Performances based on his texts continue in theaters inside and outside of Athens
If the 2011 it was dedicated to Alexandros Papadiamantis, due to the centenary of his death (3/1/1911), the 2012 it seems to be a continuation of the anniversary. At least this is proven through the ever-increasing number of performances staged on the Athenian stages or repeated in and outside the capital, as is the festival "Dream on the wave" which will (again)is premiering, this time at the Acropolis Theater, at 13 Of March, with Thanasis Sarandos. A little earlier, at 3 "Dark Tales" begins in March, a performance based on three dramatized short stories of his edited and directed by Stamatis Bandouna.
"I think especially in this day and age, with the economic but above all the moral crisis, the search for the lost Greek identity is what stimulates the viewer above all. He wants to see and hear the Greek language. He wants to remember that in addition to debt, Greece has also produced people who touched our souls very deeply", says Thanasis Sarandos who directs "Dream on the Wave" and performs the monologue. "The world seeks the purity and truth of Papadiamantis", adds as his experience of the Skiathite poet begins with his engagement with the "American, which he uploaded three years ago, a show that recently completed its cycle. “I noticed that if the audience was older in the beginning, little by little, more and more young people began to come".
Takis Chrysikakos is aimed at viewers of all ages as well as high school students, through "The flower of Gialos", one of the top short stories of Alexandros Papadiamantis turned into a theatrical monologue by Errico Belier. The performance directed by Mania Papadimitriou, has taken to the stage of the Anesis theatre, and will be played for two more weekends (25-26/2 and 3-4/3, at 18.00). "We also give some shows for high school students, who also taught him. I admit that to such a difficult audience as teenagers, not even a whisper is heard. Even their teachers are surprised by the behavior of the students", says the actor who bows to Papadiamantis' linguistic richness "with the 13.500 words, at a time when young people talk to few". And in times as difficult as our current ones, I feel like I'm resisting by letting the richness of Papadiamantis be heard".
Since its inception, the theater season 2011-2012 defined by a series of works by Papadiamantis: Αρχής γενομένης από τη «Φόνισσα» που επέλεξε για να σκηνοθετήσει ο Στάθης Λιβαθινός στο θέατρο της οδού Κεφαλληνίας, με την Μπέττυ Αρβανίτη. Τη «Νοσταλγό» προτείνει η σκηνή της Eλεύθερης Εκφρασης, στη σκηνοθεσία του Δήμου Αβδελιώδη με τη Μαίρη Ιγγλέση, ενώ ο Αντώνης και ο Κωνσταντίνος Κούφαλης συνεχίζουν, until 28 February, με τους «Φτωχούς και Αγιους», μια σύνθεση από διηγήματά του που διασκεύασαν (στο θέατρο Βασιλάκου).
End, «Οι έµποροι των εθνών» που ανέβηκαν στη Στέγη Γραμμάτων και Τεχνών, μετακόμισαν στη Θεσσαλονίκη και τώρα παίζονται στο θέατρο Αυλαία. Την παράσταση της ομάδας OΠΕRA σκηνοθετεί ο Θοδωρής Αµπαζής «Αληθινός, είχε απαξιώσει το χρήμα και τις υλικές αξίας. Μαχητής για τα ελληνικά ήθη και την ελληνική ταυτότητα, με λόγο πολιτικό, εκφράζει και σήμερα την εποχή μας. Αλλωστε», θυμίζει ο Θανάσης Σαράντος, «είχε ζήσει τη χρεοκοπία επί Τρικούπη και τη σπατάλη στην προετοιμασία της Ολυμπιάδας». Ο tempora o mores…..
Source : tovima.gr