Antigone

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Marc Paquien’s staging of Jean Anouilh’s Antigone underscores the play’s shock and modern resonance, written and premiered during the Occupation. The production moves away from distant myth, presenting Antigone as a contemporary young woman who embodies universal revolt rather than a victim of fate. Paquien highlights the simplicity and luminous precision of Anouilh’s language. By refusing to let her brother’s body rot in the sun, this Antigone takes charge of contemporary history, resistance, and modern uprisings. The staging elevates the courage of a young heroine into a timeless emblem of defiance against tyranny and compromise, asserting ethical resolve in the face of political necessity.