When her dead brother is decreed a traitor, his body left unburied
beyond the city walls, Antigone refuses to accept this most severe of
punishments. Defying her uncle who governs, she dares to say 'No'.
Forging ahead with a funeral alone, she places personal allegiance
before politics, a tenacious act that will trigger a cycle of
destruction.
Renowned for the revelatory nature of his work, Ivo van Hove first
enthralled London audiences with his ground-breaking Roman Tragediesseen
at the Barbican in 2009. Drawing on his 'ability to break open texts
calcified by tradition' (Guardian), the director now turns to a classic
Greek masterpiece.