Movie
National Theatre Live: Bacchae
2025 · 109 min
A charged, theatrical experience that feels like a ritual, with a chorus of women generating unsettling energy in a modern retelling of a classic tragedy.
- Directed by
- Indhu Rubasingham
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Melanie-Joyce Bermudez, Natasha Gooden, Elèna Gyasi
- Tagline
- The women of the Bacchae will not be ignored.
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Dark, tense, earnest and satirical. Measured and demanding.
- About
- Power, gender, family, faith
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Indhu Rubasingham
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Melanie-Joyce Bermudez, Natasha Gooden, Elèna Gyasi
