The performance inaugurates the reopening of the AVLAIA theater.
"And so the money ran out and there was no way
to buy food.
They tried everything to find money and buy food but nothing was done because the money was all gone.
So moms and dads tried to find things they could get rid of, things they ate, things they drank or things that needed warmth.
They searched their homes for such things.
The dogs left first."
How does one survive in the violent and inhospitable landscape of a city that has been fatally affected by the recession; "Ivan and the Dogs" is a gripping story of survival that brings to life the grim streets of 19th-century Moscow 1990 through the eyes of a child.
"I won't talk about the orphanage.
Those were the worst days.
They take me to church.
They tell me I have a soul.
It is something bright that is within me and is a part of it
God, but when I look at it, this part of God,
it has a tail and a clawed foot and a black wet snout"
True story: Moscow, winter of 1996. Terrified and abused by his brutal stepfather, a four-year-old boy runs away from home and miraculously survives by joining a pack of dogs. After three unsuccessful attempts by the police, he is finally 'arrested' 1998 and is locked up in an asylum. Then it is adopted. In his dreams Ivan Mishukov is still running on the edge of town with his dogs.
In the performance directed by Giorgos Oikonomou, Aris Servetalis narrates and experiences in the first person and in the first person the story of Ivan's childhood. He is the protagonist of a story that, although completely true, it was written with the materials of the most extreme fairy tale: the risk, the courage, the violence, the despair, the overthrow, τον πανικό, την ελπίδα, την καταδίωξη, τη φιλία, την ενηλικίωση, την αγάπη και την γαλήνη. Είναι ένας σύγχρονος Μόγλης, ένα τετράχρονο παιδάκι στην ζούγκλα της Μόσχας της δεκαετίας του 90 where the angst for survival is immense and hope is nil. Little Ivan moves in a landscape where homeless alcoholics are the protagonists, the nouveau riche gangsters, juvenile prisoners, the fear, cold and hunger. He leaves one night alone from the nightmare of his home to plunge into this landscape of complete destitution. He runs away to escape. Και εκεί δίπλα σε μια αγέλη από σκυλιά θα βρει τελικά την αρμονία.
Writer Hattie Naylor was born in London and was studying painting when the BBC accepted her entry for the Young Playwrights Festival with her play The Box. Από τότε έχει κερδίσει πολλά εθνικά και διεθνή βραβεία για τα ραδιοφωνικά θεατρικά της. Ζει στο Μπρίστολ και έχει γράψει για το θέατρο, την όπερα και τον κινηματογράφο.
«Ο Ιβάν και τα Σκυλιά» πρωτοανέβηκε στο Drum Theatre, στο Πλύμουθ, τον Σεπτέμβριο του 2010 και έχει παιχτεί με μεγάλη επιτυχία στο Λονδίνο και την Νέα Υόρκη. The 2011 είναι υποψήφιο για το Olivier Award.
The translation of the work is signed by Giorgos Kalamandis, directed by Giorgos Oikonomou, the scenery and costumes by Kostas Velinopoulos, music by Nikos Portokaloglou, τους φωτισμούς ο Γιάννης Δρακουλαράκος.
Στον ρόλο του Ιβάν ο Άρης Σερβετάλη
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Τοποθεσία Θέατρο Αυλαία, πλατεία ΧΑΝΘ (πλευρά Τσιμισκή), Thessalonica
Ημερομηνία Πρεμιέρα Πέμπτη 5 January 2012
Representations: Every day except Monday, time 21:00. Duration: 1.05’
Information Tel. 2310423925
Ticket prices 15 €, student 10 €
Source : culturenow.gr
