeida Theatre last night. Ben Whishaw made his Almeida debut as Dionysos and Bertie Carvel returned to the venue as Pentheus in James Macdonald's ...

The notion of a classical Greek theater festival may sound stuffy and archaic but don’t be fooled. An inspired tradition at the University of Utah, the centuries-old plays are performed outdoors —Red ...

James Macdonald’s production at the Almeida offers clarity and imaginative acting, yet falls short of the rage and frenzy that Euripides’ masterpiece demands Having started with a radically reimagined ...

What I love most about the Almeida Theatre is the risks that it takes and, my god, its new production of the Greek tragedy, Bakkhai, is a massive, massive risk. At times it is one of the most ...

As part of the 39th Annual Classical Greek Theatre Festival, students from the University of Utah will be performing Euripides’ “The Bakkhai” at Brigham Young University’s de Jong Concert Hall Monday, ...

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The Almeida's Greeks season ...

In preparation for returning to campus this fall, the leadership at Villanova Theatre worked tirelessly all summer to devise a course of action that would keep the graduate theatre program's mission ...

EVEN if James Macdonald, director of The Bakkhai, takes exception to this review I doubt that he will seek to drive me mad or incite his followers to tear me limb from limb; but Dionysus, ancient ...

Robert Cushman: Euripides’ play, by common consent his greatest, was also his last (or last but one). It premiered in old Athens in 406 BC, following the death of its aged, exiled author You can save ...

This season at the Stratford Festival is the final season for the Tom Patterson Theatre as it currently stands. It will be entirely rebuilt, starting this fall. The current space is going out with a ...

When the Theban princess Agave and her sisters deny his divinity, Dionysus sends them insane and into the mountains where they engage in wild Bacchantic rites. Then when the city’s ruler and Agave’s ...