![]() ![]() The blind oracle, Tiresias will be played by Simon de Deney (theatre includes: The Importance of Being Earnest, National Tour film includes: Damage, New Line Cinema and Shining Through, 20 th Century Fox). Eurydice, the Queen of Thebes, will be played by Ruth Redman ( All My Sons, Old Vic The Glass Menagerie, West End ). Returning to the Lyric, having last performed here in Roald Dahl’s Twisted Tales, Nick Fletcher will play the role of Creon, Antigone’s uncle and the King of Thebes – his credits include Dead Don’t Floss, The Deep Blue Sea and Treasure Island (National Theatre). Ismene, Antigone’s sister, will be played by Babirye Bukilwa ( When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, National Theatre Cherry Orchard, Nottingham Playhouse Filthy Business, Hampstead Theatre). Yusra is known for playing Hanni Youis in The Vote at the Donmar Warehouse and television roles such as Dr Nadia Omar in Castle Rock (Hulu) and Nafula in Our Girl (BBC). Yusra Warsama will play the role of Antigone. ![]() Today, we announce casting for Sophocles’ Antigone: The Burial at Thebes, directed by the joint Artistic Director of the Manchester Royal Exchange, Roy Alexander Weise (‘ Master Harold’…and the boys and Nine Night). Yusra Warsama will play the role of Antigone in our April/May production of Sophocles’ Antigone: The Burial at Thebes. ![]()
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