Antigone (not quite/quiet)
Item
Title
Antigone (not quite/quiet)
Description
Exploring the concept of “tragedy”, it is the first production of an exciting five-year research project on Re-imagining Tragedy from Africa and the Global South (RETAGS), which began at the beginning of 2019, led by Fleishman and Mandla Mbothwe, and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
This hard-hitting new work, subtitled Nanganiki Okungcwele Ezinjeni (isiXhosa for “Give not unto dogs sacred things”), explores the nature of protest and responses to power, untangling South Africa’s current tragic reality. Not a production of Antigone, but rather a series of responses to the original play, it is created in three parts – exposing the impossibility of escaping the country’s colonial history; giving voice to the youth to protest against the authority of the state that acts to silence them; and the complicity of the those in power that brought South Africa to this tragic point.
This hard-hitting new work, subtitled Nanganiki Okungcwele Ezinjeni (isiXhosa for “Give not unto dogs sacred things”), explores the nature of protest and responses to power, untangling South Africa’s current tragic reality. Not a production of Antigone, but rather a series of responses to the original play, it is created in three parts – exposing the impossibility of escaping the country’s colonial history; giving voice to the youth to protest against the authority of the state that acts to silence them; and the complicity of the those in power that brought South Africa to this tragic point.
Run-Iteration Number
0
Genre
Tragedy
South African Adaptation
Proficiency Level
Hybrid
Performance Run Type
Theatre Run
CTDPS Production Type
Research Based Production
Production Type
Independent
Script Type
Adapted
Devised
Audience
Adult
Rehearsal Venue
UCT Hiddingh Campus
Year Created
2019
Preview Date
2019-09-18
Opening Date
2019-09-19
2019-09-20
Closing Date
2019-09-28
Start Time
19:30
Duration
01:30:00
Ticket Price Range
Ticket prices range from 100 to R150 and students and scholars pay R50 for matinees and R70 for evening performances.
Performance Venue
Golden Arrow Theatre, Baxter
Geographic Location of Performance
Producer
Magnet Theatre
RETAGS
Centre for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies
Funder
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
