Sophocles
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Reviews
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Off West End
Electra, The Bunker – Review
Pros: The pulsating soundtrack, which is performed live on stage by the actors. Cons: This ‘reinvention’ of the classic story…
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Drama
The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus, Finborough Theatre – Review
The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus is an amusing, albeit slightly odd, play. This production gives audiences an opportunity to get ‘up…
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Antigone, The Hope Theatre – Review
A haunting, passionately performed, and accessible all-female adaptation of a Greek tragedy.
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Interviews
I think you should be listened to, but……
Eva de Valk considers how theatre discusses extremist views.
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Reviews
Antigone, Theatre Royal Stratford East – Review
By using its ancient model so closely and yet trying to be completely different from it, this adaptation tries to…
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Drama
Oedipus Retold, Tristan Bates Theatre – Review
Despite the disparity between the two pieces, overall a thought-provoking production with enough intelligent humour to make a heavy subject…
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Our Ajax, Southwark Playhouse – Review
SophoclesAdapted by Timberlake WertenbacherDirected by David Mercatali★★★ Pros: Thought provoking and deeply meaningful script, raising questions of life and death…
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Camden Fringe: Ajax, Etcetera Theatre
Part of the Camden Fringe 2013Sophocles, translated by Peter MaineckDevised by: Theatro Rheo★★ Pros: An emphatically physical depiction. Cons: The storyline is…
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The Last Hour of Antigone, Camden People’s Theatre
Raul Quiros Molina Directed by Sarah Provencal ★★ Pros: An interesting production. It may not seem like an obvious ‘must-see’…
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