28/06/2026
Greek Dances “Dora Stratou”
Dance
Antigone - Alan Lucien Øyen - Premiere
07/08/2026 - 08/08/2026
Epidavros
On Friday 7 August 2026 and Saturday 8 August 2026, Antigone, directed and choreographed by Alan Lucien Øyen and inspired by Sophocles' tragedy, will be presented at the Ancient Theatre of Epidavros.
© Mats Backer
Antigone is a new, radical reimagining of Sophocles’ tragedy, fusing the poetry of movement with the expressive force of text and spoken word.
More than a retelling, the work is a rediscovery of the play’s ideas – through movements, words and situations. The performance foregrounds a profoundly human mode of expression, confronting the unresolved dilemmas at the heart of the play: duty, dignity, morality, and the complexity of power.
In an era when what is wrong is branded as evil and what is right is dismissed as sanctimonious, where is God in all this chaos? Human dignity and humility are at stake in a struggle for respect for human law.
Through howling wind and screaming birds, through desperate grief and violent tyranny, the scenes of the play hurl their meaning back at our present-day dilemmas. Demanding and arresting, political without didacticism and lyrical without ornament, Antigone asks the urgent question: what does it mean to act when law and justice part ways?
With Greek and English surtitles.