Antigonick

Show & Culture

In the productions of the Roland Furieux company, the text is recomposed like a musical score, blending narrative, dialogue, music, and image. In Antigonick, a variation on Sophocles' text, Anne Carson radically revitalizes the myth, cutting some passages ('to nick') to bring emphasis on others, inviting in the voices of Hegel, Arendt, Anouilh, and Woolf. On stage, three female voices speak in the present and echo the power of Antigone: the act of speech, a privileged instrument of thought, a shield against injustice, and a place for forming critical thinking in the face of all the Creons of the universe. Alongside them, a musical ensemble led by Norwegian composer Christian Wallumrød, including keyboards, percussion, aulos, and voices, carries the text and shifts between echoes of ancient music and electronic eruptions.