Antigone

by Sophocles

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Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2022
Peiraios 260 (Stage H')

 

Produced by the Athens & Epidaurus Festival and funded by the European Funding Program Horizons and VAST (Values Across Space & Time).

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A performance about the relationship between the polis (and its citizens) and power, a timeless question posed by this tragedy. Focusing on the pivotal role of the media in shaping public opinion, the play is set inside a government-sponsored television studio, where all political debates and decisions take place in real time. The Chorus of Elders is re-imagined as a council of politicians representing various aspects of hegemonic discourse, watching, always live, the brutal conflict between secular and moral law.

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Translated by Nikos A. Panagiotopoulos
Directing / adaptation - Alexander Raptotasios
Set and lighting design Marco Turcich

Dramaturgy Or Benezra-Segal
Costume design – Props Marie Cecile Inglesi
Music George Poulios
Sound design Jeph Vagner
Speech coach Nikos Panagiotopoulos
Movement Korina Kokkali
Assistant to the director Thomais Triantafyllidou
Assistant to the set and lighting designer Mariza Soulioti
Movement assistant Marilena Sitaropoulou
Make-up artist Elizabeth Petrou
Graphics - Video Design Christos Magganas
Live filming by Green Screen Studio
Production manager Ifigenia Gianniou

Cast Gerasimos Skiadaresis (Creon), Kitty Paitazoglou (Antigone), Eleni Karagiorgi (Eurydice), Christina Dalamanga (Ismene), Foivos Papakostas (Aemon), Vicky Kyriakoulakou (Tiresias), Lambros Grammatikos (Sentry, Messenger)

Chorus Danae Loukaki (Coryphaeus), Giorgos Biniaris, Deborah Odong, Vasilis Kalfakis, Dinos Gelameris, Negros tou Moria, Zoe Drakopoulou

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