Antigone (Oberon Classics)

When her dead brother is decreed a traitor his body left unburied beyond the city walls Antigone refuses to accept this most severe of punishments. Defying her uncle who governs she dares to say No. Forging ahead with a funeral alone she places personal allegiance before politics a tenacious act that will trigger a cycle of destruction. Renowned for the revelatory nature of his work Ivo van Hove first enthralled London audiences with his ground-breaking Roman Tragediesseen at the Barbican in 2009. Drawing on his ability to break open texts calcified by tradition (Guardian) the director now turns to a classic Greek masterpiece.