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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. Declan Donnellan directs his own version of this seminal tragedy. With an extraordinary cast lead by a full Greek chorus, Antigone's essential stuggle for the freedom of expression against a tyrannical state resonates now as it did over 2000 years ago.

Cast/Performers

Tara Fitzgerald, Jonathan Hyde, anna Calder Marshall, Zubin Varla, Christian Bradley, Finn Caldwell, Ryan Ellsworth, Damian Kearney, Drew Mulligan, Owen McDonnell, Donald Pirie, Richard Stacey, Anthony Taylor

Creatives/Company

Author: Sophocles
Director: Declan Donnellan
Adapted by: Declan Donnellan
Design: Nick Ormerod
Company: Warehouse Productions