Sophocles, Holderlin, Brecht, Malina - four major figures in the world's theatre - have all left their imprint on this remarkable dramatic text. Friedrich Holderlin translated Sophocles into ...

Tiresias, the blind Ancient Greek prophet, could foresee the future for Apollo, and was transformed by Hera and lived as a woman for seven years ...

SYDNEY FESTIVALAntigone in the AmazonRoslyn Packer Theatre, January 4Until January 8Reviewed by JOHN SHAND★★★★ This, I ...

PlayCo, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, The Flea, and Kelly Strayhorn Theater will present the New York premiere of Amm(i)gone, ...

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Antigone of Epirus was an ancient Greek noblewoman and queen of Epirus during the Hellenistic period. Born in the 4th century BCE, she was the daughter of Berenice I and her first husband, Philip, ...

Even the ancient pagans recognized it. Antigone, in Sophocles’ Greek tragedy, followed this law by burying her dead brother, even though this was against the king’s command. This law is called ...

Sydney Festival again lacks a cohesive through line, with blink-and-you’ll-miss-it provocations amid longer-running ...

DIY meant nailing a picture frame to a wall, bleeding a radiator or painting the bedroom wall. Today, to Gen Z and ...

The lights come up on a bare stage. Two black South African actors, dressed in prison uniforms, mime shovelling sand into ...