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The Night of the Iguana

2022-2023 National Theatre of Northern Greece

The Night of the Iguana - Tennessee Williams

Opening: Vassiliko Theatre, 28/10/2022

In a far-flung part of Mexico, at the “Costa Verde” Hotel, the property of the widow Maxine Faulk, Shannon, a former priest who is now working as a tour guide, arrives with a group of women from the Quebec Religious College for Girls. Back in the US, Shannon had been accused of seducing underage girls and removed from his duties. A new incident of seduction, this time of a young member of the group, forces him to make a stop at the hotel to regroup: he needs to do everything he can to escape being exposed, pilloried and fired. A victim of his uncontrollable urges once again and on the verge of a nervous breakdown, he meets Hannah at the hotel, a painter who makes a living selling poems and paintings and is travelling with her grandfather, a well-known poet. As Maxine tries to persuade him to stay with her and take over her business, pushing him towards the pleasures of the flesh, Hannah, through her calm and mental serenity, helps him to face himself and overcome his personal deadlock.

Playwright: Tennessee Williams

Translation: Dimitris Dimitriadis

Director: Eleni Gassouka

Sets: Constantinos Zamanis

Costumes: Constantinos Zamanis

Music: Thodoris Ekonomou

Sound design: Thodoris Ekonomou

Lighting: Zoi Molyvda Fameli

Director’s Assistant: Aggelos Kalfas

Second Director's Assistant: Christos Ntaraktsis

Sets assistant: Danai Pana

Costumes assistant: Danai Pana