winter guests

Alan’s UNDERDOG is back at Staatstheater Mainz
27 February
1 March

A few moments from the stage and from the press.

Toi toi toi, !

📍 Staatstheater Mainz
https://winterguests.com/productions/underdog

Creative Team:
Choreography –
Creative Collaboration –
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Rehearsal Directors – .deriu &

Produced by
Presented by


grubb

Working on Antigone is devastating.
This 3000 year old tragedy, by Sophocles, is still painfully fresh.
Have we learned nothing?

We live in times marked by fear and uncertainty. Determined voices scream with blind conviction, but is anyone actually listening? We talk with our headphones on. And if we listen, it’s through third-party podcasts that curate our opinions. We’re shouting where we’re already heard, but ignored where it matters. The middle ground has become a no-man’s land.

So who’s right, and who’s wrong?

Antigone is truly a debate for our time - an ongoing battle for dignity and humanity.

Our version doesn’t stage the text, but looks to unearth its meaning - breaking ground to see what still resonates. Exploring the themes of the play through physical poetry, spoken word, and moments that reflect our own, fractured world.

This work feels important and necessary. I’m grateful to be allowed to make art in this moment - with this ensemble of artists.

ANTIGONE 

with ENOCH GRUBB, DOUGLAS LETHEREN, PASCAL MARTY, ANTONIN MONIÉ, NAZARETH PANADERO, HÉLÉNA PIKON, JULIE SHANAHAN, FERNANDO SUELS MENDOZA, MENG-KE WU

direction/choreography ALAN LUCIEN ØYEN 
creative collaborators ANDREW WALE/DANIEL PROIETTO 
set ÅSMUND FÆRAVAAG costume STINE SJØGREN  light MARTIN FLACK  sound GUNNAR INNVÆR video MATHIAS GRØNSDAL technical manager CHRIS SANDERS stage manager DANIEL HONES  wardrobe manager ANNA LENA DRESIA  executive producer ESSAR GABRIEL  producers ORNELLA SALLOUM /for winter guests: Syv mil v/TORA DE ZWART RØRHOLT/INGRID SALTVIK FAANES 
still photography MATS BÄCKER

produced by WINTER GUESTS in co-production with FONDAZIONE TEATRO DI ROMA / THE NORWEGIAN OPERA AND BALLET 

supported by 
ARTS COUNCIL NORWAY / CITY OF BERGEN 
Rehearsal space in kind support received from PINA BAUSCH ZENTRUM


grubb


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Tonight ✨