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National Theatre Live: Bacchae

The women of the Bacchae will not be ignored.

Fierce and unstoppable, they are a chorus of wild energy ready to shake Thebes to its core — and liberate its women. But their god Dionysos has his own reckoning. In a showdown with his cousin, King Pentheus, family loyalty, political power and human desire are pushed to breaking point.

Directed by Indhu Rubasingham