DIVINE COMEDY by Dante | VASISTAS Theatre Group

A spiritual road trip with three stops: Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. For the first time, a Greek theatre company tackles the finest work to come out of medieval Europe. Argyro Chioti and VASISTAS theatre group present Dante’s monumental “visionary autobiography”, his imaginary journey through the kingdom of the dead. They create a highly concise version of the text by selecting those sections that convey its deeply personal qualities: the difficult journey made by one individual, from the dark ordeals of the everyday, through times of painful crisis, to life’s light-filled moments of escape; from immersion in a world of shadows, to an exit towards the light.
 
Directed by: Argyro Chioti
Dramaturgy: Nikos A. Panagiotopoulos, VASISTAS
Set design: Eva Manidaki
Costume design: Christina Calbari
Lighting design: Tasos Palaioroutas
Sound design: Jan Van de Engel
Musical supervision: Markellos Chrysikopoulos
Artistic associate: Ariane Labed
Dramaturgy assistant: Artemis Chrysostomidou
Assistant director: Geli Kalampaka
Assistant to the set designer: Myrto Megaritou
Costume design assistant: Ifigeneia Daoudaki
Roller-skating coach: Konstantinos Martzekis
Executive production: Geli Kalampaka, Vassiliki Georgiopoulou
 
Cast: Efthimis Theou, Eleni Vergeti, Evdoxia Androulidaki, Antonis Antonopoulos, Georgina Chryskioti, Fidel Talamboukas, Matina Pergioudaki, Yannis Klinis
 
With the participation of (solely for the Nicosia performance): Jakub Otcenasek (cello) and the actors Thekla Flouri, Giorgos Kyriakou and Artemis Chrysostomides.
 
The text of the performance is based on Kostas Kairofyllas’ translation of the Divine Comedy, revised by Nikos A. Panagiotopoulos. Music used, performed by the string quartet of Alexis Karaiskakis Nastos (cello), Phaedon Miliadis/ Andrei Nastaza (first violin), Angeliki Kasda (second violin), Giannis Romanos/ Ilias Livieratos (viola): Extracts from Different Trains by Steve Reich, Song 1 by Philip Glass © 2007 Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc. Used by Permission, String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima", VI by Philip Glass
 
Production: Onassis STEGI
The performance is organised with the support of the Onassis STEGI.
With surtitles in English
Duration: 90΄
 
Identity of the festival
Organizer: Nicosia Municipality
Sponsors:
Gold Sponsor: Deputy Ministry of Tourism
Silver Sponsor: Eurobank, Central Insurance Company
Hospitality Sponsor: The Classic Hotel
Sponsors: Onassis Stegi, Giannos Grammatidis
Air Transport Sponsor: Aegean Airlines
Communication sponsors:
Theatre: Check In
Music: ANT1, Politis
Dance: O Phileleftheros, RIK, in-cyprus, Active
 
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