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Antogone by Sophocles translated by Don Taylor presented by the Minack Theatre Acting Academy.
After two sellout performances at The Minack Theatre; Antigone is going on tour. Catch these talented young people at Mount Pleasant Eco Park 26 Jul 2023 – 27 Jul 2023.
Antigone, niece to the King, sets herself in opposition to her uncle when she attempts to bury the body of her brother, killed in a failed rebellion. Her simple act of defiance shakes the state to its foundations, and everyone has a choice to make. Do you support a fundamentalist ruler and condemn a young woman who flouts an unjust law, or do you challenge authority and risk a descent into anarchy?
Sophocles’s 2,000 year old play examines issues as urgent in today’s world as they were to the ancient Greeks. Don Taylor’s translation blends archaic and colloquial language beautifully, making it easy to recreate the world of ancient Thebes as the dysfunctional future of a Western state.
In the battle between opposing ideologies, there are no winners, even those who don’t take sides can’t avoid the fallout. Politics doesn’t get more personal than this.
This exciting, highly-charged production of one of the world’s greatest dramas is performed by students of the Minack Theatre Acting Academy.
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Comedy, Family, Theatre
Sat 18th Jan, 2025 — Sat 25th Jan, 2025
The Keay Theatre, St Austell
£9 — £13.50
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Food & Drink, Theatre
Fri 24th Jan, 2025 — Sat 25th Jan, 2025
The Driftwood Spars, St Agnes
£65 — £65
Comedy, Theatre
Fri 31st Jan, 2025
Launceston Town Hall, Launceston
£17.50 — £17.50
Theatre
Sat 1st Feb, 2025
Hall for Cornwall, Truro
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Dance
Sat 12th Apr, 2025 — Sun 13th Apr, 2025
Mount Pleasant Eco Park, St Agnes
£8 — £10
Dance, Live Music, Theatre
Thu 19th Jun, 2025
Mount Pleasant Eco Park, St Agnes
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