Performances of
“Aman Amen” will continue until
Sunday, 29 of January 2012 after public request. The great music performance based on “rebetiko” songs, directed by
Stavros Xarhakos is presented from
Friday, December 30 and enjoys a great success. The performance is held in
Vassiliko Theatre and is a co-production of the
National Theatre of Northern Greece and
Acropol Theatre.
“Rebetiko” songs are the songs of a vision of a better life, of dreams that didn’t come true, of eternal reminisce of beauty, of sacred lust, of disregarding fear, of challenging fate and calmly battling death.
The cry “Aman” that comes from within meets “Amen” of a prayer. Drawing a straight line that unites the Byzantine part with Rebetiko and the songs of Asia Minor, we see love, passion, lust, nostalgia, fate, death, dreams for a better life, freedom deprivation, and migration travelling together. This is how Stavros Xarhakos understood these sounds of the past and presented a music performance under the title “Aman Amen”. A performance that you can both see and listen to, having old and new compositions, folklore and popular features, and a spirit of religious sincerity.
Each of the two parts has three categories. There are songs of death, of opium den, and of the East.
Contributors
Director: Stavros Xarchakos
Theatrical scenery- Costumes: Ersi Drini
Paintings: Giorgos Stathopoulos
Lightings: Grigoris Karantinakis
Sound: Nikolaos Rountos
Production Management: Fanis Kirkinezos
Production editor – Assistant Director: Pandora Xarchakou
Cast: Zacharias Karounis, Elita Kounadi, Kostas Mantzopoulos, Nana Binopoulou, Kaiti Ntali, Maria Soultatou, Kostas Tsigkos.
Musicians:
Vamvakousis Aristos (bouzouki), Wouastor Achileas, (piano), Drogkaris Vassilis (accordion), Zakkas Iraklis, (bouzouki, baglama, ntompra), Kavalieratos Stavros (contrabass), Margonis Sotiris (Violin), Pehlivanoglou Giorgos (classic guitar), Nidriotis Giorgos (bouzouki, tzouras, baglama),Pappos Manolis (bouzouki), Sampaziotis Nikos (acoustic guitar), Sideridis Diamantis (bouzouki, tzouras, baglama, cumbus), Halil Evgenios (bouzouki, tzouras, baglama).
Performances: 30/12/2011 & 01/01/2012
4, 5, 6, 7, 8/01/2012
11, 12, 13, 14, 15/01/2012
18, 19, 20, 21, 22/01/2012
25, 26, 27, 28, 29/01/2012
Upon completion of the performances in Thessaloniki, there will be another twenty performances in
Acropol theatre, Athens.
Dates:
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Wednesday & Sunday at 19.00
Thursday & Friday at 21.00
Saturday at 18.00 & 21.00
Ticket Price:
Stalls 22€, Balcony 20€, Circle 15€
Advance booking:
Box office and Webpage of NTNG
Concert Hall Box Office at Aristotelous sq.
“Public” stores Thessaloniki and at
www.public.gr
Ticket Office Hours
Vassiliko Theatre (White Tower sq.): Tuesday – Sunday: 9.30 a.m. -9.30 p.m.
Theatre of the Society for Macedonian Studies (2 Ethnikis Aminis str.): Tuesday-Sunday: 9.30 a.m.-1.30 p.m. & 5.30 p.m.-9.30 p.m.
Moni Lazariston (25-27 Kolokotroni str., Stavroupoli): Tuesday - Sunday: 9.30 a.m.-1.30 p.m. & 5.30 p.m.-9.30 p.m.
Concert Hall Box Office at Aristotelous sq. (advance booking only): Monday, Wednesday, Saturday: 10:00a.m.–3.30 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 10:00 a.m.–2 :00 p.m. & 5.30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.