When Antigone goes against the law of the land in burying her brother, she sets in motion a chain of events leading to the shattering of her family and the downfall of the house of Oedipus. Antigone charts one woman’s passionate fight against her oppressors and this new all-female version will be presented by a cast of 5, in a physical, musical and hauntingly beautiful retelling of the classic tale, shining a new light on Sophocles’ depiction of a patriarchal society.
Cast
- Antigone: Cassandra Hodges
- Creon: Amanda Bailey
- Ismene/Messenger: Holly Campbell
- Soldier/ Teiresias: Hester Kent
- Hamemon/Euridice: LJ Reeves
Creatives
- Producer: Tales Retold
- Writer: Brendan Murray, from Sophocles
- Director/Choreographer: Matthew Parker
- Composer: Maria Haik Escudero
- Designer: Rachael Ryan
- Lighting: Tom Kitney
- Sound: Paul Freeman
- Stage Manager: Jo Abram
- Assistant Producer: Amy Alexander
- Assistant Director: Phil Croft
- Publicity Design: Luke Adamson
- Casting Director: Benjamin Newsome
Matthew Parker orchestrates the whole with enormous panache and clarity
Parker hasn’t missed a trick and evidently knows the space his actors are working in like the back of his hand
New and exciting
Matthew Parker’s modern retelling breathes new life into the story in an all female production
Haunting & passionately performed
Lively and futuristic all-female take on an ancient classic
