Staring at the Sea, Alexandros Papadiamantis

Wed Oct 10, 2012

20:30

Location

Cultural Centre of the University of Cyprus
Manor House on Axiotheas Steet
Old Nicosia
Nicosia, Nicosia

UCY Cultural Centre
Phone: 22894531 - 22894532

Description

The Violetta Art Company, which takes a particular interest in the dramatisation of literary works, presents two famous short stories by Alexandros Papadiamantis adated for stage: “Staring at the Sea” and “Dream on the Wave”.

How does memory stir? And when it stirs, how do the right pieces of nostalgia, dream, loneliness and pleasure come to the surface to fill in the void of existence that yet harbours the body of the Poet?

Papadiamantis’ language leaves no room for misinterpretations. It requires deliberation, respect and above all, dedication and reverence.
Marinella Vlachakis and Antonis Perantonakis joined by the musician Leonidas Maridakis who plays live on stage, dare (with full awareness of the risk) to stand up to the magnitude of the great Skiathian writer and to balance “…upon the rock of the desert shore …, between a pathway and a cliff …”, where he “…often stepped the boundaries...».

Cast:
Antonis Perantonakis
Marinella Vlachaki

Music: Leonidas Maridakis