Thebes. A city rebuilding itself after mass "devastruction". A world without order. A world where men beat their fathers and bed their mothers. Such is the curse of Thebes
 

Caroline Reader's adaptation of Sophocles texts brings together the three parts of the Theban legend (Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone) in a striking, fast-moving and lively play.

Set in a devastated modern society, the residents of Thebes have returned to a primitive way of life. Language is in a childlike state and the city is overrun by famine and disease. When the Gods offer to lift the plague in return for the capture of the murderer of Thebes former leader, King Oedipus searches for justice. The horrifying truth he finds destroys him and his family and he is exiled with his daughter Antigone. His former General Creon wins the ensuing civil war in Thebes and kidnaps Antigone from her fathers side. Antigone is forced to return to Thebes, but vows her family's honour will never be disgraced again.