“ΕΙRΕΝΕ” is a celebration of a rural world that was lost; it is a comic, irresistible argument, a festival of the common man using the very smoke of war as raw material, a lit shadow puppet screen amidst the horror.
The original comedy by Aristophanes was first staged at the Great Dionysia in 421 BC and won second prize. The comedy reflects the intense social exhaustion from the Peloponnesian War and deals with lyrical eloquence and the familiar Aristophanic sarcasm regarding the absurd obsession with war and its devastating consequences on people’s daily lives, work, and happiness. Aristophanes contrasts the violence and profit of the warmongers with the fertility, love, and collective prosperity brought by peace. Despite the seemingly utopian solution, the comedy is not naive: it recognizes the resistance, the interests, and the inertia that hinder the restoration of peace.
Adaptation – Original Text – Songs: Foivos Delivorias, Direction – Conception: Nikos Karathanos, Co-direction: Aggelos Triantafyllou, Dramaturg Collaborator: Eri Kyrgia, Set Design: Eva Manidaki, Costume Design: Aggelos Mentis,Music: Foivos Delivorias, Aggelos Triantafyllou, Lighting Design: Eliza Alexandropoulou, Movement Design: Amalia Bennett, Choreography: Alexandros Stavropoulos, Ancient Text Consultant: Giannis Asteris, Assistant Directors: Dimitris and Orestis Stavropoulos, Assistant Set Designer: Maria Kalofouti, Second Assistant Set Designer: Marilia Diafa, Assistant Costume Designer: Alexandra Anastasia Ftouli, Assistant Director: Nafsika Kirki, Backstage Photography: Dimitris Makris, Promo Photography: Elina Giounanli, Tour Manager: Katerina Kamarinopoulou, Communications – Press Office: Maria Tsolaki, Social Media – Advertising: Renegade Media, Vasilis Zarkadoulas, Production Manager: Efi Panourgia, Production Execution: Giannis Koulouris, Katerina Kamarinopoulou, Production: Technichoros Theatrical Productions
In co-production with the Athens Epidaurus Festival. The Athens Epidaurus Festival is subsidized by the Ministry of Culture.
Cast: Galini Chatzipaschali, Thanasis Alevras, Emily Koliandri, Giannis Kotsifas, Panos Papadopoulos, Zeta Makrypoulia, Vaso Kavalieratou, Foivos Delivorias, Nikos Karathanos, Aggelos Triantafyllou, Yilmaz Chousmen, Alkis Bakogiannis, Konstantinos Kontogeorgopoulos, Konstantinos Zografos, Giannis Sampsalakis, Vasilis Papadopoulos, Spyros Bosgas, Antonis Christou
On-stage Orchestra: Andreas Polyzogopoulos, Thodoris Rellos, Yoel Soto, Giannis Angelopoulos (Jan Van DeEngel)
