Balgarianovinite.com Javor Gardev’s production of Euripides’ The Bacchae received warm applause from the audience at its first performance in Athens on July 15. The actors, musicians and creative team were applauded at the Vrahon Theatre (Theatre of the Rocks), an iconic cultural venue created by transforming a former industrial site into an art space.
The performance officially launched the Ivan Vazov National Theatre’s summer tour of Greece following its two premieres at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus on July 10 and 11.
The Bacchae is a Bulgarian-Greek co-production between the Ivan Vazov National Theatre, the Athens Epidaurus Festival and the National Theatre of Northern Greece.
Leonid Yovchev plays Dionysus, Samuel Finzi appears as the seer Tiresias, and Alexandros Mylonas portrays Cadmus. Loukia Michalopoulou plays Agave, while Michail Tabakakis takes on the role of Pentheus.
The production features live music by the British trio The Tiger Lillies, who perform eleven songs written especially for the show.
Following its Greek tour, The Bacchae will have two Bulgarian premieres: at Plovdiv’s Ancient Theatre on September 30 and at Sofia’s National Palace of Culture (NDK) on October 9.
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