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Reviews – Sophocles’ Antigone – ‘A must see’

Sophocles’ Antigone, April 2025, Burbidge Amphitheatre, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra. The reviews are in. Peter Wilkins, Canberra Critics Circle “A must see.” “Wonderfully clear storytelling.” “Compelling authenticity.” “Greek Theatre Now makes an impressive debut.” […]
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The Team – Antigone 2025

Antigone, by Sophocles, premiered around 441 BC in Athens, Greece, at the Festival of Dionysus at the outdoor Theatre of Dionysus on the southern slopes of the Acropolis. The story so far … Oedipus, unknowingly, […]
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Alastair McKenzie

Alastair is delighted to debut in his first professional theatre performance alongside some of Canberra’s greatest creators and performers. Prior to Antigone, Alastair performed in various Year 12 stage productions in 2024, including A Streetcar Named Desire, where he […]
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Kate Eisenberg

Kate is thrilled to return to the stage as Chorus Leader after a 10-year hiatus from performing. Previously she has been in national productions of Love’s Labour’s Lost (The Princess of France) and Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Diana) […]
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Sienna Curnow (she/they)

Sienna is excited to be working alongside many of Canberra’s best creatives in this iconic piece of theatre. In 2024 Sienna played Billie Bendix in Nice Work if You Can Get It (Queanbeyan Players) earning a CAT Award […]
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Selene Thomson

Selene has been performing since 2018 but has long been interested in singing and dancing. She has been Michael Mell in Be More Chill and Mollie Ralston in The Mousetrap in 2021, has been a […]
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Justice-Noah Malfitano

Antigone marks Justice’s return to the Canberra theatre scene after his 2023 performance as Venticello in Rep Theatre’s production of Amadeus, for which he was nominated for both a CAT Award and an Ovations Award, […]
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Ella Buckley

Ella is a passionate and driven artist with a particular focus on acting, writing and directing. Having been an active member of Canberra’s theatre scene for seven years now, some of Ella’s notable roles include […]
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Ian Russell

Following many years service overseas as an Australian diplomat, Ian returned to theCanberra stage in 2019 in Canberra Repertory’s To Kill A Mockingbird (Sheriff Heck Tate). Sincethen he has acted in Peter Wilkins’ The Deadly […]
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Jessica Beange

Jess is a writer, director, artist and producer living on Ngarigu and Ngunnawal country in the ACT. Her performing arts practice blends poetry, music, acting and languages. She wrote, produced and directed upcoming Australian / […]