Bacchae: Prelude to a Purge

Another one from LIFT festival, ‘Bacchae: Prelude to a Purge’ promises to be a real riot. Not for the fainthearted, the delirious work by Portuguese artist Marlene Monteiro Freitas features five trumpeters and eight dancers all making as much noise as possible. The inspiration? Euripides’ play The Bacchae, exploring the hedonism and chaos of the god Dionysus.