Antigone / Schwester von

Plays by Sophocles / Roland Schimmelpfennig and Lot Vekemans

The war for the city of Thebes is over: both the defender Eteocles and the attacker, his brother Polyneikes, have been killed. Their uncle Creon has taken over the government and decrees that only Eteocles may be buried. Antigone and Ismene, the sisters of the dead, choose opposite paths: Antigone resists and sets higher principles against man-made laws. Ismene warns her to oppose the ruling power and reminds her of the cursed family history that seems to have come to an end.

The myth of Antigone has been told in many variations and has retained its relevance for thousands of years. House director Ebru Tartıcı Borchers stages a double bill with a look at the different perspectives of the sisters Antigone and Ismene. Roland Schimmelpfennig's adaptation of Sophocles' "Antigone" is followed by Lot Vekeman's monologue "Sister of", in which Ismene raises her voice as the last survivor of her family.