A tailor, Manolis Koutroulis, falls in love with Anthousa, the daughter of a middle-class family, but she only has eyes for Leonidas, a young policeman. To avoid the prospective groom without opposing her father, Anthousa says that she will marry the illiterate Koutroulis on condition that he becomes a minister of state. Koutroulis launches his election campaign, uses every means at his disposal and appears to have achieved the impossible. And so the ambitious Anthousa marries him. But it soon transpires that the tailor has not in fact been made a minister and that he has fallen victim to cunning exploiters of his naïveté.
Alexandros Rizos Rangavis wrote Koutrouliss Wedding in 1845, but for 21st-century audiences the play might have been written today. It is a political satire that exposes all the ills that have accompanied the state of affairs and the mentality prevailing in Greece from its foundation to the present day. Cronyism, slavish deference to all things foreign, lack of authenticity, vested interests, corruption and bribery are just some of the issues addressed in Rangaviss comedy, the timelessness of which now gives a tragic edge to a reality that to a great extent is no different today. This acerbic and topical play is brought to the Main Stage of the Greek National Theatre by one of the countrys most important directors, Vasilis Papavasileiou, assisted by a fine cast of established actors and exciting new talents.
creation team
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Vasilis Papavasileiou
Directed by -
Vasilis Papavasileiou and Sotiris Haviaras
Adapted by -
Marie-Noelle Seme
Set and costumes designed by -
Dimitris Kamarotos
Music composed by -
Eleftheria Deko
Lighting designed by -
Sinequanon
Movement by -
Vasilis Kontouris (studio 19)
Video by -
Melina Peonidou
Music coach -
Nikoleta Filosoglou
Assistant to the director -
Manto Melachroinou
Assistant to the lighting designer
cast
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Sotiris Tsakomidis
Misthofas -
Michalis Sarantis
Sfikias -
Angelos Bouras
Fiviskos -
Nikos Karathanos
Manolis Koutroulis, a tailor from Syros -
Nikos Hatzopoulos
Spyros, a hotelier in Athens -
Galini Hatzipaschali
Anthousa, Spyross daughter -
Manolis Mavromatakis
Strovilis, Koutrouliss apprentice -
Thanassis Dimou
Leonidas Xanthoulis, police clerk -
Alexandra Aidini
Students at Spyros΄cafe -
Angelos Triandafyllou
Students at Spyros΄cafe -
Thanassis Dimou (double bass)
Musicians -
Laertis Malkotsis (drums)
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Michalis Sarantis (kazoo)
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Angelos Triandafyllou (piano)
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Sotiris Tsakomidis (drums)
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Laertis Malkotsis
Students at Spyross cafe -
Sotiris Tsakomidis
Students at Spyross cafe -
Laertis Malkotsis (electric bass)
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Giorgis Tsouris (clarinet)
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Christina Maxouri
Students at Spyross cafe -
Giorgis Tsouris
Students at Spyross cafe -
Angelos Bouras
Students at Spyross cafe -
Michalis Sarantis
Students at Spyross cafe