Antigone

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Event Antigone
Venue Merlyn Theatre @ CUB Malthouse, Southbank, VIC
First Date 21 August 2015
Last Date 13 September 2015
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description A moral fable about the struggle between individual conscience and the laws made by an all-powerful state. For this version, the translator Jane Montgomery Griffiths gives us a brutal modern dictatorship where the ruler, played by Jane herself, is a well-groomed and ruthless woman. The story line is the same, except that the updated script bristles with phrases from the Australian political lexicon, including 'off-shore detention centre'.
The production is bleak, dangerous and brutal, and ends with the tortured, dead Antigone suspended from a hook and the other cast members splashing through
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Adaptation
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Emily Milledge Actor
Jane Montgomery Griffiths Actor
Elizabeth Nabben Actor
Aaron Orzech Actor
Josh Price Actor
Jane Montgomery Griffiths Adaptor
Samara Hersch Assistant Director
Harriet Gregory Assistant Stage Manager
Christina Hayes Costume Designer
Esther Marie Hayes Costume Designer
Adena Jacobs Director
Paul Jackson Lighting Designer
Sophocles Playwright
Christina Hayes Set Designer
Esther Marie Hayes Set Designer
Jethro Woodward Sound Designer
Jenn Taylor Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Greece
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web
Event Identifier 155059
Dataset AusStage