Sforaris Theatre Company - Yannis Kalavrianos
Phaedra on Fire by Amanda Michalopoulou

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PRESENTATION


 

A Phaedra who doesn’t die, but treats her sexuality as an invitation to life. In contrast to the guilt-ridden Phaedra found in ancient myth and across a long tradition of classic rewritings, Amanda Michalopoulou’s contemporary Phaedra, inspired by Marina Tsvetaeva’s sensual heroine, assumes responsibility for her desire and comes face-to-face with fire—a fire that both destroys and renews, in all the versions and transformations evoked by the Greek summer.
The seashell-shaped Little Theatre, right next to the beach of Ancient Epidaurus, is the ideal backdrop for this revisiting of the myth, directed by Yannis Kalavrianos. A re-reading of the well-known story, avoiding the stereotype of unrequited love that has been identified with the myth of Phaedra from the ancient times to this day.




New Greek works inspired by ancient drama and commissioned by the Athens and Epidaurus Festival

Four avant-garde Greek writers, Amanda Michalopoulou, Alexandra K*, Yannis Mavritsakis and Vavgelis Hatziyiannidis, have been commissioned by the Festival to author an original work, each in dialogue with an ancient Greek tragedy, namely Euripides’ Hippolytus, Medea, Bacchae and Sophocles’ Trachiniae respectively. Each of these original plays will be staged by an acclaimed director (Yannis Kalavrianos, Yannos Perlengas, Eleni Skoti and Giorgos Skevas) at the Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus.

In addition to the unique dynamics generated by each work and performance, this is a multifaceted artistic endeavour, with dramaturgical, performative, social and publishing aspects; an experiment aiming to re-ignite the process of making art from scratch. On the one hand, it fosters dialogue between playwriting and Ancient Drama, providing food for thought on the relationship between ancient myths and contemporary identity. On the other hand, in these extremely difficult times for theatre, this project motivates over thirty actors and several other theatre professionals (directors, set designers, musicians, dramaturgs, translators), a company’s worth of artists comprising a unique team in this year’s artistic programme.

With our eyes set to the future, and with a global outreach in mind, a bilingual edition of these four original works will be published in cooperation with Nefeli Publishing, as part of a newly launched theatre book series. An ambitious, highly promising publishing project that is central to the Festival’s initiative of supporting and promoting Greek theatre.

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

 

   

 

Directed by Yannis Kalavrianos

Set design Eva Manidaki

Costume design Vana Giannoula

Lighting design Nikos Vlasopoulos

Musical composition Dimitra Trypani

Movement Marianna Kavallieratos

Live singing Giorgos Glastras

Assistant to the director Alexia Beziki

Assistant to the set designer Anna Zoulia

Photos Elina Giounanli

Cast Anna Mascha (Phaedra), Nikos Lekakis (Hippolytus), Maria Koskina (Lioni), Irini Ioannou-Papaneofytou (Aphrodite), Maria Moschouri (Artemis)

Executive producer Sforaris Theatre Company

Head production manager Katerina Berdeka

Production manager Panos Svolakis

 

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