The Other Place: after Antigone

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No what I think is there are people who are suffering and you cant go through your life as if they arent there and you dont help them If everyone did that what kind of world would that be

Two sisters reunite on the anniversary of the death of their father. Their uncle has remodelled their family home, in an attempt at a fresh start. But one sisters sudden reappearance threatens to shatter this fragile idyll as she demand justice for the pain she carries.

Amid the debris and the new extension, guilt, grief and greed battle it out in the familys competing dreams of their future. When we are faced with the suffering of others, even those closest to us, can we look away

This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at Londons National Theatre in October

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Alexander Zeldin is a writer, director and the founder of A Zeldin Company (AZC). Zeldin has made work in South Korea, the Middle East, Russia and at the Naples Festival, before developing projects as a teacher at East 15, and working as an assistant director to Peter Brook and Marie-Hlne Estienne. For the National Theatre: LOVE, Faith, Hope and Charity and The Confessions. Other theatre includes: Beyond Caring (transferred to the Nationals Temporary Theatre) at The Yard, a German version directed by Zeldin was produced in 2022, and is currently in repertoire at the Schaubhne, Berlin; and Une Mort dans la Famille at Odon-Thetre de lEurope and on European tour.