ANTIGONE by Sophocles

THEATRE OF THE MILAN OPERA PRISON

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27th January 2026 at 15:00

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reservation required: send an email to direzione@kerkis.net indicating your name, surname, place and date of birth and attaching a scanned PDF of an identity document

PIME THEATRE

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28th January 2026 at 20:30

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29th January 2026 at 15:30* and 20:30

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30 January 2026 at 20:30

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After killing each other in a battle for power, the two sons of Oedipus, Eteocles and Polynices, face different fates according to the edict proclaimed by their uncle, the new ruler Creon: while the former will be buried, the latter will be denied funeral honours, as he was responsible for the assault on his own city.

This decision is opposed by Antigone, sister of Eteocles and Polynices, in the name of the unwritten laws of the gods, justice, high moral standards and total and visceral devotion to her génos.

In this tragedy, first performed in Athens at the Great Dionysia in 442 BC, Sophocles weaves together reflections on the oppositions between life and death, male and female, rigidity and moral flexibility.

STAGE DIRECTION Christian Poggioni

DRAMATURGICAL DIRECTION Elisabetta Matelli

RESTAGING Eri Çakalli

MUSIC Paolo Tortiglione

STARRING the cast of actors under 30