Karaiskakis: The misunderstood hero

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Title

Creator

Creatists

Spatial Coverage

Athens See all items with this value Athens->Searchculture.gr

Irakleio See all items with this value Irakleio->Searchculture.gr

Kranidi See all items with this value Kranidi->Searchculture.gr

Subject - keywords

Heroes

Karaϊskakis Georgios See all items with this value Karaϊskakis Georgios -> Searchculture.gr

Date

25 July 2021

12 August 2021

23 September 2021

5 January 2022

12 January 2022

19 January 2022

26 January 2022

2 February 2022

9 February 2022

20 August 2021

28 August 2021

Date Issued

2021

Abstract

The play concerns the life and work of Georgios Karaiskakis, a pioneer of the Greek Revolution. The peculiarity of the work is that the main character, Karaiskakis, is presented in writing without any mood of beautification and heroisation, but his approach is based on sociological and psychological elements, a result of months of research on his face, which gave the project the opportunity to include scenes that bring to life real events with the originality of the dialogues written in the spoken language of the revolution. The play collaborates with other arts besides acting, which in complete agreement with the direction of Manos Antonios balances between symbolism and realism. From the form of the narrator in the work is created the character “Karaiskakis” who sometimes as “angel” and sometimes as “ devil” combines black and white, light and darkness. The direction analyses the second and third semantic levels of the work, without standing on a superficial form of the hero, but traveling the viewer from 1821 until today through semantic concepts and atmospheric lighting. The music and songs of the show are signed by the internationally renowned accordion musician and soloist Zoi Tiganouria.

(Edited and translated description from Ticket Services website)