Antigone Presentations

Why is the piece still relevant to the world today?- Our piece is still relevant to today because the way we have used multi media. We have used a video and sound effects. Also in Antigone she strikes against the King because he does something she disagrees with, nowadays people are always going on strike because they disagree with something that someone has done to them, so people may be able to relate to him.

  

  How might modern directors and/or performance companies adapt the work to make it more suitable or relevant for a modern audience? - They might use multi media, for example videos, music ext. They could also change the language and story line to make the audience understand more. 

    

The setting of the piece-  Set in a castle.

 the plot and characters- The plot is off how a women is sent to death because of going against the King for something she believed in. 

    the staging-  At the beginning Creon is in the middle of his two helpers who are slightly behind him. This shows how Creon is more important and of a higher status than his helpers. Then when Antigone and Ismene are dragged in they are tied up one each side of Creon, this lets the audience see the whole cast more clearly and again show the lower and higher statuses. By having people at different heights its a lot more interesting to watch by the audience.

    design elements of the piece- there are two sheets hanging from the ceiling, they will be used to handcuff Ismene and Antigone but also when we project are video it will project onto them as well.