Thebes: A Global Civil War
Inspired by Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes
Actress
Directed by Pantelis Flatsousis
Which processes of memory are being activated when entire societies are being faced with enormous collective and unhealed personal traumas of civil war? Can we narrate them on stage, using the ancient myth as a springboard in order to create a new universal narrative?
In Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes, a man embarks on a military campaign against his brother and city. Ultimately, they both die, killing each other. The war may not be exactly civil; it is most certainly fratricidal though. In today’s historical circumstances, where the local and the global meet, could the bleak possibility of a World War III look like a global civil war?
Directed by Pantelis Flatsousis
Dramaturgy Panagiota Konstantinakou
Set and costume design Constantinos Zamanis
Original musical composition Henri Kergomard
Video design and editing Constantine Nisidis
Sound Engineer Kostas Michopoulos
Lighting design Christina Thanasoula
Dramaturgy collaboration Ioanna Lioutsia
Scientific consultant Manos Avgerides
Assistants to the director Athena Bakoyianni, Anna Karamanidou
Production managers Rena Andreadaki, Zoi Mouschi
Executive production Spectrum
Cast Racha Baroud, Vedrana Bozinovic, , Albertine Itela, George Kritharas
Clarinet Evangelia Nikolouzou
Cello Alexandros Sioupoulis
Photographer Yiannis Berreris
Premiere: 21-22 July 2023 Athens Epidaurus Festival
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