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Antigone [on strike]

 

Written and directed by Alexander Raptotasios

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​A modern reimagining of Sophocles’ tragedy inspired by true stories of the so-called ‘ISIS Brides’ where the audience are asked to vote on the narrative

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What shapes our opinion? A public debate, cold facts or an Instagram ad?”

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Park Theatre, London  30 January – 22 February 2025​​

​HIT - LiteraturHaus, Copenhagen  26 Feb - 1 March 2025​​​​

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When Esmeh was 14, she ran away from her East London home and joined the Islamic State in Syria. Now the war is over, she finds herself stranded in a refugee camp and her citizenship cancelled by the UK’s Home Secretary. Her sister Antiya launches a hunger strike to bring her home causing a media frenzy that engulfs her and the Home Secretary’s family in a dangerous PR game no one is sure how to play.

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Set in an interactive media studio where you vote and affect the story’s direction, this is a new play inspired by Sophocles’ classic tragedy Antigone and the real stories of the young women who became the so called ‘ISIS Brides’.

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Developed through student workshops in East London, this is a challenging immersive theatre piece that looks at the effect of behaviour-predicting technologies on freedom of choice and democracy.​

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Cast

PHIL CHEADLE
HIBA MEDINA 
ALI HADJI-HESHMATI 
SORCHA BROOKS​

HANNA KHOGALI

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Creative Team

WRITER AND DIRECTOR | ALEXANDER RAPTOTASIOS 
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR & DRAMATURGE | OR BENEZRA-SEGAL 
SET DESIGNER | MARCO TURCICH
COSTUME DESIGNER | MARIE-CECILE INGLESI
VIDEO CONTENT CREATOR | VITTORIA BELLI
PLAYTEXT EDITOR | JULIA CATERINA HARTLEY
COMMUNITY WORKSHOP DESIGNER

& CREATIVE CONSULTANT | HAFSAH ANEELA BASHIR

FACILITATOR & CREATIVE CONSULTANT | AMBE LONE
CASTING DIRECTOR | ELLIE COLLYER-BRISTOW CDG

STAGE & PROJECT MANAGER | JULIETA KILGELMANN
PHOTOGRAPHER | YANNICK LALARDY
VIDEO MAPPING | SDNA (BEN FOOT)

CREATIVE CONSULTANT | OYA BACAK

MOVEMENT CONSULTANT | CHE