PETER PETKOVSEK

Two performers: a girl and her assistant. An iPhone, a Macbook and Twitter. A 21st century adaptation of a 2500 year-old story. Our playful tragedy is about a generation of revolutionaries who’d rather rebel via Facebook than actually do something. It is about politicians twisting the truth, about how stories and images are created, but especially about Antigone who just can’t seem to be Antigone. 

Produced and devised by The Zeitgeist Chorus, a text-based theatre group initiated by Vivien von Abendorff and Kalki Aporos. The Others get inspiration from classics, and through a devising process create original work, specifically investigating the dilemmas of today. ‘The Others’ are the other collaborators, often from different cultural backgrounds. But ‘The Others’ are also the East Europeans when performing in Amsterdam, or the Londoners when in Belgrade. ‘The Others’ also represent the outside world; the chorus; society with its assumptions, judgements and unspoken rules; the media. These are themes in this production, and will feature in future work.

These characters dare to show what society says we must hide: our fears, flaws and vulnerabilities in the hope that this honesty creates empathy, and helps the audience recognise the other in themselves.

In this adaptation, Antigone lives in a contemporary world, uses Twitter, Google and iPhone apps, inspiring herself with groups like Femen and Pussy Riot to contradict the orders of her uncle, king Creon. But the truth is not always what you see in the media, as she is about to find out ...

Karen O'Rourke: "This is a must see! Powerful. It absolutely demands that you react against the unjust way in which Antigone's spirit is broken and you spend the whole of the next day disgusted that you managed to forget about people like Yulia Tymoshenko once news of their arrest was replaced by more shocking or sensational..."