Prometheus Bound: August 9 at the 8th Andros International Festival

09 August 2022

Aeschylus

Prometheus Bound

"The future does not belong to violence. The future does not belong to power.
Logic is the future..."

Open Theater of Chora

Tuesday, August 9, 2022, time 21:00

After an exciting tour with thirty-three performances that were seen by more than 50,000 spectators throughout Greece and three triumphant sold out performances at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus, the Poreia Theater in collaboration with the DIPETHE of Crete present for the second consecutive summer season Prometheus Desmotis , by Aeschylus, translated by Giorgos Blanas and directed by Ari Biniaris. The performance is presented on Tuesday, August 9 at 9:00 p.m., at the Open Theater of Chora, as part of the 8th International Andros Festival

In the tragedy, Aeschylus deals with the resistance of Prometheus, chained in the Caucasus, to submit to the will of the "merciless" Zeus. It is a heartbreaking plea of the suffering God for man. A single invocation, with continuous escalation from beginning to end, for man. An unstoppable struggle against the power of power…

In an excellent cast, among others, the role of Prometheus is performed by Yiannis Stankoglou , the role of Ocean by Alekos Syssovitis and the role of Mercury by Ioannis Papazisis .

Director Aris Biniaris notes: In "Prometheus Bound", the conception, the structure, the processing of the myth, have as their center the figure of the suffering god-prophet who stands up, for man, against the totalitarian mechanism of a tyrant. The show is a simultaneous theatrical and musical event. The actors draw information from the rhythmicity of the text and metabolise, with the body and the voice, in theatrical action, the sound and rhythm of the poetic speech. Using music as a vehicle, they create a dynamic representation platform and highlight emotional charges from the field of ancient tragedy. Choral parts, melodies and dynamic rhythms, create a pulsating and lively sound environment, through which the faces of an old but always current story emerge.

CONTRIBUTORS

Translation: Giorgos Blanas
Direction: Aris Biniaris
Music Composition Fotis Siotas
Sets: Magdaleni Avgerinou
Costumes: Vasiliki Sirma
Lighting Design: Alekos Anastasiou
Motion Editing – Choreography: Evi Oikonomou
Dramaturgy Consultant: Elena Triantaphyllopoulou
Metrical Analysis of Prototype: Kaina Diamantakou
Research Assistant: Director's assistant: Dora Xagorari
Set designer's assistant: Xenia Papatriantafillou
Costume designer's assistant: Alexandros Garnavos
Lighting assistant: Nausika Christodoulakou
Special constructions - sculpture: Dimitra Kaisari
Make-up editor: Evi Zafeiropoulou

Production Direction: Stella Giovani

Production Organization and Execution: Vasileia Taskou, Anna Pasparaki

CAST
Prometheus: Yannis Stankoglou
Kratos: Aris Biniaris
Violent/ Follower of the Ocean & Mercury: Konstantinos Georgalis
Hephaestus / Follower of the Ocean & Mercury: David Maltese
Ocean: Alekos Syssovitis
Io: Nancy Boukli
Mercury: Ioannis Papazisis
Katina Followers Digeria Kritours and Vimatis:

Dance:
Dimitra Vetta
Eleni Vlachou
Fiona Georgiadis
Katerina Dimati
Dafni Kiourktsoglou
Dafni Nikitaki
Grigoria Metheniti
Alexia Sapranidou
Thalia Stamatelou

Musician on stage
Stamatis Fousekis

Duration: 70 minutes

Ticket Prices: Regular: 20 euros
Discounted tickets: student, youth (under 22), unemployed, disabled: 15 euros