The Bacchoi is a rock musical with book and lyrics by Bryan Nason and music by Ralph Tyrrell, based on The Bacchae by Euripides.
[1] It was first performed in a 1970 student production which opened the University of Queensland's Schonell Theatre.
The production was choreographed by Keith Bain, with a cast including Geoffrey Rush and Ross Thompson.
[1] Nimod Theatre Company in Sydney gave the professional premiere in 1974 as the inaugural production at the new Nimrod Theatre,[2] with a cast including Jon English, Jeannie Lewis, Peter Carroll, Drew Forsythe, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Peter Chambers, Roger Newcombe, Anna Volska, Julia Lyndon and Sharon Murphy.
[3] This production received less favorable reviews than its 1970 premiere.