Antonis Koutroumpis – Plefsis

Into the Lion’s Den

A play of vignettes about the dilemmas of modern humans, and the delicate balance between personal desire and social conventions. The production of the Plefsis group will focus on imagination, memory, the familiar, and the poetics of daily life as a counterpoint to the high symbolic load of the Small Stock Exchange of Athens, with its connotations of wealth and material prosperity. In the absence of a spoken text, the cast will opt for narration through physicality. The performers will bring to life poetic figures who playfully engage with the bleak side of reality and remark on the impasse of life with a black sense of humour. A multifaceted production, combining physical theatre, modern dance, object theatre, a strikingly visual environment, electroacoustic soundscape compositions, live electronics, and graphic animation.