Antigone

NB & Ulrike Quade Company

Antigone, the collaborative work by choreographer Nicole Beutler and theatre-maker Ulrike Quade, is a visual adaptation of the Greek tragedy written by Sophocles in 442BC. The co-directors couple the themes explored by the original with current issues, focusing on the question of how free our actions truly are. Polynices has been slain in combat. The law dictates that he may not be buried, on pain of death. His sisters Antigone and Ismene take very different standpoints on the matter. Ismene chooses to obey the law and stay alive, while Antigone ignores her family’s advice and follows her own ideals, paying for her courage with death. Almost 2500 years on, how should we interpret the choices they made? Antigone weighs up the two sisters’ ideas. It’s not easy to take sides with one or the other. What is good; what is evil? Their internal motives are revealed in a manipulative game played between performers and puppets. The puppets were made in Japan especially for this production by Watanabe Kazunori in the Bunraku theatre tradition.

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Cast & Credits

Idea / direction: Nicole Beutler, Ulrike Quade
Made in collaboration with the performers: Hillary Blake Firestone, Cat Smits, Michele Rizzo
Second cast: Silke Hundertmark, Judith Hazeleger, Pere Faura
Puppets: Watanabe Kazunori
Costume: Jessica Helbach
Dramaturgy: Georg Weinand
Research and assistance: Justa Ter Haar
Lighting design: Minna Tiikkainen
Music compostion: Gary Shepherd
Technique: Martin Kaffarnik
Coproduction: Nicole Beutler Projects, Ulrike Quade Company
Made with support of: Grand Theater Groningen, Frascati Amsterdam
Thanks to: Felix Ritter

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Le Creusot (FR)
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Espace Jean Vilar
Ifs-PLAINE (FR)
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Mobarak 15th International Puppet Festival
Teheran (Iran)
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Ljubljana Puppet Theater
Ljubljana (SI)
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Theatre du fil de l’eau
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Theatre Bourg en Bresse
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Festival les Moissons d’Avril
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Frouard Festival
Geoconde (FR)
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Centre Athena
Auray (FR)
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Vinterlys Festival
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De Grote Post
Oostende (BE)
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De Blauwe Kei
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Gruitpoorttheater
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Theater De Omval
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Théâtre des Marionettes
Mézière (FR)
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Théâtre des Marionettes
Mézière (FR)
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MIMA festival de marionnette
Mirepoix – Ariège (FR)
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MIMA festival de marionnette
Mirepoix – Ariège (FR)
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Potsdamer Tanztage
Potsdam (DE)
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Theatro Verdi
Milano (IT)
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Theatro Verdi
Milano (IT)
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Biennale Internationale des Arts des Marionettes
Paris (FR)
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Biennale Internationale des Arts des Marionettes
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Antigone
Internationales Figurentheater-Festival
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Internationales Figurentheater-Festival
Erlangen (D)
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Frascati
Amsterdam
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Theater Bellevue
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Antigone
Theater Bellevue
Amsterdam
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Theater Speelhuis
Helmond (NL)
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Corrosia Theater
Almere (NL)
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CC Hasselt
Hasselt (BE)
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TAQA Theater De Vest
Alkmaar
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Chassé Theater
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SSB/Het Kruithuis
Groningen (NL)
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Stadsgehoorzaal
Kampen (NL)
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Posthuis Theater
Heerenveen (NL)
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Odeon De Spiegel
Zwolle (NL)
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De Groene Engel
Oss (NL)
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Stadsschouwburg Utrecht
Utrecht
Antigone
Stadsschouwburg Utrecht
Utrecht
Antigone
Theater de Verbeelding
Purmerend
Antigone
De Lieve Vrouw
Amersfoort
Antigone
De NWE Vorst
Tilburg (NL)
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Schouwburg Arnhem
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Antigone
Theater Malpertuis
Tielt (BE)
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CCD
Diest (BE)
Antigone
Theater De Nieuwe Kolk
Assen (NL)
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De Lawei
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Theater Ins Blau
Leiden
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Toneelschuur
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Cool
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Theater de Maaspoort
Venlo (NL)
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Rotterdamse Schouwburg
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Korzo
Den Haag
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Schouwburg De Meerse
Hoofddorp
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LUX
Nijmegen GEANNULEERD
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Frascati
Amsterdam
Antigone
Frascati
Amsterdam
Antigone
Frascati
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Première
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Frascati
Amsterdam
Antigone
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