National Theatre of Greece – Yannis Moschos
Phoenissae by Euripides

The Phoenician Women has been a staple of the National Theatre of Greece repertoire, with several performances directed by Alexis Minotis, the last being staged in 1988. This year, EuripidesΆ play finds its way back to Epidaurus in a thoroughly modern production, featuring a splendid cast under the helm of director Yannis Moschos. Euripides provides his own, subversive version of the LabdakidesΆ myth. The play is set on the day that Polynices has surrounded Thebes with an army, demanding that his brother Eteocles keep his part of the bargain: they had agreed to take turns ruling the city. Their mother, Jocasta, desperately tries to convince them to make amends with each other, surrounded by other characters such as Antigone, Creon, Menoeceus, Teiresias and the blind Oedipus, victims and victimisers of an imminent catastrophic war. Can OedipusΆ sons escape their fatherΆs curse? Do people truly want to avoid civil war and break out of the vicious cycle of violence?

Due to the ongoing pandemic, all performance dates are subject to change

 

Translated by Nikiforos Papandreou

Directing - Dramaturgical adaptation Yannis Moschos

Set design Tina Tzokou

Costume design Ioanna Tsami

Music Thodoris Economou

Choreography Amalia Bennet

Collaborator to the choreographer Antigone Gyra

Video design Apostolis Koutsianikoulis

Lighting design Lefteris Pavlopoulos

Scientific advisor Eleni Papazoglou

Musical coaching Melina Paionidou

Assistant to the director Evi Nakou

Second assistant to the director Elena Antonopoulou

Dramaturgy Vivi Spathoula

Cast (in alphabetical order) Kostas Berikopoulos (Tutor), Christos Chatzipanagiotis (Creon), Vasilis Darmas (Menoeceus), Giorgos Glastras (Messenger), Maria Katsiadaki (Jocasta), Loukia Michalopoulou (Antigone), Cecile Mikroutsikou (Sphinx), Alexandros Mylonas (Tiresias), Dimitris Papanikolaou (Oedipus), Thanos Tokakis (Polynices), Argyris Xafis (Eteocles)

Chorus Nefeli Maistrali, Zoe Mylona, Elpida Nikolaou, Stavria Nikolaou, Katerina Papandreou, Katerina Patsiani, Styliani Psaroudaki, Elina Rizou, Mariam Rukhadze, Thaleia Stamatelou