Reimagining Tragedy from Africa and the Global South

Based on Sophocles’ Antigone as written by Jean Anouilh. Performed by the Soweto Ensemble, including Cornelius Mabaso and others (unknown).

I, Antigone from Jean Anouilh's Antigone, with additional writing by Ketsia Velaphi & Ntumekelelo Siyepu. The body of Polynices, Antigone's brother, has been ordered to remain unburied by Creon, the new king of Thebes. Antigone's faithfulness to her dead brother and his proper burial, and her defiance of the dictator Creon, seals her fate. Movement is central in this work and it functions as a device that takes the narrative forward and also as a theatrical language that attempts to give expression to. The vocabulary used in this work is movement which unfolds in very particular ways when we think about it in relation to the text. Movement is the heartbeat of this work and it’s used very intentionally as a theatrical language that gives expression to Antigone's rage. Antingone/Isamene: Katherine Sharp Antingone/Isamene: Ketsia Velaphi Creon: Liam Reeves Haemon: Tobias Krause Guard: Lucas Brame Chrous: Natascha Nakuumba Priest: Liyabona Ncana Messenger: Nicole Potgieter

Tragedy adaptation performance. As adapted by Greg Mosher, and starring Phumzile Sithole (Antigone), Lunga Radebe (Creon).

Tragedy adaptation performance at the Bouffes du Nord, Paris. Apparently the production also toured to Mali, Guinea and Senegal, though this has not been confirmed. This was a co-production between countries, Mali and Burkina Faso. Text by Jean-Louis Sagot-Duvauroux and Habib Dembélé. The majority of the text is in French but with chants in Bambara. Performed by Soutigui Kouyate (Creon), Djénéba Kané (Antigone), Hélène Diarra (Tiresias).

Tragedy adaptation performance. Staged at the Artscape Theatre (formerly known as the Nico Malan Theatre), Cape Town

Tragedy adaptation performance. Performed at the 7th Annual Festival of the Arts, Cultural Arts Centre, Kumasi. K. Todd Freeman, Zakes Mokae, Ladysmith Black Mambazo as chorus - cast of 26.

Tragedy adaptation performance.

Tragedy adaptation performance, staged in 1994 and 1998. Performed in Theater Emory, Atlanta, USA/Ibadan

Modern dance version of Tragedy adaptation performance. Performed in the small hall of the Cairo Opera House. With Hamdi Gheith (Creon); Fardous Abdel‐Hamid (Antigone).

Tragedy adaptation performance of Jean Anouilh version.

Tragedy adaptation performance.

Tragedy adaptation performance combining Antigone with Scheherazade.