Antaeus Theater Company’s vibrant production of Sophocles’ Antigone is a reminder that pride without compassion can destroy a ...

With three new versions on stage this month, the ancient Greek classic – and its reflections on authority and devotion – remains as compelling as ever This October sees a rash of productions based on ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. The few productions of Greek tragedy seen in Melbourne over the past decade were all, despite their faults, more faithful to the original ...

“I’m going to kill Polynices!” Antigone declares triumphantly in the opening scene of “Antigone: A New Trans Play” by JJ Sutton ’22. For audiences both familiar with and new to the original story of ...

The music and visual effects dazzle in this 2018 update of Sophocles’ tragedy from the Classical Theatre of Harlem It is ironic that this production reconceptualises Sophocles’ Antigone in a future ...

Activist Kay Sara portrays Antigone in Milo Rau's modern-day tragedy about the Indigenous people's fight for survival. Ancient Greek poet Sophocles couldn't have possibly imagined that his tragedy ...

Skala Theatre presents the nationwide premiere of the play Antigone after Sophocles by Loula Ratska, directed by Maria Varnakkidou. The play premiered in Larnaca at the end of June and performances ...

Because Antigone buries her dead brother, Creon sentences her to death. That brother, Polynices, is not even mentioned by name in Anna Ziegler’s provocative play “Antigone (This Play I Read in High ...

The poet Anne Carson’s translation of Antigone is retitled Antigonick (New Directions, 180 pp., $24.95), as in “nick of time,” Ms. Carson. It’s not the only major revision Ms. Carson has made. She has ...