We live in peril of ourselves
Inspired by Sophocles’ Antigone, The Execution Of All Things will explore action, consequence and regret.
Petra partners with Patrick White Nominee Playwright Anna Barnes.
Antigone has been sentenced to death. She sits in her tomb, buried alive. Her hands are bloodied, her nails torn from trying to escape, to scratch her way out. She is exhausted and alone. Was sacrificing her own life the right cost? What have her actions achieved? An hour ago she was so certain that she was doing the right thing. Now…
The Execution of All Things explores what it is to be absolutely certain, to be morally and ethically 'right'. A piece about history, compromise and compassion; do we seek to understand, or to be understood?
The Execution of All Things is supported by Mind’s Eye, Bell Shakespeare’s creative development arm.
Underpinning the public output of the Company, Mind’s Eye seeks out artists and companies in the small to medium sector to collaboratively explore and develop work that takes its inspiration from Shakespeare and the classics.