Wednesday 28 June 2023 20:30
Thursday 29 June 2023 20:30
Friday 30 June 2023 20:30
Monday 03 July 2023 20:30
Tuesday 04 July 2023 20:30
This year’s PARABASES, the SNFCC series of staged readers’ theatre, goes out to the Park for five performances, presenting Shakespeare’s most magical play in a theatrical reading specially adapted for the Dome of the Cultural Center and intended for everyone. Wrapping up this year’s extremely successful readers’ theatre performances at the SNFCC, Ektoras Lygizos is directing the (expanded) ensemble of young actors of the LOVE’S LABOURS series: employing simple theatrical means, they tell the complex story of the most summery theatrical dream.
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind...”
On this midsummer night, two young couples and a troupe of amateur actors take refuge in a forest on the outskirts of Athens, where they are preyed upon by shrewd and playful fairies. The next morning, none of them will know if their nightly adventures actually happened or were just a dream.
The top Shakespearean comedy is a work of great poetic inspiration. While never losing its lightness and festive tone, the play also functions as a multidimensional study of love, dream and fantasy. Outrageous farcical situations, theater within the theater, songs, magic spells, passionate confessions, quarrels and verbal altercations, are masterfully intertwined to compose a dreamlike universe where the natural order of things is upended — ultimately to everyone’s delight.
Translated by: Dionysis Kapsalis Adapted & Directed by: Ektoras Lygizos
Costumes: Ellada Damianou
Lighting Design: Dimitris Kasimatis
Assistant Director: Eva Vlassopoulos
Cast: Manos Vavadakis, Eva Vlassopoulos, Giorgos Ziakas, Konstantinos Zografos, Giorgos Iliopoulos, Vicky Kyriakoulakou, Ektoras Lygizos, Flomaria Papadaki, Katerina Patsiani, Nancy Sideri, Jason Stasinos, Thanos Tokakis
DOME
Dates of Performances: June 28, 29, 30 & July 03, 04 Start Time: 20.30 Duration: ~90'
The 30/06 show will feature Greek Sign Language interpretation. A discussion with the contributors will follow. The discussion will be moderated by the translator.
Advance Ticket Sales Points:
Online tickets pre-sales (Members)Online tickets pre-sales (Public)
Pre-sale for Members starts on 30/05 at 12.00 (limited number of tickets). Pre-sale for the public starts on 31/05 at 12.00.
Ticket Prices: General entrance €12, reduced €8
Concession tickets of €8 are available to students, people aged 65+, minors up to 17 years old, the unemployed, Persons with Disabilities along with their companion, multi-child families and residents of the Municipality of Kallithea. Children can sit with their chaperones in any zone, with a concessions ticket.
On the day of the concert, concession ticket holders will be asked to show their ID, as well as supporting documentation (student card, unemployment card, family status certificate for multi-child parents, certification of disability, utility bill for residents of Kallithea)
Free tickets are available to Persons with Disabilities, by contacting the call center at 210 7234567 or via email at info@ticketservices.gr and by showing their ID and certification of disability on the day of the event.
Important information:
This event comes under a grant by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Alongside the majority of its events, which are free thanks to a series of SNF grants, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center also organizes a number of events with affordable tickets, thus enriching its income sources and securing its long-term financial integrity.
