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Antigone


Date & time
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 –
Saturday, April 11, 2015
8 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Cost

$10 regular, $5 for students and seniors.

Where

Henry F. Hall Building
1455 De Maisonneuve W.
Room D.B. Clarke Theatre

Wheel chair accessible

Yes

Translated by Lynn Kozak

Directed by Andreas Apergis

After the Theban civil war, where the sons of Oedipus have died fighting each other for the throne, King Kreon decides to honour one of the brothers with burial rites and leave the other to rot on the battle field, unmourned. Antigone, their surviving sister, challenges Kreon’s edict, claiming she follows the gods whose authority is beyond the state’s rule. A contest of wills ensues between Kreon and Antigone as they fight over what to do with the body of the fallen brother who attacked the city. Their conflict is also one between generations, between rule of law and civil disobedience, between man and woman, young and old, the state and the individual and religious and political extremism.  Director Andreas Apergis will be setting his version of the play in modern day Montreal, highlighting the timely themes for a contemporary audience.

When:
April 8, 9, 10 and 11, 2015, at 8 p.m.
April 10, 11, 2015, at 2 p.m.

 

Where:
D. B. Clarke Theatre, 1455 De Maisonneuve W. (SGW Campus)

Tickets:

$ 10 regular, $5 for students and seniors, available at the door

View and download the program here.

 

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About the director:

Based in Montreal, Andreas Apergis has been working as an actor, director and translator for over twenty years in both French and English. Recent screen credits include Pawn Sacrifice, Ed Zwick’s biopic about Bobby Fischer, Brian Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past and Guy Maddin’s Séances project. He played Commander Krone in Riddick 3 as well as the mercenary Ritter in Rolland Emmerich's White House Down.  For television he has appeared in four seasons of Being Human, as Miro Cescu in Durham County 3 and has a recurring role in Timothy Sexton's Lifetime series The lottery. He has also been the voice in many video games, such as Cesare Borgia in Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, and Frank Pritchard in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. In 2009 he received a Best Actor Mecca award for his work in the original play Blessed are They. His directorial debut of Medea (produced by Scapegoat Carnivale Theatre) which he translated and starred in as Jason won best English Language production in 2011, while his second, a translation of Euripides The Bacchae won a total of nine awards including Best Actor and Best Production.

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