In a world where reality and fantasy are blurred, two young people—a boy and a girl—find themselves trapped in internal and external confinement. Sharing a common ground of civil war and violent exclusion in different countries and times, they discuss, debate, and seek freedom. Through their conversation, they negotiate concepts such as memory, the body, life, death, and the very meaning of freedom. The performance makes dramatic use of the neurological phenomenon known as “Prisoner’s Cinema,” in which the brain, in conditions of complete darkness and deprivation, projects bright images ranging from abstract colors to complete scenes onto the retina. In this optical illusion—an escape from painful reality—pieces of their lives unfold, converging and diverging, flowing between the present and the past. But can such a projection become a refuge? Is imagination a way out or a trap? The performance features texts from the books of Chronis Missios, as well as excerpts from Souha Bechara’s Resistance, freely adapted.
No admission after the performance has begun.
Advance sales at the Kavala Municipality Visitor Information Center (formerly EOT) Central Square, tel: 2510-620566, daily from today, Tuesday, July 8 (10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.), while on performance days, advance sales will be available at the event venue box office from 7:30 p.m.
Note: Holders of nominal invitations to the 68th Philippi Festival are kindly requested to reserve their seats by calling the advance sales office at 2510-620566 (10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.).
For further information, please call the Kavala Municipal Regional Theater at 2510. 220876 (10:00-14:00).