Thomas Moschopoulos
The Bacchae
A reading of Euripides’ tragedy
“Can we commune with the ‘tragic’ in an age which rejects inner quests and conflicts? An age which simply works off its inner strains and tensions; an age of virtual ‘security’ which allows us to monitor and be monitored, systematically? What can the lyric and the brutal, the natural, the sacred or heretical possibly mean in an era bereft of vision, faith and the ability to question? Adopting mortal form, Dionysus returns to Thebes, his mortal mother’s ancestral home, in search of justice and recognition of his divinity. His chosen weapon: depriving those who doubt him of their self-control. Those who deny the Other are cut to pieces, flesh tearing flesh apart with bare hands. The incognito god reveals and is revealed. Or does he just conceal his ‘human’ weaknesses? Reason. The Irrational. And us? Where? How? Ancient? Modern? Humble? Risking hubris? Honest? Hypocrites?”
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Peiraios 260 (Garage)
- 25/07 until 27/07/2008 at 21:00
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