“Health and wealth, long life, peace, youth, laughter, songs and feasts” and everything you’ve ever wished for: that’s what Aristophanes’ famous Birds promise about their utopian Cloud-cuckoo-land. In the year 414 BC, two Athenians, Pisthetaerus and Euelpides, flee warlike Athens and its socio-political afflictions, seeking the perfect city in the sky. Sotiris Hadzakis, together with a multigenerational group of genuine comic actors, promise to highlight in their performance the play’s relevance to the modern world.
Translated by
K.X. Myris
Directed by
Sotiris Hadzakis
Set Design
Ersi Drini
Costume Design
Giannis Metzikof
Music
Minos Matsas
Choreography
Dimitris Sotiriou
Video
Grigoris Karantinakis
Lighting Design
Antonis Panagiotopoulos
Music Preparation
Christos Zarbinos
Assistant Director
Lina Zarkadoula
Assistant Costume Designer
Konstantina Krigkou
Costume construction
Panagiota Tsobanaki, Dimitra Stamou
Costume construction
Michalis Prokos
Assistant Set Designer
Foteini Iatrou
Set Construction
Kostas Kairis
Painting of Sets
Maria Navrouzoglou
Journalist Research
Iro Trigoni
Sound Technician
Ilias Vrionis
Cast
Euelpides: Vasilis Charalambopoulos
Pisthetaerus: Giorgos Armenis
Epop’s Servant, Meton: Ntinos Pontikopoulos
Epops, Poseidon: Alexandros Mylonas
Priest, Promytheus, Trivalus: Christos Ninis
Poet, Iris, Messenger: Chrysa Ropa
Oracle, Statue Seller, First Messenger: Themistoklis Panou
Inspector, Cinesias, Rebellious Youth: Nikos Kardonis
Sycophant, Heracles: Perikles Karakonstantoglou
Chorus
Heads of Chorus: Nikos Kardonis, Rena Kyprioti
And: Georgianna Dalara, Marianthi Fotaki, Eleytheria Galiatsatou, Roxani - Eleni Garefalaki, Babis Gousias, Nikos Kardonis, Konstantinos Katsamakis, Emmanouela Korki, Amalia Kosma, Aggeliki Matopoulou, Kimonas Panteris, Ntinos Pontikopoulos, Kris Radanov, Alvaro Ramirez, Stavros Siolas, Dimitris Sotiriou, Christina Sougioultzi,
Aggeliki Trobouki
The dance of nightgale is performed by Christina Sougioultzi
The role of goat is performed by Kris Radanov
The role of cook is performed by Kostas Kairis
€50 (Prime Circle); €40 (A’); €30 (Β’); €20 (Upper Tier). Student tickets available.
