Northern Broadsides’ maximum impact, minimum fuss approach, has been winning converts to classic drama ever since artistic director Barrie Rutter founded the company just over a decade ago.

They return now with a new contemporary version of the greatest Greek tragedy of them all.

Antigone, the hot-headed and stubborn daughter of Oedipus, must defy new ruler Creon to bury her brother, leader of the failed rebellion. But her family loyalty is her undoing and she is caught in the act… Sophocles’ masterpiece is a gripping drama of individual versus the state, conscience versus the law.

Firmly rooted in the present, this spellbinding new text has an immediacy that brings the monumental story vividly to life.

“Rough magic…of the kind Northern Broadsides do best of all” The Guardian on last year’s Macbeth

“Northern Broadsides performed the best translation of the year, Blake Morrison’s rich rendering of Oedipus into Yorkshire dialect” The Observer

Talkshop
Wed 12 Nov, Evening performance Post-show
Free to theatre ticket holders

Workshop
Available to schools call 01422 369704