Antigone in the Amazon

Overview

Milo Rau's adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone reimagines this classical tragedy in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Here, the future of humanity and the planet is weighed in the balance. Rau is known for daring productions that bulldoze boundaries and howl for justice, such his 2021 staging of Orestes in Mosul, the former capital of the Islamic State, which explored the story of a woman defying the status quo to speak truth to power.

Bringing together Indigenous groups, Brazil's Landless Workers Movement and European actors, Antigone in the Amazon is an arrestingly powerful production that highlights the urgent global climate crisis. Rau is one of theatre's most influential and provocative visionaries, whose work continues to challenge norms with this dark, relevant and unflinching storytelling.