The Last Antigone

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Event The Last Antigone
Venue Globe Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand
Umbrella Event Dunedin Fringe Festival
First Date 28 March 2008
Last Date 5 April 2008
Dates Estimated No
Status Unknown
World Premiere No
Description Are we being led by an unreliable narrator? Are love, loyalty and free will negotiable? Dunedin's Antigone, a modern media princess, asks us to forgive her corrupt brother. A fascinating contemporary vision of the greek Antigone, a feminist warrior.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Warren Chambers Actor Messenger
Warren Chambers Actor A Beggar
Warren Chambers Actor Max
Poppy Haynes Actor Antigone
Michael Metzger Actor Creon
Michael Metzger Actor Oedipus
Natalie Milne Actor Executioner
Natalie Milne Actor Reporter
Erica Newlands Actor Tiresias
Erica Newlands Actor Farmer
Jim Rosegarden Actor Polyneices
Jackie Shaw Actor Horae
Hollie Sutton Actor Ismene
Emmaline Weaver Actor Jocasta
Wyeth Chalmers Chorus
Katie Hayes Chorus
Adrian Wood Chorus
Sam Mitchell Designer
Wayne Petcher Director
Tee O'Neill Playwright
Text Nationality Australia
Further Information Play first performed in Ireland. Characters dressed in tartan-themed costumes. Inspired by several classic Greek plays, including Sophocles Oedipus rex, Oedipus at Colunus and Antigone. NZ Premiere.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 205576