The April 2025 Sophocles' Antigone cast with the Greek Ambassador to Australia His Excellency Mr Stavros Venizelos and his wife Ms Larisa Tikaidi, Burbidge Amphitheatre, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra.
4 April 2025. Interview with actor Ella Buckley, director Cate Clelland and producer Michael J Smith.
“This outdoor performance attracted a bumper audience and suggests that there is a demand for Greek tragedy,” reports Arts editor Helen Musa. Sophocles’ Antigone, by Greek Theatre Now, is playing at the Botanic Gardens.
Carl Davies is a Canberra-based still photographer, illustrator & graphic designer. He did the photos and artwork/graphic design for the Sophocles’ Antigone 2025 production. CMDphotographics https://www.cmdphotographics.com.au
Outdoor Greek theatre is: In Ancient Greece, these were not just stylistic choices, they were technical necessities. They enabled 15,000 people at the Theatre of Dionysus, on the southern slopes of the Acropolis, to hear […]