A pivotal figure in the European theatre, the director, educator and academic Anatoly Vasiliev takes on Euripides’ Medea (431 BC) for the first time, in the wake of his production of Heiner Müller’s Medea Material.
What exactly is the act of the betrayed ‘barbarian’ witch who kills her children, and in so doing condemns male infidelity and the unequal treatment meted out to woman, “that most wretched of creatures”? “The first answer that springs to mind is revenge”, says Valérie Dreville, who played Müller’s heroine. But Vasiliev “replaces ‘revenge’ with ‘sacrifice’”. | And the Russian master tackles a second issue: delivering a poetic text without resorting to verbal and emotional stereotypes. [D.Κ.]
Translated by
Efi Bastia
Directed by
Anatoly Vasiliev
Sets
Dionysis Fotopoulos
Costumes
Csaba Antal
Music
Takis Farazis
Choreography
Csaba Horvàth
Associate director – Coaching
Vasilis Laggos
Literary consultant
Eugenia Smagina
Interpretation
Konstantina Saranti
Assistant director – Translation
Irini Liova
Music coaching
Kostas Nikolopoulos
Eastern techniques
Ivan Kotik
Spoken work coaching
Ilya Kozin
Vocal manipulation coaching
Andrey Nasiokin, Elena Reditskina
Ululation coaching
Nogon Sumarof
Cast
Nurse /Messenger: Aglaia Pappa
Jason: Nikos Psarras
Aegeus: Nikos Karathanos
Tutor: Dimitris Kanellos
Creon: Giorgos Gallos
Dignitary: Leonardos Batis
Child Ι: Maria Derebe
Child ΙΙ: Vicky Kalpaka
Chorus
Stelios Sofos, Stelios Xanthoudakis, Vassilis Koukalani, Thodoris Efstathiadis, Marios Derdes, Aggelos Triantafyllou, David Malteze, Pantelis Papadopoulos, Othon Metaxas, Pavlos Stavropoulos, Christos Lavnos, Stergios Ioannou, Takis Farazis
Alexia Kaltsiki, Marianna Dimitriou, Tzina Thliveri, Pinelopi Sergounioti, Penelope Markopoulou, Eirini Tzanetoulakou, Errika Bigou, Yiota Militsi, Maria Machou, Foteini Timotheou, Dimitra Sigala, Sevilli Pantelidou, Stella Chrisodoulopoulou, Zaharoula Klimatsaki, Rena Kyprioti, Nantia Spiliotopoulou, Vivi Katsani, Maria Fragou
€50 (Prime Circle); €40 (A’); €30 (Β’); €20 (Upper Tier). Concessions available.
