 | Antigone & Creon, 11 – 14 June, UOW Antigone & Creon, 11 – 14 June, UOW |
Antigone and Creon
An elegant examination into the mechanisms of fascism
Directed by Christopher Ryan
Featuring third year Performance students from the
Faculty of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong
Antigone and Creon is a theatrical articulation of the tension that often exists between the individual and the state; exploring the relationship between civil society and civil disobedience. It engages with a story fundamental to our understanding of civil society; a story that recognises how the unforseen and the unplanned may result in the unthinkable and the catastrophic.
Antigone and Creon references Greek mythology and the fifth century play by Sophocles as well as Jean Anouilh’s famous retelling during the Nazi occupation of France. It looks to Leni Riefenstahl’s aestheticised and utopian representations of power as order and the ‘triumph of the will’.
The myth of Antigone and Creon could be read as at the extremes of our private / public worlds / the Western psyche, and the everyday dual experience of living under the law and personal sovereignty.
Or maybe it's just a GREAT STORY!
Season: Wednesday 11 June to Saturday 14 June @ 8pm
Venue: Performance Space, Room 168, Building 25,
Faculty of Creative Arts, UOW
Tickets: Full $15 / Concession $10 / FCA Students $5
Bookings: Phone the Faculty of Creative Arts on 02 4221 4889
For interview or photo opportunity with the Director and Cast, contact Tanya Barton-Saad on 02 4221 5853 or tanyab@uow.edu.au
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