DIONYSUS

DIONYSUS

WORLD PREMIERE

SCOT Summer Season 2018
Toga Art Park of Toyama Prefecture
Toga, Japan
24 August – 02 September 2018

FIRST SHOW IN INDONESIA

Prambanan Temple
Jogjakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
29-30 September 2018 /
30 September-01 October 2018

SYNOPSIS

This drama is adapted from an ancient Greek tragedy The Bacchae
authored by the Athenian playwright Euripides.
Dionysus (God of Wine) intends to punish Pentheus (King of
Thebes). So he allures souls of the women in Thebes one by one
(including Pentheus’ mother Agave), and then arrives at Mount
Cithaeron.
Pentheus is also fascinated and directed to the women’s carnival
banquet on Mount Cithaeron. However, he is torn to pieces by the
admirers.
Delirious, Agave carries Pentheus’ head and leaves. She wakes up
only to find that her son is dead. At this time, she is aware that she
has become a scapegoat...

Adaptation and Director: Tadashi Suzuki
Text based on The Bacchae by Euripides