A free-roam, fully immersive reimagining of Euripides' The Bacchae, as seen in The Stage's Top 50 Shows of 2023
Coming to Hoxton Hall in March 2025
Show Dates: 11th March - 6th April
Following two sold-out runs in 2023/24, Bacchanalia is returning bigger and better in March 2025 to take over four storeys of the 160-year-old Hoxton Hall.
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Hoxton Hall's Grade II* listed building, including its stunning tiered hall and labyrinthine network of rooms and passages, will play host to Thebes, allowing audience members to witness the city's violent descent into madness and debauchery at the hands of the god of wine and pleasure.
CAST - BACCHANALIA 2025
RUTH HOWARD
Ruth is a graduate of the Joffrey Ballet School and The Juilliard School. She worked with many choreographers and companies in NYC and performed in Sleep No More (New York) for over five years. Ruth relocated to London and performed in The Greatest Night of the Jazz Age with The Lost Estate and toured The Monocle with Rendez-Vous Dance. Ruth has been a part of Sleepwalk Immersive since 2023.
MAYA MCQUEEN
Maya is one of the original co-creators of ‘Bacchanalia’ and is currently training at Identity School of Acting. Her credits include Channel 4’s ‘How to Be a Person’ (BAFTA WINNER: Best Short Form Programme, 2023); Hulu’s ‘The Great’; and other immersive work with Parabolic Theatre in ‘Threshold’. She can also be seen in the upcoming production, ‘Poor Shirley Must Make Her Escape’ at The Drayton Arms in January.
PETER BROUGHTON
Peter trained at East 15 Acting School and the University of Exeter, and is a seasoned professional actor. Their extensive stage work includes The Shot Heard Around The World (Touring Production) and Nicky in Avenue Q (Exeter Phoenix Theatre). Peter also has a wealth of immersive experience including The West (COLAB), Phantom Peak, and Paddington Lo-Commotion (Blenheim Palace) where they played the bear! Peter is also one of the original co-creators for Bacchanalia’s original run at CRYPT.
FIONN COX-DAVIES
Fionn Cox-Davies’ practice bridges many forms including work as a musician, dancer, actor, choreographer and director. He is a published singer songwriter and regularly performs live with recent gigs in Devon, London, Eindhoven, Sardinia and Berlin.
He has toured internationally with various highly regarded dance and dance theatre companies, while his film and television work includes roles in Aquaman, The Mummy, Rebecca, His Dark Materials, Brave New World and Game of Thrones.
Fionn has worked with Punchdrunk as an originating cast member, creating multiple roles in The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable, The Burnt City and The Third Day.
LOUIS DAVISON
Louis Davison is an actor from London. He began his theatre career playing Prince Edward in Jamie Lloyd’s production of Richard III at Trafalgar Studio’s. Since then he has appeared in various projects for TV and Film, including Netflix’s ‘Vikings Valhalla’, and BBC’s ‘Poldark’.
He has most recently appeared in Edmund Morris’ ‘The Grim’ at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024, and is thrilled to be entering the world of immersive theatre in 2025.
FANIA GRIGORIOU
Fania has been an international dancer/performer for the past 20 years. In London she has worked with The National Theatre, Punchdrunk, Protein Dance, Satore Studio, Pet Shop Boys, Chemical Brothers to name a few. Her film credits include: The Third Day, Brave New World (NBC), The Mummy, Les Miserables, Anna Karenina.
She recently directed Rhythm&Ruse, an immersive magic show at the Vaults in Waterloo, London.
She holds an advanced level qualification in Stage Combat (APC).
OLI TOWSE
Oli has over ten years of acting experience, having performed with renowned companies such as the RSC and in London’s West End, where he portrayed the titular role of Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, the longest-running immersive show in London & performing in Peaky Blinders: The Rise taking him out to Saudi Arabia.
Oli’s expertise in immersive theatre extends to teaching and leading workshops, he regularly shares his knowledge through workshops and talks at theatre schools across the UK.
He is currently producing his first film, a female-led WWI war story, which has wrapped filming and editing and is now awaiting final touches before heading to film festivals.
JORDAN AJADI
Jordan trained at BRIT School of Performing Arts & graduated from London Contemporary Dance School. He has worked with Punchdrunk in The Third Day: Autumn; and as an originating cast member in The Burnt City.
Theatre credits include: The Marbleous Root Home, The Town that Trees Built (Young Vic, Natasha Nixon); Saturn Returns (Sonny Nwachukwu)
Dance credits include: Falling Man (Dane Hurst); Dead Club, Future Cargo (David Rosenburg and Frauke Requardt); Polaris (Crystal Pite); OTHELLO21 (Ballet Soul)
Film credits: Rudeboy: A Trojan Story; Nikes Music Video (Frank Ocean)
SEIRIAN GRIFFITHS
Seirian is a movement artist, musician, and choreographer based in London. His work spans theatre, film, and the commercial world, performing with companies such as Balletboyz (Deluxe, England on Fire) and Punchdrunk (The Burnt City), He has worked with choreographers including Maxine Doyle, Kim Bradstrup, Holly Blakey, Russell Maliphant, and Sharon Eyal. Alongside performing, he creates his own work, composes for dance theatre and film, and shares his teaching practice - Gravity Mechanics - around the UK and internationally.
CHRISTIAN LOVELESS
Christian trained at Arts Ed and the University of York. His credits include Twelfth Night (Greenwich Theatre), Nigel (Old Court, Windsor) and multiple touring shows with Hobgoblin Theatre Company. He has also appeared in various immersive shows such as Phantom Peak, Tomb Raider and Back To School. He makes BBC-featured comedy content with collaborator John Chisham and took their debut two-hander ‘Battle Counters!’ to Edinburgh Fringe 2024, in association with Soho Theatre Labs. The pair also make the podcast ‘Real Album Reviews’, available on all streaming platforms.
PIN CHIEH CHEN
Pin Chieh is an established artist in the world of immersive theatre, and an extraordinary performer. Some of her credits include Punchdrunk’s ‘The Burnt City’ in London, as well as ‘Sleep No More’ in Shanghai. She has worked with a long-list of renowned choreographers, such as Pina Bausch, Johannes Wieland, Sharon Eyal, and Holly Blakely, to name just a few.