Antigone at La Boite Theatre

On the eve of International Women’s Day 2026, Antigone arrives at La Boite Theatre with striking relevance.

Led by a cast including Maddison Burridge, Billy Fogarty and Hayden Spencer, this reworking of Sophocles’ timeless tragedy centres on a young woman whose refusal to stay silent triggers a devastating clash of power, courage and defiance.

Set within a world shaped by political unrest, the story unfolds in the aftermath of a brutal civil war, where Antigone’s brothers have killed each other fighting on opposing sides. Power quickly consolidates under King Creon, who orders one brother honoured while the other is denied burial as punishment for turning against the state. Antigone’s decision to challenge that ruling exposes how power is enforced and how easily compassion is discarded.

Co-directed by La Boite’s artistic director Courtney Stewart (Macbeth, Congratulations, Get Rich!) and award-winning fight, movement and intimacy director Nigel Poulton (Closer, The Poison of Polygamy), the production pushes ancient storytelling into contemporary territory, echoing today’s conversations around protest and power. Instead of leaving it in the past, La Boite’s energetic interpretation of Antigone sparks a series of uncomfortably familiar questions – who gets to decide what is just? Where should our loyalty lie? With the state, with family or with ourselves? And what price are we prepared to pay to honour the truth?