Performances

VENUE: Theatre of the Society for Macedonian Studies

ΟPENING: 9 November 2024
RATING: 12+


A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE PLAY
What weighs on the heart of Don Carlos, making him avoid his father, King Philip II of Spain? What is this secret that the ever-watchful eyes of the court struggle to uncover? Under the terrifying authority of the king and the power of the Inquisition, in 16th-century Spain, youthful idealism, love, sensitivity, the need for change, for action, and for life itself suffocate within the heart of Don Carlos. Unable to manage his passions, he places his hopes in his close friend, the Marquis of Posa. Posa’s strong will, his progressive ideas, and his faith and loyalty to Don Carlos lead him to implement a plan aimed at overthrowing the monarch’s reign of state terror.  
 

“Don Carlos” was first presented in August 1787 and is based on a 17th-century French romantic novel. Using 16th-century Spain as a backdrop, Schiller challenges the absolutism of his own time, advocating for freedom of thought and the ideas of the Enlightenment. Through a particularly complex plot and multi-dimensional characters, the author revives critical, timeless concerns, developing dialectically the conflict between authoritarian power and free action, despotism and disobedience, moral imperative and new ideals, idealism and reality.
 

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CREDITS
Translation: Giorgos Depastas, Translation dramatized and adapted for the stage - Direction: Yannis Houvardas,  Sets: Niki Psygogiou, Costumes: Ioanna Tsami, Music: Fotis Siotas, Movement - Choreography: Dimitris Sotiriou, Video design: Pantelis Makkas, Lighting: Tasos Palaioroutas, 1st Assistant to the director: Sofia Papanikandrou, 2nd Assistant to the director: Viky Kitsiou, 3d Assistant to the director: Iordanis Aivazoglou, Assistant to the set and costume designers: Danai Pana,  Production coordinator: Eva Koumandraki, Photographs: Mike Rafail (That Long Black Cloud)

Cast: Iordanis Aivazoglou, Loukia Vasileiou, Zoi Efthymiou, Stelios Kalaitzis, Giorgos Kolovos, Thanos Kontogiorgis, Vasilis Besiris, Betty Nikolesi, Kostas Santas, Theofano Tzalavra, Dimitris Tsilinikos, Haris Fragoulis, Eliza Charalampogianni, Giannis Charisis

Understudies: Natassa Daliaka, Dimitris Kartokis

Ladies and Gentlemen: Lili Adraskela, Zoi Efthymiou, Konstantinos Kapellidis, Aigli Katsiki, Dimitris Kafkas, Anastasia Kelesi, Nikos Kousoulis, Paschalis Terzis, Theofano Tzalavra

On stage video and editing: Giorgos Zlatanos