Antigone by Jean Anouilh
Theatre
April 23 - May 2, 2015
PACT centre for emerging artists, 107 Railway Parade
Erskineville, NSW
Website: http://www.theatrexcentrique.com
Description
“What kind of happiness do you foresee for me? Tell me: Who will I have to lie to? Who do you want me to leave dying, while I turn my eyes away?”Antigone says “No” to everything and everyone. To Creon, the king, who has banned the burial of her brother. To her sister Ismene, who thinks she is just a little girl and not up to the task. And to life itself, if it means compromise and little betrayals.
In this acclaimed contemporary version of Sophocle’s classic tragedy, Jean Anouilh questions our ethics and notions of power and individual liberties.