A play about what we refuse to face - as humanity, as societies, as individuals, and leave shut up in our collective attic. A play about our position within and our stance towards the world and reality, particularly, when it ends up making less and less sense. A classic work that explores the issues of choice, conscience, private and public morality, family, evil, war, distruct of the other, fate, property, and the class system. Frisch called it a didactic play without a lesson. And as he envisaged, the answer to the play's burning question can only be given after the end of the performance by each of us personally.
"We can't be decent people at home while ignoring the evils of the world. It just doesn't work" notes the translator of the English version of the work, Alistair Beaton. Which makes us wonder what the great evil is that we are failing to face today. Is it still nuclear weapons? Is it our constant immersion in screen technology, our dependance on social media,and the spread of fake news? The contentious truth and the class divide? Is it the misery we have caused in the global south? Is the erosion of our freedoms in the name of security? In a timeless setting, the Arsonists seem to be asking the public, including young people, to take a stand.
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REX THEATRE- STAGE "KATINA PAXINOU"
Saturday: 20:30
Sunday: 20:30
Duration: 100', without intermission
The activities of the Youth Stage for the 2021-2022 season take place under the auspices of the President of the Hellenic Republic.
The Youth Stage of the National Theatre of Greece was created as part of the Theatre in the New School initiative which was included in the “Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning” Operational Programme of the 2014-2020 NSRF.
creation team
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Julia Diamantopoulou
Translation, Lyrics -
Sofia Vgenopoulou
Director -
Irene Moundraki
Associate dramaturg -
Tina Tzoka
Sets -
Eleni Manolopoulou
Costumes -
Angelos Triandafyllou
Music -
Antigoni Gyra
Movement -
Vassilis Papakonstantinou
Lighting -
Irene Lamprinopoulou
Directing assistant -
Katerina Konstantinidi
Second directing assistant -
Stavros Balis
Set design assistant -
Anthi Theofilidi
Associate choreographer -
Elina Aloupogianni
Costume design assistant -
Olga Faleichyk
Make up design -
Hara Georgiou
Hair design
cast
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Asimina Anastasopoulou
Chorus of Firefighters, Mrs. Knechtling -
Panagiotis Exarheas
Eisenring -
Vasilis Kalfakis
Gottlieb Biedermann -
Melina Kotselou
Chorus of Firefighters -
Alikiviadis Maggonas
Chorus of Firefighters -
Giorgos Paterakis
Chorus of Firefighters, Policeman -
Katerina Patsiani
Anna -
Giorgos Skarlatos
Schmitz -
Vassilis Tryfoultsanis
Chorus of Firefighters, The Professor -
Amalia Tsekoura
Babette Biedermann -
Alexandros Tomadakis
Chorus of Firefighters -
Eva Fraktopoulou
Chorus of Firefighters