A Re-examination

“Ladies and gentlemen! May I have your attention, please… We are going to start letting you in now. You will be admitted to the theatre one at a time, and if you’re with someone, you may be split up. But you can find each other again once you’re inside. Take your time to explore the environment. It’s an exciting space, and there are all kinds of different places you can sit. We recommend going up high on the towers and platforms, or down underneath them”.
*(Announcement by one of ‘Dionysus in 69’ performers to the crowd waiting to see the show)*

Dionysus in 2026 doesn’t intend to be a deliberate recreation of the Performance Group’s ‘Dionysus in 69.’ It is also not a reinterpretation of the historical performance.

We want to stage an examination of the techniques and thought processes that underpinned the original work. Dionysus in 26 will put all of the various options, ideas, and views to the test. What really happened to theatre and performance between 1969 and 2026?