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BIG DAY Tribute to the playwright Tennessee Williams on Sunday 8/3 at Vassiliko Theatre (05/03/2014)
A day-long tribute to the major American playwright
Tennessee Williams
, scheduled for March 8, 2014, is coming next in the “
Big Days
” series of activities, organized by the
National Theatre of Northern Greece
(NTNG) in order to introduce Greek audiences to great playwrights of world theatre, whose works are currently being staged at NTNG venues.
During the tribute "
Big Day Williams
", from 10:00 a.m. until 17:00 p.m., the following activities will take place amongst others.
ACTIVITIES
10:00
“Workshop on Tennessee Williams & presentation”
A workshop on Tennessee Williams which will result in a performance. The participants are expected to attend the course and embed in a performance which will presented afterwards.
For drama school students
(duration: 4 hours + presentation)
With Efi Drossou, actress.
Registration not required.
10:00
“The disillusionment of the American Dream through the heroes of Tennessee Williams. Figures in the texts.”
Discussion and theatre techniques with Tennessee Williams' plays as a starting point.
For teachers in secondary education and adults.
(duration: 1.5 hours)
With Christos Daraktsis, actor.
Maximum 25 people (registration required).
10:30
Theatrical game
For children 8–14 years old.
(duration: 1.5 hours)
With Christoforos Christoforidis, actor.
Maximum 25 people (registration required).
11:45
The Theatre School “Andreas Voutsinas” presents Tennessee Williams' play Moony's Kid Don't Cry, directed by Chryssa Ioannidou
(duration: 20 min.)
12:15
Round Table “The allure of his psychosis”
With:
Katerina Diakoumopoulou, theatrologist, professor of theatrology at the Department of Music Science and Art, University of Macedonia, and theatre critic.
Dimitris Naziris, actor, associate professor of acting at the School of Drama, Faculty of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Grigoris Simos, Psychiatrist, assistant professor at the University of Macedonia.
(duration: 1 hour)
13:30
Lecture “Psychic Diseases as they resonate in Tennessee Williams' theatre work”
(duration: 30 min.)
With Lia Zogradou, Psychotherapist.
Registration not required.
14:00
Psychodrama, inspired by Tennesse Williams, entitled “Loneliness.”
For adults.
(duration: 3 hours)
With Fotini Papacharalampous, Psychologist.
Maximum 20 people (registration required).
14:15
The Theatre School “Vassilis Diamantopoulos” presents fragments from Tennessee Williams' play Thank you Kind spirit, directed by Efi Drossou
(duration: 15 min.)
14:15
The Theatre School “Rontidis” presents fragments from Tennessee Williams' play The Last Visitor, directed by Sofia Lapou - Kalou.
(duration: 15 min.)
14:30 Presentation of the workshop on Tennesse Williams that preceded, directed by Efi Drossou. (duration: 45 min.)
We asked three theatre groups of our city how they perceive certain plays by Tennessee Williams:
16:00
The theatre group Perros presents the play Lady of Larkspur Lotion, directed by Spyros Athineou. (duration: 12 min.)
16:15
The theatre group SourLiBooM presents the play The Demolition Downtown, directed by Maria Lappa. (duration: 15 min.)
16:30
The theatre group kontakt presents the play The Municipal Abbatoir, directed by Smaro Platioti. (duration: 15 min.)
The following cultural institutions have supported the
NTNG
in its efforts to accomplish the thematic tribute “Big Day Williams”: the Thessaloniki
Cinema Museum-Cinémathèque
, the
Museum of Photography
, the
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
, and
“Protoporia” bookstore
.
All events are admission-free and open to the public
For registration, please contact the Production Office of NTNG (tel. +30 2315 200 008, +30 2310 270 398 (DL: -2076), +30 6945 789 121, Tuesday to Friday 13:00–15:00 (Ms. Konstantina Matziri).
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