Antigone Reloaded

University of the Arts Helsinki / Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, premiered in 6/2015 Athens, Greece

How to bring an ancient tragedy into contemporary post-dramatic context? What is the relevance and sense of studying and staging Antigone today? The performance handles the themes of death, excess and the Apollonian Dionysian dichotomy. It studies and combines Sophocles text and characters, pop culture imagery, music as an organic part of acting and dramaturgy and ultimately the question of personal or intimate approach to a political subject.

director & dramaturg: Janne Pellinen
inspired by Sophocles’ Antigone
cast: Anne-Mari Alaspää, Minerva Kautto, Elias Keränen, Pyry Nikkilä, Pyry Äikää

Photo © Michael Cacoyannis Foundation