Details

A torn family. A hostile state. One heroic brother. One misguided son. One conflicted sister, and the second is on the run A blistering retelling of the epic story from the writer of Barber Shop Chronicles, Inua Ellams.

Cast/Performers

Zainab Hasan (Antigone), Tony Jayawardena (Creon), Pandora Colin (Eurydice), Rhianna Dorris (Lyra), Sandy Grierson (Aleksy), Nadeem Islam (Polyneices), Abe Jarman (Eteocles), Oliver Johnstone (Haemon), Munir Khairdin (Nikomedes), Susan Lawson-Reynolds (Commissioner), Eli London (Tiresius), Shazia Nicholls (Ismene), Mervin Noronha (Chorus), Razak Osman (Athan), Joseph Prouse (Officer), Nadia Sohawon (Kyria), Riley Woodford (Strom), Lydia Bakelmun (walking understudy)

Creatives/Company

Author: Inua Ellams (after Sophocles)
Other: Barbara Houseman (voice and text / season associate director)
Choreographer: Carrie-Anne Ingrouille
Director(s): Polly Jerrold (casting), Jo Tyabji (associate director), Max Webster, Kate Waters (fight)
Lighting: Jack Knowles
Sound: Emma Laxton
Music: Shez Manzoor
Costume: Khadija Raza
Design: Leslie Travers