April Programme 2024
4 THU 20:30 (60’)
Touch(ed) - Physical Plastic Ι FlashArt 2024
A solo performance using autobiographical events to confront gender bias and cultural ideals around intimacy—in life and in art-making itself. Touch(ed) satirizes “slut-shaming” and the perceived vulgarity of the single woman versus the ideal of the nuclear family, and asks how performance can be a vehicle for transgressive ideals which prove difficult to uphold in real life. Arriving at the artist’s own trajectory as a married woman and mother, the work proposes that the popular cultural mythology of monogamy and motherhood is an elusive ideal for the de-sexualized mother-artist, who finds herself struggling to thrive amidst her physical metamorphosis and the demands of care-taking.
Conceived by performer/director Kestrel Farin Leah, the work collages movement and libretto with personal anecdotes and social media posts, while Yiannis Christofides’ live score combines electroacoustic soundscapes and experimental vocal processes, with music inspired by the song Gravity by “womb pop” musical artist They/Live. Leah’s story is echoed through visual artist Dasha Sur’s yarn sculptures, based on folkloric references to nefarious female spirits.
Performed by Kestrel Farin Leah with live musical performance by Yiannis Christofides
Direction: Kestrel Farin Leah
Music: Yiannis Christofides
Scenic concept and video art: Dasha Sur
Lighting Design: Vasilis Petinaris
Costume Design: Stephanie Petagno
Photos: Pavlos Vrionides
Voguing coaching: Kiki Economou
This project is supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant. Work-in-progress presented in the frame of the Residency Programme for Performing and Live Arts at Theatro Polis OPAP/ NiMAC.
5 FRI 20:30 (70’)
The Shooting Ground – Michalis Papadopoulos Ι Solo for Three
Solo for Three theatre group, in collaboration with Antilogos Theatre, presents the work of Michalis Papadopoulos titled The Shooting Ground. The play’s title is inspired by the “Shooting Range of Kaisariani”, a memorial site connected to the two hundred fighters who were executed in 1944 by the Nazis. The writer deliberately sets the plot in a flat near the Shooting Range to demonstrate how racism continues to pose a threat to places traditionally related to Resistance against fascism.
The plot is set in today’s world. Anna and Nicos, a couple in their late forties, are waiting for Costas, the artistic director of a festival, to promote Nicos’s most recent play. Nicos is a playwright and Anna is a TV news presenter. They have been together for years, in fact, for such a long time, that they grew weary of each other. Just before Costas arrives, their eighteen-year-old son (Aris) shows up, confessing that, together with his friend, they stabbed an immigrant, revealing that both are members of an extreme right-wing group. Aris’s confessions will shake the very foundation of the family and the couple’s existence. They will soon come to realise that they have not only been alienated from one another but also from their own child. Delving into their past, they will be urged to remember where they come from in order to draw strength and face the upcoming disaster. When the couple decides on their next steps, history seems to be repeating itself. While the couple is yet again waiting for Costas, Aris shows up, confessing this time that he has just been the victim of a homophobic incident. In this second version, the couple must fight against their prejudices as well as against homophobia, to continue co-existing with Aris.
The Shooting Ground tackles issues of homophobia and racism while also dealing with relationship and existential issues, with art and its evolution over time.
Directed by: Maria Mannaridou – Karsera
Set & Costume Design: Thelma Kasoulidou
Movement director: Eva Kalomiri
Music: Savvas Chrysostomou
Lighting design: Kyriakos Shiamptanis
Light-sound operator: Raphael Adamou
Technical support: K.S. Ichotechniki Ekdilosis
Video / Editing: Yiorgos Alexandrou
Graphic design / Photography: Nicole Karsera
Cast: Christina Christofia, Haris Kkolos, Michalis Kazakas.
7 SUN 11:00 (90’)
Peripato | Maria Varnakkidou, Constantina Andreou
The Heroes’ Square interactive soundwalk offers the opportunity to the international audience of Limassol to enjoy this one-of-a-kind walk-through.
A journey across time, an imprint of memory, an experience of sound and visual images, conceived by Maria Varnakkidou and Konstantina Andreou in the framework of Rialto’s Associate Artist Residence Scheme.
In Greek and English.
12 – 20 FRI - SAT
Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2024 18+
Cyprus’ foremost film event returns for its 22nd edition in Limassol and Nicosia, curated by Artistic Directors Argyro Nicolaou and Marios Lizides. Exuding a profoundly international character, the Festival presents world-acclaimed film premieres (Viewfinder), an international (Glocal Images) and a Cypriot competition section, hands-on workshops and masterclasses, a programme for children and youth, as well as a platform for film industry professionals.
