Performances

“I Expect” by Giorgos Veltsos
(with 3 interventions by Evgenia Vagia)
Directed by: Sofia Karakantza
 
VENUE: Foyer of the Theatre of the Society for Macedonian Studies
ΟPENING: 17 February 2024
RATING: 12+
 
Greek premiere
 
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE PLAY
Sofia Karakantza directs Giorgos Veltsos’ “I Expect”. A new play about memory, death and immortality. “I Expect” is an obituary notice of the theatre we have known, and of history. It is a game in which the living and the dead compete for domination. The dead take up a lot of space and the living take revenge by shrinking historical memories into fragments of old refrains and echoes of slogans. The monumental figures of 1974’s return to democracy are being disestablished and disconnected from the essence of their act. Mourning emerges from the laughter mixed with tears, the political takes on a new meaning as it is linked to a daily and ever-growing sense of loss. Who will emerge victorious in this struggle between fragments of memory and mourning over a chasm wrought by loss?
 
CREDITS
Directed by: Sofia Karakantza, Sets - Costumes: Rania Emmanouilidou, Textual music - Music: Dimitris Kamarotos, Choreography - Movement: Melpo Vasilikou, Lighting: Stelios Tzolopoulos, Assistant director: Evanthia Sofronidou, 2nd Assistant to the director: Markella Karapiperi, Production coordinator: Eirini Chatzikyriakidou
Cast: Eleni Thymiopoulou, Maria Karamitri, Aigli Katsiki, Evi Koutalianou, Theodora Loukas, Dimitris Naziris, Giannis Tomazos, Giannis Charisis