As topical in today’s world of 'strong man' leaders as it was when it was first written, Sophocles’ gripping political thriller pits a teenage girl against the power of the state and asks how far we’d be prepared to go to stand up for what we believe is right. In a rarely performed version by Bertolt Brecht, Exeter Northcott Theatre is staging Antigone exclusively for digital streaming.

Starring Rachel Nwokoro, winner of The Stage Debut Award for Best Performer in a Play, alongside David Annen, who most recently played Professor Snape in the West End’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

When Thebes’ new ruler, Kreon, decides to stamp his authority on the city by refusing to bury his own nephew for alleged cowardice in battle, he isn’t counting on the determination of Antigone to see her brother laid to rest.