:: NOVEMBER 2008 ::
 


Saturday 1st November
A Hostage

THOC’s central stage presents Brendan Behan’s play. Dublin 1957, the story of a “forbidden love” and a brothel that mirrors society.

Direction: Evis Gavrielidis
Music: Mikis Theodorakis

Cast: Giorgos Mouaimis, Anita Santorineou, Stavros Louras, Niovi Charalambous, Andreas Koutsooumbas, Antonis Lapithiotis, Chrysanthos Chrysanthou, Andreas Vasiliou, Alexia Paraskeva, Stela Fyrogeni, Mara Konstantinou, Lefteris Salomidis, Sotos Stavrakis, Christoforos Christoforou

Piano: Giorgos Christdoulidis

Tickets: €12 - 6 / £7.02 - 3.51

 


Monday 3rd & Tuesday 4th November
Otango

A Tango music - theatre performance with Argentina’s best tango dancers and Musicians. A feast of sounds and rhythms. 160 authentic costumes on a specially arranged stage.

Tickets: 40 - 30 / £ 23.41 - 17.56

 


Wednesday 5 November
I Sing for My City

Together with Lia Vissi and Kostas Hadjichristodoulou is the choir of the Municipality of Famagusta and Vassilis Hadjilouka’s orchestra.

Musical direction: Nikos Vichhas
Dance tuition: Ilaria Larkou, Valeria Solea

Organised by the Municipality of Famagusta

Tickets: 10 - 7 / £ 5.85 - 4.10

 


Wednesday 12 November
Hicaz - Eastern Sound Lovers

The musical tradition of the East and ethnic jazz adaptations of important melodies from countries of the area as well as songs from Thrace, Smyrna, Armenia, Cyprus and Turkey

Andreas Christodoulou: violin, oud
Pantelis Ionas: oud, cümbüs
Thanasis Koulentianos: kanun
Eleonora Rousou: woodwinds
Kostas Halloumas: double bass
Marios Nikolaou: percussions
Jonathan Betito: percussions
Participating: Katerina Papadopoulou: vocals


Tickets: 10 - 8 / £ 5.85 - 4.68

 

 


Thursday 13 November
Cyprus Symphony Orchestra

A tribute to Richard Strauss under the direction of Giancarlo de Lorenzo

B. Marcello: Adagio from the Concert for Oboe in C minor (from the film Anonimo Veneziano)
A. Toni: Parafrasi settecentesca
R. Strauss: Concert for Oboe in D major
R. Strauss: Suite Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60

Soloist: Francesco Quaranta (oboe)

Tickets: 9 - 5 / £ 5.27 - 2.93

 


Wednesday 19 November
Our Town

Thornton Wilder’s bittersweet presentation of human everyday life.
Birth, love and death determine the development and seal the play’s identity.

Direction: Christos Shopahas

Cast: Neoklis Neokleous, Christopher Greco, Katerina Loura, Michalis Ellinas, Ioanna Kamenou, Elena Efstathiou Giannis Kokkinos, Lea Maleni, Ermina Kyriazi, Christina Christofia, Loukia Protopapa

Tickets: 12 - 6 / £ 7.02 - 3.51

 


Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 November
In Memory of Days Past...

The dance groups of “Laografikos Omilos Lemesou”, “Dionyssos” Cultural Organisation and “Alexandra” workshop of traditional dances together with Panagiotis Lalezas, Katerina Papadopoulou and the orchestra of Nikos Filippidis present a panorama of traditional music and dances from Greece and Cyprus in memory of Poly Sofroniou.

General coordination: Konstantinos Protopapas

Tickets: 18 - 14/ £ 10.53 - 8.19

 


Tuesday 25 November
The Songs of the Companions

The European Limassol Festival dedicates its first event to Marios Tokas and his collaborators

Giorgos Pagiatis will be the coordinator having at his side Marios Tokas’ closest associates

A collaboration of the ELF, the Municipality of Lemesos and the RIALTO Theatre

 


Wednesday 25 November
Cyprus Symphony Orchestra


Jazz meets classical music with the virtuosi Frank Harrison (piano), Ioannis Vafeas (drums), Irineos Koulouras (double bass)

Soloists: Gilad Atzmon (alto saxophone)
Haris Ionannou (tenor saxophone)

Musical Direction: Krzesimir Debski

Tickets: 9 - 5 / £ 5.27 - 2.93

 

Friday 28 November
A Hostage


A second performance of Brendan Behan’s play. Dublin 1957, the story of a “forbidden love” and a brothel that mirrors society.

Translation: Vassilis Rotas
Direction: Evis Gavrielidis
Music: Mikis Theodorakis

Cast: Giorgos Mouaimis, Anita Santorineou, Stavros Louras, Niovi Charalambous, Andreas Koutsooumbas, Antonis Lapithiotis, Chrysanthos Chrysanthou, Andreas Vasiliou, Alexia Paraskeva, Stela Fyrogeni, Maara Konstantinou, Lefteris Salomidis, Sotos Stavrakis, Christoforos Christoforou

Piano: Giorgos Christdoulidis

Tickets: 12 - 6 / £ 7.02 - 3.51
 


Saturday 29 November
Hudson Vagabond Puppets


This well known group from New York presents an exquisite performance with life-size puppets that combine the tenderness of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic masterpiece “The Snow Queen” with music by Archangelo Corelli

Tickets: 17 - 10/ £ 9.95 - 5.85
 
 

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