Antigone
Synopsis
The Year 12 ATAR Drama syllabus’ Unit 3 requires that students reinterpret dramatic text, context, forms and styles for contemporary audiences through applying theoretical and practitioner approaches.
The Year 10 Drama Syllabus asks that the students look at 20th century drama and the influence of various forms and styles. The performance of this text gives them a tangible experience from which to further interpret other texts and their own creative practice.
So, we have taken Antigone written by Sophocles around 441BC and reinterpreted for a contemporary 20th century audience and set it in a post-apocalyptic, dystopian world, set in no specific time or place. Antigone is a classic Greek Tragedy and as such explores the characters’ tragic demise, as they journey through imitation, pity, fear and purgation.
Antigone is a young women, considered important within her society, she defies the laws of her state, as they exist, to honour her faith and her family.
This is student driven work and has been done in 8 weeks of class time. Part of their development as young artists is to have the experience of performing and engaging with an audience.
