The Events

Written by David Greig

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Greek National Opera Alternative Stage 
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center 

 

Co-production with the Municipal and Regional Theatres of Corfu, Ioannina, Kozani, Serres, Crete, Kalamata, Agrinio and the Theatre of Thessaly.

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Music – Lyrics by John Browne

Direction – Translation – Set Curation by Alexander Raptotasios

Musical direction – Chorus Coaching – Music/Lyrics Adaptations by Konstantinos Thomaidis

Costumes by Marie-Cecil Inglesi

Lighting Design by Eliza Alexandropoulou

Soundscapes Design by Alexandros Drimonitis

 

Cast A' Maria Kexagioglou and Konstantinos Bibis

Cast B' Aglaia Pappa and Fivos Papacostas

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Choir Supervisor - Stage Manager - Assistant Director: Anna Efthymiou

Piano: Markos Kotsias

Set Consultor: Dimos Klimenof

Production Management: Lefteris Kotsis

Sound Technician: Giorgos Chrysafis

Execution of Lighting: Dimitra Aloutzanidou

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The play The Events was first produced by Actors Touring Company and developed in collaboration with Ramin Gray.

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Inspired by the massacre of 69 people by Anders Breivik in 2011 in Norway, Daniel Greig’s work The Events (2013) attempts at grasping the unthinkable and exploring the limits of forgiveness in the face of monstrosity.

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Claire, a teacher running a local amateur chorus consisting of immigrants and people from socially vulnerable groups in her spare time, believes that there is an explanation about what is going on in the world. One day an armed young local man barges into her rehearsal room and starts shooting. Claire will be the only survivor and the only thing she wants to do is understand why this happened. The Events is a political work exploring the rise of the extreme right, neofascism and xenophobia through an attempt to approach the “monster” itself. The work features amateur choruses from the cities where the performance will be presented, in the context of the collaboration of the Alternative Stage with eight Municipal and Regional Theatres across the country.

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