»Antigone« von Sophokles

In the organizer's words:

by Sophocles // Director: Selen Kara

Daughter and sister of Oedipus, daughter and granddaughter of Iocaste, sister of heroes and murderers, last child of a cursed lineage: the myth of Antigone has fascinated people for thousands of years. Is her insistence on burying her fallen brother Polyneikes against the will of the ruler Creon, which has been made law, the act of a heroine? Or the misdeed of a fanatic? Antigone's unconditional moral consciousness exposes the pragmatism of power at the cost of life - not just her own. Her desire undermines a cold order, but opens the door to cruelty and destruction. What does the "unwritten law" to which she refers mean for us today?

Antigone has been written about thousands of times, mostly by men. Director Selen Kara, whose work is being shown in Frankfurt for the first time, examines the ancient material from the perspective of women. In doing so, she draws attention to the continuities of the conflicts between conscience and order, freedom and fate - from the ancient curse of the Labdakids through to the present day's warning signs.