Open Air Theatre
The Regent's Park, Inner Cir, London NW1 4NU
Venue information Get DirectionsReimagined by Inua Ellams (Barber Shop Chronicles), this blazing Ancient Greek classic closes Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre‘s 90th anniversary season.
A torn family. A hostile state. One heroic brother. One misguided son. One conflicted sister, and the second is on the run. At its heart, a tragedy of a family torn apart, Sophocles examines this extreme dysfunction through the lens of a hostile state. Blisteringly dramatic and wholly profound, discover the enduring power of this 2000-year-old masterpiece.
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Antigone explores the aftermath of a civil war in which the two sons of Oedipus, Eostecles, and Polyneices have fought died on opposing sides. When their successor Creon decrees that Polyneices will not be buried as he leads an invading foreign army, his sister Antigone takes matters into her own hands and in an act of civil disobedience, buries her brother anyway, sealing her own fate.
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Pandora Colin (Eurydice), Rhianna Dorris (Lyra), Sandy Grierson (Aleksy), Zainab Hasan (Antigone), Nadeem Islam (Polyneices), Abe Jarman (Eteocles), Tony Jayawardena (Creon), Oliver Johnstone (Haemon), Munir Khairdin (Nikomedes), Susan Lawson-Reynolds (Commissioner), Eli London (Tiresius), Shazia Nicholls (Ismene), Mervin Noronha (Chorus), Razak Osman (Athan), Joseph Prouse (Officer), Nadia Sohawon (Kyria), Riley Woodford (Strom)
Shanaé Chisholm (Casting Assistant), Inua Ellams (Writer), Barbara Houseman (Voice & Text and Season Associate Director), Carrie-Anne Ingouille (Choreographer), Polly Jerrold (Casting Director), Jack Knowles (Lighting Designer), Emma Laxton (Sound Designer), Ingrid Mackinnon (Season Associate: Intimacy Support), Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante (Composer), Khadija Raza (Costume Designer), Leslie Travers (Set Design), Jo Tyabji (Co-Director), Max Webster (Director)
Please note:
Children under the age of 4 will not be admitted to the venue.
This venue is completely uncovered and every effort will be made to complete the performance should the weather interfere. Performances are never cancelled or abandoned before the advertised starting time and then only in the event of very bad weather. If cancellation or abandonment is unavoidable, ticket holders will be entitled to equivalent value seats for any other performance in the main repertoire, subject to availability by the venue. Refunds are not given by the venue for cancellation or abandonment as a result of the weather.