It is very unusual for the great Greek classics to appear on the Barcelona theatre scene (the last one, I think, was Èdip directed by Oriol Broggi at the Romea with Julio Manrique in the lead role in 2018).'Èdip directed by Oriol Broggi at the Romea with Julio Manrique in the lead role in 2018). Hence the expectation surrounding Carlota Subirós's proposal, which brings together the three tragedies of Sophocles in a single performance in the natural order of events and not of writing, since Èdip a Colonos, the least performed worldwide, is the last but fits perfectly between the two most frequently staged: Èdip rei and Antígona. It fits but its lesser interest and lack of theatricality compared to the magnificent impact of the other two is clear.

The Great Hall of the National Theatre of Catalonia (TNC) will host, from April 22 to May 31, Oedipus and Antigone with a Catalan company formed mainly by racialized performers. This is a sadly unusual situation that the director of the show, Carlota Subirós, wanted to break. "It's the first time my son has seen this in the thirty years I've been working," says actress Vicenta Ndongo, pointing to the show's poster, with the photograph of Kathy Sey and Babou Cham. "We have a very whitewashed image of classical Greece. We have constructed the fallacy that Europe is white. It wasn't in its origin and it isn't today," Subirós adds.