WHATEVER PRODUCTIONS FOR ONASSIS STEGI
THE BACCHAE BY EURIPIDES
“Bacchae is the sacred hymn needed to be sung again and again to exorcise evil. Because, like Pentheus, we have forgotten Dionysus, the god of joy, of the body, of celebration, of freedom, of everything that invigorates us. But Dionysus will always be there. The Dionysian dynamic, the vitalizing and animating force of the nature of things will claim its space. The choice of whether our society will relate to it or not will lead to cohesion or grief.”
Aris Biniaris/ Interview- editing: Iliana Dimadi, Dramaturge of the Onassis Cultural Centre- Athens
The performance is a both a theatre and music show that combines poetic speech, live music and acting. Punk music “plugs into the mains” the myth of the “Bacchae” and turns the clash between Pentheus the king and Dionysus the god into an angry hymn to the division of the human soul into logic and instinct. A band of actors —accompanied by two musicians— reflect through acting, speech, singing and movement on the relationship between freedom and dogma, isolation and creativity.
Adaptation based on Yorgos Chimonas’ translation Aris Biniaris, Theodora Kapralou
Direction Aris Biniaris
Dramaturgy Theodora Kapralou
Sets and costumes Paris Mexis
Lighting Lefteris Pavlopoulos
Original music written and performed by Victor Kouloumbis (Electric bass), Panos Sardelis (Drums)
Movement Amalia Bennett
Sound design/ Sound engineer Harris Kremmidas
Costume design assistant Dafni Iliopoulou
Assistant to the set designer/Intern Despina Faridou
Costume construction Despina Makarouni
Props made by Alexandros Loggos, Socrates Papadopoulos
Make- up designer Kyriaki Melidou
Surtitles translation Memi Katsoni
Simultaneous surtitling Yannis Papadakis
Producer manager Maria Dourou
Produced by ONASSIS CULTURAL CENTER
Performers Amalia Bennett, Aris Biniaris, Charis Charalambous, Giorgos Gallos, Anna Kalaitzidou, Karyofillia Karambeti, Christos Loulis, Onisiforos Onisiforou, Evi Saoulidou, Konstantinos Sevdalis
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April 4, 2020
Performances