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Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS

Antigone

Closed March 28, 2015

Juliette Binoche leads a supremely talented cast in van Hove's brand-new staging

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JULIETTE BINOCHE LEADS A TALENTED CLASSICAL CAST

As part of a star-studded 2015 season at the Barbican, Juliette Binoche will join the likes of the super-talented Obi Abili, Kirsty Bushell, Samuel Edward-Cook, Finbar Lynch, Patrick O'Kane and Kathryn Pogson in Ivo van Hove's revival of Sophocles' Antigone.

Part of a pan-European and American tour, this production is a brand-new translation of Sophocle's tragedy by TS Eliot Prize-winning poet Anne Carson. The talented cast sees Abili and Edward-Cook reunited, after starring opposite each other in 2014's Shakespeare?s Globe?s production of Titus Andronicus.

WHAT IS ANTIGONE ABOUT?

Binoche plays the lead role of Antigone, a Theban noblewoman whose dead brother is deemed a traitor after fighting in a civil war for the city's crown. When his body is left unburied and rotting beyond the city walls as punishment by the incumbent monarch Creon, Antigone rebels against the punishment, and defies him in order to bury her brother with the honours that he deserves. But when Creon discovers her plans, he is enraged and condemns her to be buried alive - much to the fury of the Olympian gods.

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Dates

Opening night: 4 March 2015

Audience

Suitable for ages 12+

Run time

One hour 45 minutes without interval

MASKS

You may be required to wear a mask during this performance. Please contact the venue directly for more information.

Cast and Creative

Cast

Obi Abili

Juliette Binoche

Kirsty Bushell

Samuel Edward-Cook

Finbar Lynch

Patrick O'Kane

Kathryn Pogson

Creative

Translated by Anne Carson

Directed by Ivo van Hove

Set design and lighting by Jan Versweyveld

Costumes by An d'Huys

Video design by Tal Yarden

Dramaturgy by Peter van Kraaij

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