PROMETHEUS BOUND BY AESCHYLUS
ATHENS EPIDAURUS FESTIVAL 2021
The heartbreaking and constantly escalating resistance of Prometheus, against the authoritarian mechanism of the tyranny of Zeus, looks like an arrow running through the dramatic sequence of scenes. The figure of the suffering god-prophet stands punished, deportated and exposed in the wilderness of an inaccessible country, in the stone exile. Prometheus begins to electrifies our impulses when cruelty and intransigence of ruling lords destroys anyone who dares to oppose the decisions of the hegemony.
The actors draw on the rhythmical qualities of the poetic text, converting them into stage action through their bodies and voices. Against the backdrop of a pulsating, live soundscape, the performers bring to life the characters of an age-old but invariably timely story. A story that can be perceived as bleak commentary on the present or as a bright hope for the future.
Translated by Giorgos Blanas
Direction- Dramaturgy Aris Biniaris
Musical composition Fotis Siotas
Movement- Choreography Evi Oikonomou
Set design Magdalene Avgerinou
Costumes design Vasiliki Syrma
Lighting design Alekos Anastasiou
Dramaturgy constultant Elena Triantafyllopoulou
Metrical analysis of original text Aikaterini Diamantakou
Scientific associate Katerina Diakoumopoulou
Assistant to the director Dora Xagorari
Assistant to the set designer Xenia Papatriantafyllou
Assistant to the costume designer Alexandros Garnavos
Assistant to the lighting designer Nafsika Christodoulakou
Props- Sculptures Dimitra Kaisari Workshop
Make up Evi Zafeiropoulou
Production manager Stella Giovani
Executive producer Vasileia Taskou
Cast Yannis Stankoglou (Prometheus), Aris Biniaris (Kratos), Konstantinos Georgalis (Bia / Follower of Oceanus & Hermes), David Malteze (Hephaestus / Follower of Oceanus & Hermes), Alekos Syssovitis (Oceanus), Iro Bezou (Io), Ioannis Papazisis (Hermes), Katerina Dimati, Grigoria Metheniti (Followers of Kratos and Bia)
Chorus Andrianna Andreovits, Nancy Boukli, Katerina Dimati, Fiona Georgiadi, Grigoria Metheniti, Alexia Sapranidou, Dimitra Vitta, Dora Xagorari, Leoni Xerovasila
Musician on stage Nikos Papaioannou cello, effects
Produced by POREIA THEATRE
Co produced by Municipal and Regional Theatre of Crete
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January 11, 2022
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