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Antigone
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Tickets from £10 | Under 16s half price £
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by Sophocles translated by Don Taylor
presented by the Minack Theatre Acting Academy
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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Step free access available to accessible balcony, toilets and cafe
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Comedy, Live Music, Spoken Word, Talks, Theatre
Tue 21st Mar, 2023
St Austell Arts Theatre, St Austell
£17.50 — £19.50
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Live Music, Theatre
Fri 24th Mar, 2023
Hall for Cornwall, Truro
£15 — £34
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Live Music, Theatre
Sat 25th Mar, 2023
Launceston Town Hall, Launceston
£22.50 — £22.50
Community, Family, Live Music, Theatre
Sat 25th Mar, 2023
The Keay Theatre, St Austell
£16 — £16
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Live Music
Fri 7th Apr, 2023
Minack Theatre, Porthcurno
£ — £10
Theatre
Sun 2nd Apr, 2023 — Thu 13th Apr, 2023
Minack Theatre, Porthcurno
£ — £10
Theatre
Tue 28th Mar, 2023 — Fri 14th Apr, 2023
Minack Theatre, Porthcurno
£ — £10
Live Music
Fri 28th Apr, 2023
Minack Theatre, Porthcurno
£ — £
