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2024 Euripides' Bacchae

The UCL Greek and Latin department presents a musical interpretation of Euripides’ Bacchae. The performance week will feature a variety of pre-show talks and workshops by well-established scholars and theatre practitioners. These are aimed particularly at students studying Greek drama and culture in GCSE and A-levels.

2024 Euripides' Bacchae

Large poster showing the Bacchae in brown watercolour.

Public Engagement Programme

Show Dates and Times: 
Wednesday 7th February 7.30pm
Thursday 8th February 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Friday 9th February 2.30pm & 7.30pm

Pre-show talks:
Evening performances on Thursday 8th and Friday 9th will include a pre-show talk in the theatre (included in the ticket). LINK TO BOOK

Thursday 8 February, 6.45-7.15pm
Introducing Bacchae: In Conversation with Timberlake Wertenbaker (Playwright)

Friday 9 February, 6.45-7.15pm
David Bullen (RHUL/Dramaturg): Staging the Maenads and their God

Public Workshops

Wednesday 7 February, 4.30-6.00pm 
Venue: Wilkins Garden Room, Bernard Katz Building, UCL, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT - View Map
Paul O’Mahony (Artistic director, Out of Chaos)

Out Of Time - The Urgency of Performing Greek Tragedy - BOOK HERE
Thursday 8 February, 11.30am-1.30pm 

Venue: Bloomsbury Studio - View Map
Dr Estel Baudou (Dramaturg/Lincoln)

Chorus and Chorality in Practice - BOOK HERE
Friday 9 February, 4.30-6.00pm 

Venue: IAS Common Ground, South Wing, Wilkins Building, UCL, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT - View Map
Dr Georgios Mouratidis (Assistant Director of BSA) 

The Artists Around Dionysus: Artists and Festivals - BOOK HERE

All workshops are free but registration is required. 
Thanks to the Leventis Foundation for their generous support.

More about the UCL Classical Play

This is now one of the most famous and long-running commitments to the modern production of ancient drama in the world. It attracts large audiences, many of whom are young people studying classical drama at school or university, and is regularly reviewed in the national press. Ticket prices are kept low. 

The production is managed by students in the Department of Greek and Latin, with help and advice from staff. A number of former students involved in the classical play have gone on to careers in drama. Students choose a director and a producer in the autumn: the title of the play for the following year is announced in late October (and is advertised on this website).

The Department of Greek and Latin is committed to bringing these productions to the widest possible audience. For each production we run a programme of lectures and workshops, free and open to the public, which are run by leading academics and theatre experts from across the UK. For the benefit of schools and colleges we also create a web-page of study materials on ancient drama in general, and with special focus on the current year's performance.