Tue, 27 Dec. 2022
20:30
Nicosia Municipal Theatre
The Nicosia International Festival 2021 hit comes back for two final performances to mark the end od the 2022 edition of the festival. The play, watched by over 6000 children and adults, centres on the friendship between a girl persecuted by a war and a statue – soldier, and praises piece, acceptance of diversity and the power of true love!
The director Kostas Silvestros and the choreographer Panagiotis Tofi jointly composed a musical feast of images and colours having been seduced by the story invented by the lyricist Stavros Stavrou and the original music by the leading Greek pianist and composer Thodoris Economou.
The show is for audience members of all ages and nationalities given that language is not an obstacle; the language used in the play is an imaginary one, “invented” by Stavros Stavrou especially.
A girl in a boat embarks on her journey into the unknown, trying to escape the horror of war. She finds refuge in an unknown country and rests on a bench, underneath a soldier statue. Very soon a crazy revelation overturns everything: It is a statue that is alive! Can a statue and a girl become forever friends and travel the world together? Can the girl teach the statue what it's like to truly alive and convince him to leave the sword he holds firmly all the time?
Conceived - lyrics: Stavros Stavrou
Direction-choreography: Kostas Silvestros - Panagiotis Tofi
Music composition: Thodoris Economou
Set & costume design: Konstantina Andreou
Screening design: Anna Fotiadou
Lighting design: Vassilis Petinaris
Assistant director/ vocal instruction: Konstantinos Andronikou
Cast: Andreas Koutsoftas, Christina Papadopoulou, Anthony Papamichail
Pianist on stage: Andreas Michalopoulos
Duration: 60΄
Identity of the festival
Sponsors:
Sponsor: Onassis Stegi
Hospitality sponsors: Vino Cultura, The Classic Hotel
Supporters: Travel House, Moiseos Digital Print House, Phi. Andreou Group, ColourPix Digital Printing Company
THEATRE/ MUSIC/ PARALLEL PROGRAM/ DANCE