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Production still for "Antigone". Emily Milledge. Photographer: Pia Johnson
Antigone (2015)
21 August 2015 – 13 September 2015 Merlyn Theatre
Based on Sophocles's Antigone
Malthouse Theatre,
New Adaptation Theatre World Premiere
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.
"ANTIGONE IS PERHAPS THE GREATEST PLAY EVER WRITTEN ABOU THE TENSION BETWEEN THE DUTIES WE OWE THE STATE AND THOSE WE OWE TO OUR PERSONAL VALUES."
— The Telegraph
Cast
Creatives
![Sophocles](/media/1kppwpvh/sophocles.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132947161094230000)
Playwright
![Paul Jackson](/media/iwbfn3l1/jackson-paul.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239155330000)
Lighting Designer
![Jethro Woodward](/media/35nlc51k/woodward-jethro.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763244088400000)
Sound Designer
![Adena Jacobs](/media/gcqdm4xy/jacobs-adena.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239160230000)
Director
![Esther Marie Hayes](/media/dqtllnvo/hayes-esther.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763238613400000)
Costume Designer, Set Designer
![Samara Hersch](/media/tg5jmumu/hersch-samara.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763238744830000)
Assistant Director
![Christina Hayes](/media/hzwl5ukd/hayes-christina.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763238608400000)
Costume Designer, Set Designer
![Harriet Gregory](/media/ilxbkg3t/gregory-harriet.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763238106930000)
Assistant Stage Manager
![Jenn Taylor](/media/qmgh3nhh/taylor-jenn.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763243035500000)
Stage Manager
Besen Family Artist