Antigone. The farewell

Venue: Room A - Chris has moved into his deceased brother Adam's house. Built by his father after the war, the house is under renovation: The old windows were replaced by large panoramic windows, walls were torn out and the trees in the garden were to be cut down. Chris wants to finally draw a line under the past. Together with his new partner and their child, he wants to start a different life. Issy, the daughter of his deceased brother, also lives with them in the house. In order to finally be able to make a fresh start, Adam's ashes should be buried. The family is just waiting for Chris's good friend, who is also leading the renovation of the house — and especially for Annie, Adam's older daughter. But when Annie finally returns after years of absence, something also arrives with her that stands in the way of a new start: the demand for justice. Injustice, which has been suppressed over the years, is coming to the surface. A battle ensues between Annie and Chris for the right memory, for turning points or coming to terms with it, and for the opportunity to finally make peace with the past.

With the German-language premiere of his play” Antigone. The farewell”, British author and director Alexander Zeldin returns to the stage and continues his investigation of social and family relationship constellations. Inspired by characters, motifs and conflicts from Sophocles' tragedy “Antigone,” the piece tells of people who are trying to assert their place in a world whose social and emotional orders have become fragile. As in “Beyond Caring” or his productions “LOVE,” “Faith, Hope and Charity,” and “The Confessions,” which were shown at FIND (International New Dramatics Festival), Zeldin once again focuses on what often remains invisible in life: vulnerability, dependence and quiet forms of violence within family and social structures.