PATROKLOS SKAFIDAS
WAKE UP, VASILIS BY DIMITRIS PSATHAS
NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREECE 2018
In this performance we are dealing with a parallel narration: on the one hand, the dialogues of people’s daily lives and on the other hand the flow of their unacknowledged feelings. Looking for the means for this dual narrative function, I suggested a live recording of the theatre action and its simultaneous projection on a surface-screen, as if you were watching a movie in a movie theater. Subsequently, material drawn from the social and political context of the 1960s was transformed into extra lyrics and texts, which were inserted into the flow of the storyline, either as songs or as an extension of the dialogues of the theatre text. These “openings” into the inner intentions of the characters, alongside the vibrations of live music by a band in the role of narrator, work as an oscilloscope of the underground emotional currents of the play. In their final synthesis, all the elements mark the anguished course of events of a situation which, though seemingly irreversible, ultimately leads to its final transformation and overthrow.
2019
Adaptation- Direction- Lyrics Aris Biniaris
Adaptation- Dramaturgy Theodora Kapralou
Music Fotis Siotas
Set, costumes and video design Paris Mexis
Lighting design Stella Kaltsou
Hair design, Wigs Chronis Tzimos
Dramaturg Vivi Spathoula
Assistant to the director Dora Xagorari
Photos and promo video by Patroklos Skafidas
Produced by NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREECE
Cast Giorgos Gallos, Elisavet Konstantinidou, Mando Gianikou, Giorgos Papageorgiou, Stefanos Pittas, Phoivos Markianos, Lydia Tzanoudaki, Elena Topalidou, Ilias Moulas
On stage musicians Fotis Siotas (Violin), Antonis Maratos (Doublebass)
On stage camera operator Dimitris Adamis
Many thanks to Psatha ‘s family that allowed the adaptation of the text.
Special thanks to:
-Despina Faridou and Daphne Iliopoulou for assisting during the set and costume preparation of the performance.
-Stevi Koutsothanasi for assisting during the lighting design of the performance.
2018
Adaptation- Direction- Lyrics Aris Biniaris
Adaptation- Dramaturgy Theodora Kapralou
Music Fotis Siotas
Set, costumes and video design Paris Mexis
Lighting design Stella Kaltsou
Hair design, Wigs Chronis Tzimos
Dramaturg Vivi Spathoula
Assistant to the director Dora Xagorari
Photos and promo video by Patroklos Skafidas
Produced by NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREECE
Cast Giorgos Gallos, Elisavet Konstantinidou, Iro Bezou, Giorgos Papageorgiou, Stefanos Pittas, Konstantinos Sevdalis, Lydia Tzanoudaki, Elena Topalidou, Aineias Tsamatis
On stage musicians Fotis Siotas (Violin), Dimitris Tsekouras (Doublebass)
On stage camera operator Aris Biniaris
Many thanks to Psatha ‘s family that allowed the adaptation of the text.
Special thanks to:
-Despina Faridou and Daphne Iliopoulou for assisting during the set and costume preparation of the performance.
-Stevi Koutsothanasi for assisting during the lighting design of the performance.
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April 5, 2020
Performances