By Sophocles / Roland Schimmelpfennig and Lot Vekemans
The war for the city of Thebes has ended: both the defender, Eteocles, and the attacker, his brother Polyneices, have been killed. Their uncle Creon has taken over the government and decreed that only Eteocles may be buried. Antigone and Ismene, the sisters of the deceased, choose opposite paths: Antigone defies this order, placing higher principles above man-made laws. Ismene warns her against opposing the ruling power, reminding her of their cursed family history, which seems to have come to an end.
The myth of Antigone has been told in many variations and has retained its relevance for millennia. Resident director Ebru Tartıcı Borchers stages a double evening, focusing on the differing perspectives of the sisters Antigone and Ismene. Following Roland Schimmelpfennig’s retelling of Sophocles’ Antigone is Lot Vekemans’ monologue Sister of, in which Ismene raises her voice as the last surviving member of her family.

Direction: Ebru Tartıcı Borchers / Stage & Costume Design: Sam Beklik / Choreography: Azahara Sanz Jara / Music: Dani Catalan / Light: Licht: Philipp Sonnhoff / Dramaturgy: Reinar Ortmann
Antigone: Anna Seeberger / Ismene: Tobias Schormann / Kreon: Caroline Nagel / Bote/Wärter : Darios Vaysi / Haimon: Meret Engelhardt/ Claudia Korneev / Teiresias: Andreas Spaniol
Extras: Mostafa Abbas, Wedyan Alshoufi, Svetlana Fomin, Hinnek Heckmann, Daniela Hermann, Melika Jallili, Morris Rechtien, Michael Sutor, Sonja Wessels, Antonina Wrzesinska Assistant Director/Evening Stage Manager: Lotta Huber / Production Assistant: Johanna Bode / Stage Manager: Simon Fischer/Klaas Hillmann / Production Manager: Patrick Duden / Prompter: Katja Gohe / Stage Manager (Technical Director): Holger Claußen