Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, Charlie Chaplin’s timeless and unsurpassed masterpiece City Lights is both a hilarious comedy and a modern parable about social injustice and unrequited love. It is a film with arguably the most moving ending in the history of cinema, a work that reflects the fraught period between the wars and extols a life without compromise, generosity without expectations, and love without boundaries.
This production is set in a film studio and follows the plot of the 1931 film, in which Chaplin, as the Little Tramp, falls in love with a blind flower girl and does everything he can to raise the money for an operation to restore her sight. The shabby hero, struggling to survive in the unforgiving environment of extreme economic liberalism and armed only with his kind heart and his altruism, manages to give his beloved the most precious gift possible.
The production takes the form of an unusual musical, in which live music, songs, action, and the energy of the creators come together to pay tribute to the gifted ‘sad clown’, the heroism of ordinary people, and the archetypal values of life.
Information
Saturday, Sunday & public holidays: Premium Seats €25 | Zone A €20 |Zone B (boxes & lower circle) €18
Wednesday & Thursday: Premium seats €18 |Zone A €16|Zone B €16
Friday: General admission €13
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE
At NTG box offices (Ziller Building & Rex Theatre)
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REX THEATRE- STAGE "MARIKA KOTOPOULI"
Wednesday & Sunday | 19:00
Thursady, Friday, Saturday | 20:30
Duration: 120' with a 15' intermission
Surtitles: English, on selected dates
* Recommended seats for best surtitles viewability: central seats in the balcony.
From 3/2/23 to 5/2/23 Yannis Papadopoulos played the doublebass in replacement of Paraskevas Kitsos.
creation team
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Amalia Bennett
Adaptation, direction, choreography -
Nikita Milivojevic
Adaptation, dramaturgical advisor -
Thodoris Economou
Adaptation, music -
Stavros Stavrou
Lyrics -
Tina Tzoka
Set design -
Angelos Mentis
Costume design -
Christina Thanasoula
Lighting design -
Kostas Bokos
Sound design -
Eva Saraga
Dramaturg -
Katerina Gevetzi
First directing assistant -
Sofia Antoniou
Second directing assistant -
Stavros Balis
Set design assistant -
Marianthi Sandaltzopoulou
Costume design assistant
cast
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Prokopis Agathokleous
Charlie Chaplin -
Alexandra Aidini
Blind girl -
Filippos Anthis
Charlie as a boy -
Stella Antipa
Charlie s mother, Nightclub patron, Charlie, crew -
Thodoris Vrachas
Burglar, Boxer, News vendor, crew -
Savina Yannatou
Voice of blind girl -
Nikos Iatrou
Mayor, Boxer, Police officer, crew -
Ektoras Lygizos
Millionaire -
Ivonni Maltezou
Grandmother of blind girl -
Griogria Metheniti
Nightclub dancer, Charlie, Trainer, Flower shop assistant, crew -
Mario Banushi
Mayoress -
Ioanna Bitouni
Girl in love, Trainer, Nightclub patron, Charlie, crew -
Kostas Berikopoulos
Butler -
Nikolas Douros
Voiceof butler, Nightclub patron, Police officer, crew -
Mikis Pantelous
Voice of millionaire -
Giannis Protopappas
Charlie as a boy -
Kris Radanov
Dancer, Boxer, Police officer, crew -
Thanasis Raftopoulos
Referee, Waiter, Police officer, Boy in love, crew -
Mariam Rukhadze
Singer, Trainer, Police officer, crew -
Konstantinos Samaa
Police officer, Boxer, Chauffeur, Burglar, News vendor, crew