Antigone

A Bristol Old Vic Young Company production

Written by Sophokles

Translation by Anne Carson

Director Maisie Newman

Composition and Sound Design Rowan Evans

Design Mimi Donaldson

"Girls cannot force their way against men"

The war has ended. Outside the city gates, declared a traitor, Antigone's brother lies unburied. 'Fires won't light, birds are shrieking unintelligible things and the wind is tearing the hair off trees.' In defiance of her uncles' rule, Antigone stands on a line between city and desert, laws and gods. Fearlessly she steps into the wasteland to forge ahead with her brother's funeral, alone. Her act will trigger a cycle of destruction. With bold movement and a cinematic synth score, Bristol Old Vic Young Company (The Love of the Nightingale) present this urgent translation of Antigone by award-winning Canadian poet Anne Carson.

Photography by Chelsey Cliff. Full production photo gallery here.