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Up Close with Carlos TsengAuthor: Carlos Tseng
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Nina Cassells: Defining Defiance on Stage
Episode 2
Tuesday, 22 September, 2026
Send us Fan MailAs rehearsals continue for her highly anticipated Chichester Festival Theatre debut in Nina Segal’s Antigone Exits, Nina Cassells sat down with us for a deep, insightful conversation on her craft. Under the direction of Jeff James, Nina unpacks the visceral experience of bringing Sophocles' iconic heroine into a modern political sphere, exploring how she and the company are shaping the collective energy of the Chorus and navigating the intimate spatial mechanics of Chichester’s Minerva Theatre.In our interview with Nina Cassells, we looked back at her training at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, recalling her captivating, emotionally charged turn in the title role of Lorca's Yerma. Since gradutating, Nina's taken on various defiant young women carving out autonomy against rigid social structures—from her raw, high-voltage performance as Zainab in Julia Grogan's Playfight at Soho Theatre alongside her Guildhall peer Sophie Cox, to her sparkling Pauline Fossil in Kendall Feaver's Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre. We also discussed her fierce Hermia in the Bridge Theatre's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream that brought audiences closer than ever to the enchanted forest. Now taking on the role of Antigone, Nina continues to blaze as a rising star in the industry.Antigone Exits runs at Minerva Theatre from 26 September - 17 October.
