Michalis Reppas and Thanasis Papathanasiou return to the Rex Theatre with a new musical commissioned by the NTG. With a score by Nikos Kypourgos and lyrics by Aphrodite Manou, Paper Moon is about all that is beyond words and comprehension; about a secret land where opposites embrace and pain and pleasure complement and complete one another; where suffering and happiness become one in the utopia of love: that inaccessible cloud cuckoo land that only poets can visit without paying a price.
It is the 1960s on Astydamantos Street in the Athenian neighbourhood of Pangrati. In a neoclassical house - one of the thousands that will soon be torn down and replaced by apartment blocks - our young protagonist narrates a year of his life. He talks about himself, his family, his friends and Greece itself, in a coming-of-age story set against the dramatic events of the time.
Information
English supertitles: Every Thursday
Children allowed with parental permission
creation team
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Michalis Reppas
Direction -
Thanasis Papathanasiou
Direction -
Fokas Evagelinos
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Nikos Kypourgos
Music -
Aphrodite Manou
Lyrics -
Ellie Papageorgakopoulou
Sets -
Evelyn Sioupi
Costumes -
Alekos Anastasiou
Lighting -
Melina Peonidou
Music coach -
Efi christodoulopoulou
Directing assistant -
Sotiris Melanos
Set design assistant -
Eva Saraga
Dramaturg
cast
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Konstantinos Gavalas
Uncle Kostas -
Joyce Evidi
Aunt Renata -
Anastasia Zachou
Moschoula -
Stavros Karagiannis
Mr Errikos -
Elita Kounadi
Mrs Thalia -
Spyros Kyriakos
Cousin Iasonas -
Lambros Konstanteas
Nikos -
Erietta Manouri
Cousin Irini -
Chrysa Michalopoulou
Fani -
Maximos Moumouris
Father Yannis -
Giannis Bourazanas
Zachos -
Tzortzis Papadopoulos
Napoleon -
Jinny Papadopoulou
Mother Kaiti -
Aris Plaskasovitis
Young Antonis -
Marialena Rozaki
Rita -
Eva Simatou
Aunt Gina -
Vangelina Sklaveniti
Maro -
Panos Stathakopoulos
Stathis -
Giorgos Tsourmas
Antonis (as narrator)