Vana Pefani attempts to immerse herself in the universe of the provocative creator

Having chosen, and very reasonable, the prison as the main theatrical space, the show "Somebody's Paradise 2" introduces us and takes us on a tour of the life and work of Jean Genet, wanting to bring us face to face with both the harsh world of the French writer and our wild world.

With questions about justice, punishment and reward, and mainly with the subject of good and evil, Vana Pefani attempts to immerse herself in the universe of this misunderstood and provocative creator who managed to "find beauty in evil", as Baudelaire would say, and make it a theater, novel, poem.

In the theatrical version that we will see from 10 September at the Michalis Kakogiannis Foundation, Vana Pefani brings Genet himself into focus, where imprisoned again, he is trying to finish another book of his. And there, between reality and fantasy, all his heroes spring up, they either love or hate their creator, creating a new universe, ours.

Marginalized, imprisoned, murderers, whores, slaves and masters make the puzzle of searching for a paradise _elusive perhaps, but absolutely necessary.

Unknown father, inmate of reformatories and prisons, petty thief and petty swindler, deserter and homosexual, Jean Genet found an outlet in writing and managed to turn the violence and ugliness of life into words, verses, pictures.

Born in 1910 (died in Paris on 1986) it did not take long to find an outlet in writing. He became famous through novels ("The Name of the Rose", "Our Lady of Flowers", "Diary of a Thief", "Death processions" etc.) as well as from his plays ("High Surveillance", "The Slaves", "The Balcony", "The Negroes", "The Screens"), while in the monumental work dedicated to him by Jean-Paul Sartre "Saint Genet: Commodus and Martyr" owes part of their recognition from the international philological community.

The project "A certain paradise 2" was first staged in Patras in March 2012 with the same title, but without the number 2, which signals the fact that the extension has been reworked and is returning….

WHEN & WHERE
"Some Heaven" – an ongoing performance based on the life and work of Jean Genet
Michalis Kakogiannis Foundation – Piraeus 206, Taurus
Premiere 10 September on 21.30 _performances as 23/9
Room: Specially Designed Underground Space
Unsuitable under 18 years
Tickets 12 – 9 euro

PERFORMANCE IDENTITY
Text-directed by Vana Pefani, scenery Giorgos Lyntzeris, costumes by Ioanna Zafeiropoulou, lighting design Katerina Maragoudaki, video Nikos Giavropoulos, music by Panagiotis Kalatzopoulos, lyrics by Aris Davarakis , edited by Sofia Michael. They play: Panagiotis Petrakis, Kyriakos Kosmidis, Hieronymos Kaletsanos, Kostas Falelakis, George Striftaris, Vassilis Afentoulis, Vana Pefani, Nikolina Mouaimi, Dimitris Katsis, Stavroula Oikonomou, Margarita Papantoni

"The lives of others" in the Athenian theater

Dustin Hoffman is, in duplicate, the protagonist of the upcoming theater season in Athens. That's because both films in which he won an Oscar for Best Actor will be played, prepared, on the board. "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "The Rain Man" -ή «Rainman», they are transferred in the winter to the stages of the Emporikon and Bretania theaters, respectively. A decade apart, the first is his production 1979 and his second 1988, while they are the ones who gave it to him, for the role of Ted Kramer and Raymond Rabbit the two Oscars of his career, until now at least….

Next to these two film adaptations, and a third, German production, comes to the Athens theater from autumn: The Oscar-winning best foreign film will be shown at the Thision theater (2006) by screenwriter and director Florian Henkel von Donnersmarck "The Lives of Others" -which also set a record number of nominations at the German Film Awards.

More detailed, directed by Eleni Scotti - who alongside her work at Epi Colonos theater with the group NAMMA- and performed by Mirella Papaikonomou, the Kramers will be brought to life by Dimitris Alexandris and Maria Zorba - Meryl Streep then won her first Oscar, for the second female role, as a wife and mother. On the subject of a couple's life after divorce and especially the way their young son experiences it, the production also won the Oscar for Best Picture 1979 while also achieving great box-office success. Directed and written by Robert Benton _based on the book by Avery Corman. The Greek production of Hellenic Theamaton for the Emporikon theater stage, includes among its contributors Dimitris Papadimitriou (music) and George Gavalas (scenery). Also playing are Athina Maximou, Christodoulos Stylianou, Dimitris Mavros and (alternately) three children.

Dimitris Lignadis brings to the stage of the central Bretania theater "Man of the Rain" with Christos Chatzipanagiotis and Yiannis Stankoglou, in the roles of the two brothers played by Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, in the late 80s. The movie, directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass, it received rave reviews at the time, and alongside Hoffman's Oscar, it also won an Oscar for Best Picture, Director and Original Screenplay. Its theme is the story of a selfish yuppie, by Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his estranged father has died and left his entire fortune to his other son, the autistic Raymond, whose existence he was completely unaware of. The film was also a box office success…

End at Thision of Tournavitou Street, Alice Danezi – Knutsen, whom we met through the theater "Festen", in the same place six years ago, suggests "The Lives of Others", in the translation of Eris Kyrgia and the scenery of Kiki Pitta. This is the play by Albert Ostermeier based on the film by Florian Henkel von Donnersmarck: Based in East Berlin 1984, the play deals with the story of the famous playwright Georg Dreimann and his actress partner Christa – Maria Silland being watched by the Stasi spy, Gerd Whistler at the indirect prompting of the infatuated minister Bruno Hepf. When the spy as an uninvited "guest" and witness to the lives of others begins to harbor feelings of sympathy for the unsuspecting couple, nothing can stay the same anymore. Actors play: Anna Masha (Krista – Maria Silland), Manolis Mavromatakis (Gerd Whistler), Fanis Mouratidis (Georg Dreyman), Costas Berikopoulos (Bruno Hepf), Giorgos Symeonidis Mr. a. It is a production of the Lykofos company of Giorgos Lykiardopoulos.

Source : tovima.gr