THE BACCHAE
Fri 29 May
|The Merse
Company of Wolves Presents THE BACCHAE Inspired by Euripides A god who doesn’t fit in. A woman barely holding on. A king who refuses to dance. What happens when they all let go?
Time & Location
29 May 2026, 19:00 – 23:00
The Merse, Lochancroft Ln, Wigtown, Newton Stewart DG8 9JA, UK
About the Event
An invocation. A celebration. A sacrifice.
An outcast god. A powerless king. A mother who kills her only son.
Glasgow's acclaimed Company of Wolves present an earth-shattering solo retelling of the myth of Dionysos: an epic of rejection, vengeance and rebirth told through story, dance and ancient song.
Written and performed by Ewan Downie, and based on The Bacchae by Euripides The Bacchae blurs the lines between binaries: human and animal, male and female, victim and perpetrator, and takes us on a transformative journey from repression and denial to renewal and release. A hymn of rebirth for our shattered selves.
The Bacchae premiered at The Barn in Aberdeenshire and The Byre Theatre in St Andrews in Autumn 2023, and returned for a full run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2025 and we are delighted to be acting as host venue during a tour of Scotland in Spring 2026.
THE BACCHAE is…
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