Antigone (London) London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (5)
See it if you like clever and very modern adaptations of ancient classics that demonstrate just how little humanity has evolved
Don't see it if you need a hyper-professional production and mind the narrative being a bit jerky
See it if You want a modern update on a classic. This all feels very urgent and relevant.
Don't see it if You want the original untouched. Elements of this production also felt a little slow and unnecessary.
See it if You like modern adaptations of old plays. Enjoy a thought provoking, challenging narrative about the complexity of life in modern Britain.
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See it if You are interested in justice, race, politics.
Don't see it if You are a purest. This was a great, daring production.
See it if A modern take on a very old play, still felt very relevant today.
Don't see it if You don't like modern adaptations of old plays.
Critic Reviews (9)
"The production seems unique in how it depicts Islam: it is most contemplative in moments of spiritual ritual, ablution and prayer spoken in Quranic Arabic, which show Islam to be first and foremost a faith – and a beautiful one – over a system of politics or symbol of identity."
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"Though there’s a visually incandescent climax, it’s not (yet) fully moving, and there’s way too much faff at the start."
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"An update as ambitious as this would have a chance of working if it possessed some measure of plausibility: unlike figures from mythology, modern characters need a hinterland. Sadly, there’s no depth or nuance."
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"The play balances order against chaos and the individual against the state...It’s a shame, then, when the rhetoric devolves into bald-faced placard-waving, no matter how laudable the sentiments expressed."
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"The contemporary relevance is so vigorously and insistently overstated that we lose sight of the story, and the play never achieves the raw, elemental power that tragedy demands."
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" 'Antigone's' tragedy probably won't make you cry, but it might well make you furious."
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"There is something refreshing about seeing these issues - the human consequence of inhumane policies - tackled on stage in such a direct way as well as seeing Muslim prayer and ritual presented with reverence and care."
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"This is a particularly dark offering for a theatre that has historically offered more pastoral fare. Programme diversification is, of course, a good thing but this production probably isn't likely to be one of most visitors' most cherished memories of this wonderful venue."
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