Contra Antígona

Andrea Jiménez and Victoria Szpunberg reinterpret Sophocles' tragedy through the chorus, giving it the central role instead of the figure of Antígona. A contemporary, participatory and political proposal.

The play starts from the myth of Antigone, one of the most performed tales in the Western tradition, and asks what would happen if the chorus, usually relegated to the background, occupied the centre of the story. The focus thus shifts from the heroine to the group and to the way a community can face its conflicts through collective deliberation.

The project does not seek to question Antigone, but to revisit heroic narratives and examine the extent to which a collective can build more complex spaces for debate. It is the second collaboration between Jiménez and Szpunberg, after Vulcano. The Argentine playwright received the 2025 National Prize for Dramatic Literature for L'imperatiu categòric, and the creator has worked on rereading classics through humour, politics and personal experience, with Casting Lear, which won a Max Award in 2025.

The Teatre Lliure production is presented at the Conde Duque as part of the Festival de Otoño and uses strobe lighting in its staging.