Twig, a retelling of the Greek tragedy Antigone in gangland Dublin, will screen at this week’s Irish Film Festival London.

Okpebholo is a firm believer in the transformative power of good governance, transparency, and accountability. He has pledged ...

An ancient story gets an urgent and innovative update in this fascinating production by one of contemporary theatre's most ...

Casting Hall’s Fall production of Jean Anouilh’s “Antigone” opened Nov 7th,  just two days after the presidential election, ...

Antigone: Love, rebellion and the indomitable will challenge oppressive authority in this classic drama; on stage through Nov ...

Icke is so attuned to politics that even one jarring detail – no campaign anywhere would risk drinking champagne before the ...

A HARROWING Greek tale is given a modern take in the spiritual space of Holy Trinity at the weekend. Jean Anouilh’s version ...

Here, Antigone has no slain brother ... Zeldin does rather duck Sophocles's larger questions, to focus on the "foetid" relationship between Chris and Annie, said Claire Allfree in The Daily ...

In this, it bears some comparison with another new Sophocles adaptation, Alexander Zeldin’s looser take on Antigone, The Other Place, across the river at The National. Could the coexistence of these ...

This was true when Sophocles first staged his play, based on well-known myths, in fifth century BC Athens; it is certainly true with this modern reimagining, written and directed by Robert Icke. As ...

Oedipus first premiered in Amsterdam in 2018, performed in Dutch, then played Edinburgh International Festival a year later.

Following yesterday’s opening night performance, which was lauded as “astonishing” by WhatsOnStage’s lead critic Sarah Crompton, we caught up with the two leading actors at the show’s after-party to ...