The cast is stacked with BarnArts regulars, with the important exception of the title character, portrayed by newcomer Bridgette Hammond (Antigone). “It’s a tight-knit community that at the same time ...

In the play, set in Africa, a Frenchwoman, Thérèse, decides to become a man, and her breasts float away like two balloons; she is renamed Tiresias and becomes a general and a member of parliament.

In Antigone, (from left) Gus Glick as Kreon, Arwen-Vira Marsh as Antigone and Yehuda Zilberstein as Guard 1. Credit: Justin Barbin This modern version of Antigone —written in 441 B.C. by the Greek ...

But Teiresias is not the only character with an urgent message. Merope (June Watson), Oedipus’ impatient mother, also demands his attention but he gently declines to make time for her.

Emma D’Arcy, Alison Oliver, Nina Sosanya and Tobias Menzies in The Other Place at the Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre, London. Photo: Sarah Lee ...

To give an example, take the tale of Antigone which is currently on a UK tour and which I saw recently at the Greenwich Theatre. The battle for Thebes is over and, as the dust settles the cost is ...

Creon was played by baritone Bastiaan Everink. Although it is a relatively short part, he managed to assert his character with his impressive vocal technique and expressivity. Bass Rafał Siwek, ...

On February 25, the Court Theater presented director Gabrielle Randle-Bent’s production of Sophocles’s Antigone. On one hand, the loose interpretation of the classic Greek tragedy is disorienting from ...

But Antigone persists, believing that the law of the gods, requiring people to bury their relatives, should supersede the law of humans. The chorus, representing the citizens of Thebes, recommends ...

Her contemporary version of ’Antigone’ doesn’t always hit the mark, although it retains some of the impact of Sophocles’ tale of internecine conflict, lone wolf defiance and bloodshed.

The malicious King Creon (Timothy Edward Kane) is more concerned with order than justice, and ignores the warnings from the blind oracle Tiresias (Cheryl Lynn Bruce), that his cruelty will spark ...