Giorgos Vourdamis
Nojaveland
A chamber western
by Giannis Aposkitis
[...] this world was built upon blood –
But now it can buy it back
And sell it again [...]
G.A.
On a bison ranch in Dakota, a family sets out to commodify its own past – only to have its plans derailed by a Native American curse. What unfurls is an imagined Wild West, where genocides are repackaged as attractions and the traumas of history become marketable narratives.
Nojaveland, an original text by Giannis Aposkitis, directed by Giorgos Vourdamis, is a dark farce on colonial legacy, greed, and the profound solitude of the contemporary individual who consumes everything – ultimately, even themselves. Drawing on the thematic and visual lexicon of the western genre, and the eradication of Indigenous peoples of the American continent as both historical fact and global myth, the creators devise a stinging political satire on humanity and its insatiable appetite – a parable of the many El Dorados pursued over the centuries.
Three actors and one dancer are swept into the vortex of a vain and delirious amusement park, where a former porn star, a Chinese investor, a bankrupt gambler, and a Greek housekeeper move in sync to feverish cowboy rhythms amid the ashes of the American Dream.
What is left to conquer, once everything has already been conquered?
* El Dorado (Spanish for “gold”): an imaginary city in the northern part of South America, which, according to the Spanish conquistadores, was said to have infinite gold and immeasurable wealth.
The production received funding from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture in 2024
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Duration 90΄
Theater 104
- 18/07 until 19/07/2026 at 21:00
- 20/07/2026 at 19:00
- 21/07/2026 at 16:30
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Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus | Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus | Peiraios 260 | Odeon of Herodes Atticus | Ancient Stadium Of Epidaurus | Sychrono Theatro | Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus | Exhibition Hall | Theater 104 | The Greek Film Archive Foundation
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