Antigone

After Jocasta's suicide and Oedipus's exile, Antigone's two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, killed each other for the throne of Thebes. Creon, Jocasta's brother, is the new king and has decided to only offer a burial to Eteocles and not to Polynices, who is described as a rogue and a traitor.
He decrees that anyone who dares to bury the renegade's body will be punished by death. No one dares to defy the ban and Polynices' corpse is abandoned to the heat and to scavengers. Only Antigone refuses this situation. Despite her uncle's prohibition, she goes to her brother's body several times and tries to cover it with earth.

As part of the performance dedicated to schools, the team remains available to discuss with the students on different points raised by the play such as: resistance, respect for rules, laws, the exercise of power and any points raised by the students if this seems appropriate to you at the end of the performance.

Author(s): Jean Anouilh
Director: Fabienne Colson