“With neither husband nor adulterer”: Lysistrata of Athens undertakes to “undo the army” by stirring every Greek woman to rebel against the war that is devouring their menfolk. Swearing an oath of abstinence and withholding their sexual favours, they will force their husbands to embrace peace.
Written with Aristophanic sparkling humour in the darkest days of the Peloponnesian War, Lysistrata (411 BC) has shone down the millennia as a hymn to peace, love and womanhood.
Giannis Kakleas directs an outstanding cast in this National Theatre of Greece production of Aristophanes’ most daring comedy.
Translation
K.C. Myris
Direction
Yiannis Kakleas
Set Design
Manolis Pantelidakis
Costume Design
Eleni Manolopoulou
Movement Coach
Kyriakos Kosmidis
Music
Stavros Gasparatos
Lighting Design
Sakis Birbilis
Video
Pindaros Andriopoulos
Music Coach
Melina Peonidou
Dramaturgy
Yiannis Kakleas, Eva Saraga
Assistant Director
Nurmala Isty
Cast
Lysistrata: Vassilis Haralambopoulos
Magistrate: Christos Hadjipanayiotis
Myrrhine: Eleni Kokkidou
Calonice: Yorgos Chrysostomou
Cinesias / Myrrhine: Makis Papadimitriou
Athenian Negotiator: Themis Panou
Lampito: Laertes Malkotsis
Spartan Herald: Stavros Mavridis
And
Anna Athanassiadi, Alexandra Aidini, Iphigenia Asteriadi, Michalis Theofanous, Nikos Kardonis, Fay Kokkinopoulou, Niki Lami, Katerina Lypiridou, Christos Malakis, Konstantinos Maravelias, Sophia Michail, Agorista Ikonomou, Yorgos Papageorgiou, Dimitris Passas, Grigoris Pimenidis, Alain Rivero, Marianthi Sondaki, , Ioanna Triantafyllidou, Angeliki Trombouki, Konstantinos Tserkakis, Maria Tsima, Vangelis Hadjinikolaou
€50 (Prime Circle); €45 (A’); €25 (Β’); €15 (Upper Tier). Student tickets available.
