Mystery 35 Aeschylus Project - The Persians
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Description
Mystery 35 Aeschylus Project - The Persians was a performance that took place at the 30th and the 31st of July 2022 at the Old Oil Mill Open Theatre. Staffed by a team of excellent actors (Christos Loulis, Giorgos Gallos, Michalis Economou, Alexia Kaltsiki, Theodora Tzimou, Giannis Klinis, Aeneas Tsamatis, Elias Moulas, Manos Petrakis, Tasos Karachalios, Vasilis Panagiotopoulos, Giorgos Poulios), premiered by Reni Pittaki, the performance by Dimitris Karantzas raises crucial questions about what constitutes “society,” what is meant by the persistent adherence to power and the need for faith in a guide, human or divine, in a broken world. “The axis through which I read the work,” says Karantzas, “is the course of a people who, from the point of absolute faith, move to questioning and then to conflict, until reaching a manic, spasmodic reaction. Neither blind faith works nor blind reaction. Just like seeing the impossibility of the social contract.” The koilon (the audience area) and the orchestra come together to “participate” in a joint discussion about the defeat, the difficulty of its acceptance and the embarrassment of the aftermath, with the participation of volunteers who little by little enter the space, composing a “society” that looks for the common thread of existence after the catastrophe, as a reflection of the current historical situation. “The Persians represent any society: it is like taking an X-ray of the losing side and of a society that does not know how to proceed after a catastrophic defeat. And Epidaurus functions as a public platform. As in a square that is probably very close to us or in some other country, people talk about how they will resist and how they will hold on when they have lost all their reference points. The Persians lose faith in the king, then in the concept of monarchy, then in God and finally in their own ability to react.
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Artists
Δημήτρης Καραντζάς(Dimitris Karantzas), Ρένη Πιττακή(Reni Pitaki), Χρήστος Λούλης(Christos Loulis), Γιώργος Γάλλος(Giorgos Gallos), Μιχάλης Οικονόμου(Michalis Economou), Γιάννης Κλίνης(Giannis Klinis), Αλεξία Kαλτσίκη(Alexia Kaltsiki), Θεοδώρα Τζήμου(Theodora Tzimou), Αινείας Τσαμάτης(Aeneas Tsamatis), Ηλίας Μουλάς(Elias Moulas), Μάνος Πετράκης(Manos Petrakis), Τάσος Καραχάλιος(Tasos Karachalios), Βασίλης Παναγιωτόπουλος(Vasilis Panagiotopoulos), Γιώργος Πούλιος(Giorgos Poulios), Κατερίνα Αδάμ(Katerina Adam), Χαράλαμπος Ηλίας Άννης(Charalampos Ilias Annis), Ζανίνα Βάσση(Zanina Vassi), Βασιλική Βήχου(Vasiliki Vichou), Ξένια Γουρούβα(Xenia Gourouva), Χριστίνα Γρίβα(Christina Griva), Ευάγγελος Γρίβας(Evangelos Grivas), Μαρίνα Δατσέρη(Marina Datseri), Κωνσταντίνα Καγιά(Konstantina Kagia), Μαρία Καρέλου(Maria Karelou), Κωνσταντίνος Κλάδης(Konstantinos Kladis), Μαγδαληνή Κουστέρη(Magdalini Kousteri), Ευθυμία Λουκογιαννάκη(Efthimia Loukogiannaki), Νατάσσα Μένη(Natassa Meni), Ισιδώρα – Αικατερίνη Τριβέλλα(Isidora - Aikaterini Trivella), Μαργαρίτα Τσελίκη(Margarita Tseliki), Σωτηρία Τσίγκου(Sotiria Tsigkou), Νικόλαος Τσολακίδης(Nikolaos Tsolakidis), Αρετή Τσουμάνη(Areti Tsoumani), Αναστασία Γαβριήλ(Anastasia Gavriil), Άγγελος Μαγνήσαλης(Aggelos Magnisalis), Δήμητρα Χατζηπαναγιώτου(Dimitra Hadjipanagiotou), Αντώνιος Λυμπέρης(Antonios Lymperis), Σωτήριος Σιδηρόπουλος(Sotirios Sidiropoulos), Σπυρίδων Σιδέρης(Spyridon Sideris), Δήμητρα Γεννηματά(Dimitra Gennimata), Μαρίνα Κούστα(Marina Kousta)
Stages of Implementation
Premiere at Epidaurus: 15 - 16 July 2022
Rehearsals in Elefsina: 27 - 29 July 2022
Performances in Elefsina: 30 - 31 July 2022
After Elefsina, the performance was presented in Thessaloniki and at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens.
Tickets Policy
Ticket prices: 20€, 15€ (Students, Unemployed, Disabled, Children 6 to 12 years old)
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