Review: BACCHANALIA, Hoxton Hall
After two sold-out runs at The Crypt in 2023, Sleepwalk Immersive’s Bacchanalia and the world of Thebes has returned to London, this time at Hoxton Hall. The show, directed by Sebastian Huang (Artistic Director for Sleepwalk Immersive), takes the story of The Bacchae by Euripedes and places it in the world of the 1960s, mixing Greek tragedy with a kaleidoscope of colours and the soundtrack reminding one of Hair. While the run at The Crypt was in a cramped and small space, the current run at Hoxton Hall allows the performers and audience members to explore four storeys of the Grade II-listed building, which has been transformed for this show.
