The National Theatre of Greece at Festival dAvignon
14.4.2014
This year, the National Theatre of Greece is represented for the first time at the Festival dAvignon, one of the worlds largest artistic events. Yannis Mavritsakiss play Vitrioli, first presented on the Nikos Kourkoulos Stage during the 2012-2013 season, will be staged there from 10 to 19 July in a production directed by Olivier Py.
The Festival dAvignon, which is one of the most famous arts festivals in the world, is held in July each year. Performances take place in the Courtyard of the Papal Palace in Avignon and at other venues. Founded in 1947 by director and actor Jean Vilar, it is the oldest festival in France.
Vitrioli will be performed at the Gymnase Paul Giéra in Avignon.
Set in a modern context of revelation, the play is a blow to the solar plexus. It dissects an unhealthy Oedipal relationship between a mother and a son, recounting the story of a boy who lives sometimes on the edges of reality and sometimes in a totalitarian hell, conversing with the forces of chaos and vacillating between the corrosive power of life and its refusal.
Production team:
Direction: Οlivier Py
Set and costumes: Pierre-Andre Weitz
Lighting: Bertarand Killy
Direction assistant: Xenia Themeli
Set and costumes assistant: Paul Thanopoulos
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Maria Kechagioglou: mother
Dimitris Lalos: hermaphrodite
Periklis Moustakis: therapist, second therapist
Kitty Paitazoglou: girl
Haris Tzortzakis: boy
Nikos Hatzopoulos: inspector of plants
Production photographs: Marilena Stafylidou
The Festival dAvignon, which is one of the most famous arts festivals in the world, is held in July each year. Performances take place in the Courtyard of the Papal Palace in Avignon and at other venues. Founded in 1947 by director and actor Jean Vilar, it is the oldest festival in France.
Vitrioli will be performed at the Gymnase Paul Giéra in Avignon.
Set in a modern context of revelation, the play is a blow to the solar plexus. It dissects an unhealthy Oedipal relationship between a mother and a son, recounting the story of a boy who lives sometimes on the edges of reality and sometimes in a totalitarian hell, conversing with the forces of chaos and vacillating between the corrosive power of life and its refusal.
Production team:
Direction: Οlivier Py
Set and costumes: Pierre-Andre Weitz
Lighting: Bertarand Killy
Direction assistant: Xenia Themeli
Set and costumes assistant: Paul Thanopoulos
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Maria Kechagioglou: mother
Dimitris Lalos: hermaphrodite
Periklis Moustakis: therapist, second therapist
Kitty Paitazoglou: girl
Haris Tzortzakis: boy
Nikos Hatzopoulos: inspector of plants
Production photographs: Marilena Stafylidou
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