KneeHigh Theatre is a Cornish theatre company who started out by creating theatre for families in their local communities. By today, they are considered to be one of Britain's most exciting touring theatre companies. The ever-changing ensemble have created several reinventions of classical plays, from Don John (a reinvention of Moliere's Don Juan) to Cymbeliene by Shakespeare. Click here for more information on the company.
As I was browsing on the website, I found out that they have created a radical adaptation of 'The Bacchae' by Euripides-very apt for our work! The production includes elements of cross-gender performance (the director wanted "a tutu-clad, all-male chorus playing the women on Thebes") as well as music, rap and poetry all set against the backdrop of religious and political fundamentalism in the Middle East. Click here for more information and pictures.
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