ISMENIA

What could I show  
What could I say  
What could I do that would make any difference  

A Law Student. Someone on a cliff’s edge. A victim of limerence. They who are watched. An environmental activist. A grieving vet. They who are misunderstood. Today’s informed.

A new play co-written and co-directed by Gryff Connah and Emmaline May, ‘Ismenia’ interrogates the realities of indecision in today’s world. Drawing inspiration from the character of Ismene, of Sophocles’ ‘Antigone’, this work interweaves eight monologues exploring vacillation and uncertainty with devised sequences, to put forward the question: is it better to act, or to yield?

In a world where the need for action is keenly felt, ‘Ismenia’ offers a response that is open-ended, unique, and unrestrained. This work is prepared to make change. Are you?

CONTENT WARNINGS 
References to environmental disasters
References to blood, gore and carnage
Sexual references
References to self mutilation
Discussions of mental health
Depictions of violence
References to death
References to hospitalisation
References to war
Coarse Language

Eleven Eleven Theatre is an emerging theatre company affiliated with Union House Theatre. Our mission is to celebrate, uplift, and foster voices on the come-up in the Naarm scene by focusing on raw, intimate, Australian theatre making. 

Eleven Eleven Theatre would like to acknowledge that their practice is undertaken on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woiwurrong and Boonwurrong people. We pay our respects to our original storytellers, the elders of past, present, and emerging. We encourage our audiences to check out the work of ILBIJERRI Theatre based on Wurundjeri land and Moogahlin Performing Arts on Gadigal land.