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About this event:
- Category:
- Drama
- Event type:
- Booking required
- Admission:
- £10 (£5 concessions)
- Location:
- Silk Street Theatre
Event Information
★★★★
"This is something special, mixing compassion for its characters with a primal energy that simmers, then comes roaring into furious life."
Time Out
Poverty, love, addiction, friendship, ecstasy, chicken and SE20.
Inspired by Euripides’ ancient Greek tragedy The Bacchae, Dennis of Penge is an epic, mythical, heroic tale by Annie Siddons, drawing on real experiences and relationships from Siddons’ childhood in South East London.
Expect raw poetry combined with music in this urgent, compassionate and uplifting show directed by Emma Baggott.
Please note this production contains scenes of sexual nature and graphic violence.
Running time: Approximately 90 minutes. Please note there will be no interval.
Creatives
by Annie Siddons
Emma Baggott director
Zoe Hurwitz designer
Elliot Griggs lighting designer
Asaf Zohar musical director/composer
Grace Duff sound designer
Dan Light video designer
Stewart J Charlesworth costume designer
Raniah Al-Sayed intimacy director
Christina Fulcher, Ruth Phillips movement directors