Cyprus Film Days also presents the 5th Dot on the Map Industry Days, a co-production, education, and networking platform, aiming at encouraging film collaborations and synergies between producers, directors and screenwriters from Mediterranean countries, headed by director and producer Danae Stylianou. Additionally, the festival will host another edition of Cyprus Film Days for Children and Youth, curated by its artistic director, Athena Xenidou.
Organised by: Deputy Ministry of Culture – Department of Contemporary Culture & Rialto Theatre.
All films will be screened in their original language with Greek and English subtitles. Films in the Cypriot Films Competition Section will be screened with Turkish subtitles. More Info: cyprusfilmdays.com
Tickets: €5 per screening | €30 festival pass (for all screenings).
Free entrance for students, children (Children and Youth Section), and holders of Disability Card.
23 TUE 20:30 (70’)
A music tribute to Marios Tokas
Limassol Music School
Dimitris Basis
Students and graduates of Limassol Music School present a tribute to the work of Cypriot composer Marios Tokas.
With the participation of the School’s Choir, soloists and instrumental ensemble.
Guest: Dimitris Basis
24 WED 20:30 (65’)
Events 2 - Mozart Requiem Ι Cyprus Symphony Orchestra
In the spirit of the Holy Week, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem in D minor.
To bring this sublime masterpiece to life, the orchestra is joined by a host of highly distinguished artists: prominent conductor Gregory Buchalter, sopranos Mariza Anastasiades and Margarita Elia in the mezzo-soprano part, tenor Andreas Aroditis, Czech baritone Martin Vodrážka, as well as the acclaimed Aris Choir of Limassol, under the expert guidance of its choirmaster Solon Kladas.
Journeying from pathos to mourning and redemption, this Mozart’s Requiem production promises to be a unique and soul-stirring musical experience that will resonate in everyone’s heart.
Programme:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K. 626
Mariza Anastasiades: soprano
Margarita Elia: mezzo-soprano
Andreas Aroditis: tenor
Martin Vodrážka: baritone
Aris Choir of Limassol (choirmaster: Solon Kladas)
Gregory Buchalter: conductor
Lefkosia: Thursday 25 April 2024 - Strovolos Municipal Theatre, 20:30
Information: 22 463144, www.cyso.org.cy
27 SAT 20:00 (190’)
The good person of Szechwan by Bertolt Brecht
Cyprus Theatre Organisation
In the remote Chinese province of Szechwan, the kind-hearted prostitute, Shen Teh, grapples with the contradictions of life and the daily grind in her attempt to survive. When the gods travel to Szechwan in search of kind and generous souls, only Shen Teh is willing to take them in. To thank her, they offer her money - but only on condition that she continues doing good. Shen Teh manages to buy a small tobacco shop, which is quickly overrun by dozens of her fellow citizens, all with extravagant demands. They ask her for so much, in fact, that she is forced to invent an alter ego in order to keep her shop afloat. And so she transforms herself into her antithesis, a hard-hearted “cousin”, the businessman Shui Ta. But how long will she be able to endure this split identity?
Director Kostas Silvestros immerses himself in the Brechtian universe in a production inspired by the ideals of the great writer and poet. He tells a story that resonates strongly in today's world, harnessing the energy and intensity of a diverse ensemble of experienced and younger actors, with Antonis Katsaris and Spyros Stavrinidis in the roles of the gods. The dual role of Shen Teh and Shui Ta is played by Marina Argyridou.
With English & Turkish surtitles
Translation: Anny Koltsidopoulou
Director: Kostas Silvestros
Set design: Mariza Bargilly
Costume design: Konstantina Andreou
Music: Thodoris Economou
Movement & Choreography: Panayiotis Tofi
Editing of lyrics: Stavros Stavrou
Music coach: Constantinos Andronikou
Lighting design: Georgios Koukoumas
Directing assistant: Irene Andronikou
Cast: Marina Argyridou, Giorgos Anagiotos, Giorgos Evagorou, Anthi Kasinou, Antonis Katsaris, Savvas Menoikou, Giannis Bisbikopoulos, Onisiforos Onisiforou, Spyros Stavrinidis, Penny Finiri, Marilia Haridimou, Yolanda Christodoulou, Varvara Christofi
With the participation of: Savvas Paisiou
