Parabases: William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors - Εικόνα

Love, seduction and gender identity, as negotiated by William Shakespeare in four of his most characteristic and entertaining comedies, are the themes of this year’s series of dramatized readers’ theater. 

The world of Shakespearean comedy is a world full of outrageous plots, gender struggles, battles of logic against emotion, endless misunderstandings, passionate love, heroes and heroines who are frantically searching for their identity and their “other half,” witty wordplays, epic altercations, irony of fate and sarcasm of the poet, happy endings, as well as a hefty dose of darkness.

The readers’ theater performances are staged under the care of four directors of the younger generation, who are distinguished for their highly personalized gaze and method, but also share a love for the texts and for fruitful experimentation with theatrical speech. This year’s PARABASES are supported by an expanded ensemble of young actors, who are alternating in the casts to tell complex stories with simple theatrical means and take on the archetypal characters of Shakespearean theatre. The works have been delightfully translated by prominent poets and translators, while artistic director of the series Ektoras Lygizos is also in charge of the dramaturgy and adaptation of the plays.

Saturday 08 & Sunday 09/04
The Taming of the Shrew
Translator: Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke
Director: Eva Vlassopoulos

Artistic Direction:
Ektoras Lygizos

 

Saturday 11/03 & Sunday 12/03, 17.00    

William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

A merchant from Syracuse and his servant arrive in Ephesus without knowing that their twin brothers live in the city. A few hours later, and after successive misunderstandings, the lives of all four misguided heroes will be completely overturned.

The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's early plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick, puns and word play, and it manages to examine in a moving way the crisis of a married couple, but above all another couple: the relationship of our social self with its unknown, dark and invisible side.

Translator: Dionysis Kapsalis
Adaptation: Ektoras Lygizos
Director: Manos Vavadakis

Cast: Manos Vavadakis, Konstantinos Georgalis, Katerina Zisoudi, Konstantinos Zografos, Lambros Konstanteas, Grigoris Ballas, Katerina Patsiani

 

LIGHTHOUSE

The 12/03 event will be offered with simultaneous interpretation into the Greek Sign Language.  

Advance Ticket Sales Points:

  • Online on Ticket Services website 
  • By phone: 210 7234567 (Ticket Services)
  • At the Ticket Services Box Office (Panepistimiou 39, Athens)

Online tickets pre-sales (Members)
Online tickets pre-sales (Public)

Pre-sale for Members starts on 19/01 at 12.00 (limited number of tickets).
Pre-sale for the public starts on 20/01 at 12.00.

    Ticket Prices: General entrance €12, reduced €8

    Concession tickets of €8 are available to students, people aged 65+,  minors up to 17 years old, the unemployed, Persons with Disabilities along with their companion, multi-child families and residents of the Municipality of Kallithea. Children can sit with their chaperones in any zone, with a concessions ticket.

    On the day of the concert, concession ticket holders will be asked to show their ID, as well as supporting documentation (student card, unemployment card, family status certificate for multi-child parents, certification of disability, utility bill for residents of Kallithea)

    Free tickets are available to Persons with Disabilities, by contacting the call center at 210 7234567 or via email at info@ticketservices.gr and by showing their ID and certification of disability on the day of the event.

    Important information:

    • Doors open at 16.30.
    • Entrance will be possible up to 10 minutes before the event's commencement.
    • Pre-sale is required. No order of priority will be available on-site.
    • Entrance allowed for children aged 6+.
    • All SNFCC areas are accessible to people with disabilities.
    • For more information or clarifications, please contact the SNFCC switchboard on 216 8091000.

     

    This event comes under a grant by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Alongside the majority of its events, which are free thanks to a series of SNF grants, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center also organizes a number of events with affordable tickets, thus enriching its income sources and securing its long-term financial integrity.

    See also

    Saturday 11/02, 17:00

    Parabases: William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

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