Noemi Vasileiadou

Pitted prunes

The farmer’s street market: the most genuine public space ritual par excellence. A liminal site that spells theatre more than the theatre itself. A space of exchange entirely predicated on human interaction—perhaps one of the last of its kind.

Though it may soon become a relic of the past, it is still here in all rude health. As vending machines occupy more space and the economy dictates the shape and form of products, the farmers’ street market fervently defends the right to live interaction, negotiation, trial, and the beauty of imperfection. Here, groceries and people do not look like flawless aesthetic products; they do not gleam under artificial light; they bear dents, swellings, and a rough feel; they smell of earth; they come in all colours, types, ages, and shapes.

The performance by actress and director Noemi Vasileiadou belonging to the new generation of Greek theatre, cobbles together a unique stage “agora” that is assembled, dismantled, and distorted before our eyes, inviting us to wonder: Do today’s art products bear wrinkles and the marks of time or are they sleek, standardised goods? Can the “folk” element earn a place in contemporary theatre in purely artistic terms and without descending into kitsch associations? How critical is the human factor in the final product, and what space of representation is left for imperfection? On what terms do we “sell” and “buy” art? Political and social questions give way to tips on picking the best potato of them all, gaudy jokes turn into street philosophies, a crate of prunes seeks a buyer, and a troupe haggles over its own imperfect existence. Pitted prunes is a requiem for the last remnants of a soon-to-be bygone era, a reflection on production and consumption, but, above all, a performance that insists on growing from the soil—seeds and all.



grape – Greek Agora of Performance, the successful Agora for the Greek Performing Arts of the Athens Epidaurus Festival, returns for its third consecutive year! Providing a platform for Theatre and Dance creators to showcase their works to representatives of international festivals, cultural institutions abroad, and the wider public, grape aims to systematically promote Greek artistic vision to the international Theatre and Dance scenes.

As part of grape 2025, 8 performances are featured in this year's programme from July 21 July 24.

Duration 90΄

Greek Art Theatre Karolos Koun (Frynichou)

  • 21/07/2025 at 21:00
  • 22/07/2025 at 18:30
  • 23/07/2025 at 21:00
  • 24/07/2025 at 21:00

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