Antigone by Inua Ellams

Antigone by Inua Ellams

Are you angry with policing or Polyneices?
Them, we can change. He, is dead. Speak
to Creon... Ask him to release Polyneices...
we will bury him quietly, peacefully, together.

A torn family. A hostile state. One heroic brother. One misguided son. One conflicted sister, and the second is on the run.

This is a blistering retelling of Sophocles' epic story from the writer of Barber Shop Chronicles, Inua Ellams.

Antigone first premiered at Regent Park's Open Air Theatre in September 2022. This revised edition was published in June 2023.

Inua Ellams, MBE, is a poet, playwright & performer, graphic artist & designer. He is a Complete Works poet alumni and facilitates workshops in creative writing where he explores reoccurring themes in his work - Identity, Displacement, and Destiny - in accessible, enjoyable ways for participants of all ages and backgrounds.

His awards include: Edinburgh Fringe First Award 2009, the Liberty Human Rights Award, The Live Canon International Poetry Prize, The Kent & Sussex Poetry Competition, Magma Poetry Competition, Winchester Poetry Prize, an Arts Council of England Award, a Wellcome Trust Award, A Black British Theatre Award and The Hay Festival Medal for Poetry. In June 2023, He was honoured with an MBE for Services To The Arts.