Performances

The Birds

The Birds
by Aristophanes
2^nd Year
 
VENUE: Forest (Dasous) Theatre
DATES: 16, 17 July 2021
TOUR: July-September 2021
 
Following last year’s successful run, The Birds, Aristophanes’ beloved, ageless comedy, is presented by the National Theatre of Northern Greece again this summer.

 

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A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE PLAY

Fed up with the political, social and financial corruption of the city, Pesthetaerus and Euelpides seek Tereus, formerly a human and currently transformed into a Hoopoe, in order to learn from him and from the other high-flying and perhaps knowledgeable birds whether there is a peaceful place where they could settle. Together they intend to found a new republic, somewhere between heaven and earth, Nephelokokkygia, (literally Cloud-cuckoo-land), which will hold dominion over both humans and gods, and where birds will have their rightful place.
 

CREDITS
 
Translated by: K. H. Myris, Directed by: Giannis Rigas, Set design: Kenny MacLellan, Costume design: Despoina Ntani, Music: Giorgos Christianakis, Choreography: Dimitris Sotiriou, Lighting: Stelios Tzolopoulos, Musical coaching: Chrysa Toumanidou, Masks: Martha Foka, Mask movement: Simos Kakalas, Assistant director: Michalis Sionas, Assistant to the director: Antreas Koutsourelis, Second assistant to the director: Christoforos Mariadis, Assistant to the costume designer: Tatiana Nikolaidou, Production coordinator: Marily Ventouri
 
Cast: Eleftheria Angelitsa (Triballus), Korina Athanasoula (Crow), Lila Vlachopoulou (Slave to Hoopoe), Ioanna Demertzidou (Herald, Bird from the past), Dimitris Diakosavvas (Cinesias), Anna Efthymiou (Crow), Aristotelis Zacharakis (Inspector, Perjurer), Aliki Zacharopoulou (Crow), Christina Zacharof (Perjurer, Servant), Irinna Keramida (Perjurer, Servant), Marianna Kimouli (Herald), Giorgos Kolovos (Prometheus), Anastasia-Rafaela Konidi (Herald), Nikos Kousoulis (Second Messenger), Mara Malgarinou (Herald, Dervish bird), Tatiana Melidou (Perjurer, Vasileia), Chrysi Bachtsevani (Herald), Kleio-Danai Othonaiou (Iris), Vasilis Papadopoulos (Hoopoe, Meton, Perjurer), Grigoris Papadopoulos (Hercules), Stefanos Pittas (Dealer in decrees), Thanasis Raftopoulos (Meton, Perjurer), Thanasis Restas (First Messenger, Poseidon), Giannis Sampsalakis (Euelpides), Katerina Sisinni (Messenger), Vasilis Spyropoulos (Priest), Giannis Tsemperlidis (Poet), Iovi Fragkatou (Oracle), Taxiarchis Chanos (Pesthetaerus)

Chorus: Eleftheria Angelitsa, Korina Athanasoula, Lila Vlachopoulou, Ioanna Demertzidou, Dimitris Diakosavvas, Anna Efthymiou, Aristotelis Zacharakis, Aliki Zacharopoulou, Christina Zacharof, Irinna Keramida, Marianna Kimouli, Giorgos Kolovos, Anastasia-Rafaela Konidi, Nikos Kousoulis, Mara Malgarinou, Tatiana Melidou, Chrysi Bachtsevani, Kleio-Danai Othonaiou, Vasilis Papadopoulos, Grigoris Papadopoulos, Stefanos Pittas, Thanasis Raftopoulos, Thanasis Restas, Katerina Sisinni, Vasilis Spyropoulos, Giannis Tsemperlidis, Iovi Fragkatou