Details

Two brothers, Polyneikes and Eteocles, fight for the crown of Thebes. They kill each other. The rule is strict and clear: whoever dares to bury Polyneikes will be punished with death. Antigone cannot accept the laws that leave one of her brothers unburied and humiliated. State against Ideals, a young woman against a monarch, the whole town, us, inside the arena. How do you get a diamond out of a stone? 'I was born to love, not hate', states Antigone. And there is always a cost for it.

Cast/Performers

Yusra Warsama (Antigone), Babirye Bukilwa (Ismene), Nick Fletcher, Ruth Redman, Kwong Loke, Alexander Campbell, Simon de Deney, Pascale Kann, Jessica Mannion, Ethen Peters, Caleb Rowan, Westerfield Shoderu

Creatives/Company

Author: Sophocles
Producer: Lyric Hammersmith
Translation: Seamus Heaney
Director(s): Roy Alexander Weise, Isabella Odoffin (casting director)
Design: Lily Arnold
Lighting: Amy Mae
Sound: Donato Wharton