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celebrate the 21st year of the Greek Festival of Sydney, the much-acclaimed
National Theatre of Greece brings you two exclusive performances of Sophocles'
Antigone at the State Theatre.
"... one of the most scalding Greek tragedies..." NEW YORK POST "A tragic triumph out of Greece" DAILY NEWS "A timeless rebel...a fire with a doomed cause" BEN BRANTLEY, NEW YORK TIMES A true Greek tragedy, Antigone is the struggle of a Theban princess of the same name who tries, in vain, to reinstate the law of the gods over the law of the state at the end of the Theban civil war. Written by Athenian politician Sophocles in 441BC, Antigone is the second of the 'Oedipus Trilogy' and is regarded as one of the world's first modern social dramas, winning it's first dramatic prize in 440BC at the Festival of Dionysos. The performance is under the artistic direction of Nikos Kourkoulos,
the Tony nominated actor-turned-director, who now
One of the reasons the play has been so successful, is through the use of subtitles that translate the ancient Greek text into English by way of an electronic screen positioned above the stage. Directed by Niketi Kondouri LINKS National Theatre of Greece website: www.n-t.gr State Theatre What's On page: www.statetheatre.com.au To book tickets through Ticketek:
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the National Theatre of Greece. Having starred in such acclaimed plays
as Arthur Miller's 'View from a Bridge' and Kesey's 'One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest', Kourkoulos is a veteran of Broadway and theatres spanning
from Athens to Washington. The play also stars Lydia Koniordou in the
title role. Koniordou, a multi award-winning stage actress and acclaimed
director has over 25 years experience in classical 
Greek
drama and is a highly respected teacher in both her country of origin
and in the US. The current season of Antigone has been performed to sell-out
audiences in Europe and North America and travels to Beijing, Tokyo, Melbourne
and Adelaide before coming to Sydney. Following the Sydney shows the company
will move onto a season in Brussels.