The Gallery On The Corner, a new art and performance opens tonight in Tooting. By Jove Theatre Company presents HERE SHE COMES, an epic poem based on The Bacchae. Written and performed by SJ Brady with music by Vivienne Youel. 15 - 21 May 2017.

Agave. A woman craving liberation from her stagnant life, seeking the feeling of freedom. Invisible within the eyes of society, within the walls of her home, her bones are burning with loneliness. Her husband’s dead, she’s lost a daughter – and she can’t remember who she was before she had a family. Agave’s ready to burst at the first glimpse of freedom until she hears someone call her name...

A vengeful god with a flair for the dramatic indulges Agave’s resistance to her son’s oppressive nature and before she knows it she’s living in the wild. It’s women only, and as they unite in ecstatic transcendence, Agave begins to lose her grip on reality.

How far will one woman go to protect her freedom?

Here She Comes is the second show in By Jove’s Season of Violent Women, a triptych of close encounters with dangerous and disruptive women from myth and history. Co-artistic director SJ Brady spins a modern day tale of limitation and ecstasy from Euripides’ devastating tragedy.

“By Jove Theatre are one to watch.” – Broadway World

Founded in 2011, By Jove is a socialist-feminist performance ensemble - they use stories of the past to make theatre for today. Previous shows include Margaret of Anjou (2016) and the critically acclaimed Pride & Prejudice: The Panto (2012-15).

Here She Comes at The Gallery on the Corner, 273 Balham High Road, SW17 7BD.

£10 (£8.50 concessions)

Times and tickets: https://hereshecomes.eventbrite.co.uk