electra

– by Sophocles – Aalborg Theatre – Denmark, 2008

Elektra as a contemporary teenage daughter in a broken family. The accumulated anger against her mother and her crimes leads to self inflicted pain such as cutting and eating disorder. When her brother Orestes finally arrives and kills their mother and her lover, Elektra and Orestes both end up leaving the theatre as suicide bombers. “Hate is not a constructive energy…”