Event Category: Theater

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An improvisational performance by the Improvvomen group!

13 women, of different ages, personalities, and sometimes even ideas, live, survive, rejoice, and grieve in the same play. Sometimes as spectators and other times as protagonists.

Before the audience’s eyes, an improvisational performance unfolds without a script. Inspired by everyday moments and shaped by audience input, it tackles—with humor, or sometimes not—issues that affect us all, positively or negatively.

“How beautiful are you?”/ “Do you know how much your smile lifts my spirits?”/ “When will you get married?”/ “Still no kids yet?”/ “Have you gained weight?”

Their shared experiences and concerns unite them in a life that creates its own performances and representations. All so different, yet so similar!

Are groups a refuge? Is togetherness possible? Can society change by respecting differences? Can it really happen?

Duration: 60–70 minutes

Little Things Orchestra presents for the first time in Greece

“The Conference on Iran”

by Ivan Vyrypaev
Directed by Christos Theodoridis

Following the successful productions of Who Killed My Father by Edouard Louis, which ran for two seasons at PLYFA and Proskenio Theater, earning the 2022/23 “Karolos Koun” Theater and Music Critics Award for International Theatrical Repertoire and the 3rd Directing Award at the 9th All4fun Audience Theater Awards 2023, as well as To Those Who Listen to Me by Loula Anagnostaki, produced by the National Theatre of Northern Greece and staged with great success in Thessaloniki and Athens (Spyros Evangelatos Amphitheater, in collaboration with the cultural organization “Lykofos”), Little Things Orchestra now presents the Greek premiere of Ivan Vyrypaev’s The Conference on Iran, directed by Christos Theodoridis.

Written in 2018 and set in Denmark—the country known for having the happiest people in the world—Vyrypaev’s play takes us to a conference hall at the University of Copenhagen, where nine members of the intellectual elite gather to discuss the complex “Iranian Question” and the conflict between East and West. However, The Conference on Iran soon transforms into The Conference on Us, sparking a clash of ideas about the universe, human existence, and the eternal question of life’s meaning.

“So, what should I do?”
“What we all do—cry and love.”

Through a “feverish” dialogue that shifts from philosophy to science and from conservative to progressive thought, Vyrypaev’s play explores the deeper causes of humanity’s current state, linking the “political” to the “personal” while emphasizing the irreplaceable void left by the absence of communication and love.

“Honestly, I couldn’t quite figure it out. Why do I live?”

What does it mean to live?
Is there an answer to this timeless question?

Little Things Orchestra invites the audience to a performance-conference, where they will encounter nine speakers grappling with their understanding of the world around them, only to confront the universe within themselves.

Performance Dates:

• December 28 & 29, 2024 (Saturday & Sunday at 20:30)
• January 4 – 28, 2025 (Every Saturday, Monday, Tuesday at 20:30; Sunday at 20:00)
• February 1 & 2, 2025 (Saturday at 20:30; Sunday at 20:00)

Duration: 120 minutes (with intermission)

The production is supported by the Ministry of Culture.

Growth
By Luke Norris
Directed by Jamie Bradley
A FONACT production

A dark comedy about fragile masculinity and testicular cancer.

That?

Yeah.

It’s a lump in a bag of lumps. 

I mean, it’s normal.

Tobes has found a lump. And it’s getting bigger.

As it grows, so must he, in ways he never thought he’d have to…

Performed in English with Greek surtitles

Running Time: 90 mins

An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books

A… Paper Tiger by Ison Theatrical Projects

With a powerful theatrical play—a punch in the gut—the newly established production company “Ison” introduces itself to the theater scene.

Paper Tiger, written by Paraskevi Anevlavi and based on the true story of Carl Panzram, which shocked America in the 1920s, aims to shed light on the social factors that perpetuate violence, as well as the dark instincts embedded within human nature. The play sketches the psyche of the perpetrator, marked by cruelty and raw violence, shaped by traumatic childhood experiences that transform him into a serial killer in his adult life.

Are you ready to listen?

Two prisoners.

An interrogator.

One big secret.

The serial killer Carl is captured and confesses his horrific acts to the interrogator Alexander with intense passion and no fear. “I only regret two things. I regret hurting some animals during my life, and that I can’t kill the whole damned human race.”

In prison, he befriends his fellow inmate, Peter, sharing personal experiences and stories. However, at the final hour, a revelation emerges that changes everything.

“Unless you turn and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”

Suitable for ages 16 and over.

MATCH
B.p.m. theater group & Danae Liodaki

Following the success of their play “Those You Didn’t Catch in Time,” the B.p.m. theater group presents the new theatrical work by Danae Liodaki, “Match.” This dark comedy about the end of love explores romantic relationships with humor and sensitivity, asking the question: how can love overcome obstacles such as individualism, consumerism, and the uncertainty of endless choices to survive in a society that seems to be against it?

“Match” follows the tragic story of Elle, the last romantic, the last woman who believed in love—and who paid a high price for it. Elle tries to find love through technology, using the dating apps we all know. When this search proves disappointing, she doesn’t give up. Instead, with the help of two close friends, she decides to create her own dating app to fight for the survival of romance in the modern era. But things don’t go as planned.

Danae Liodaki continues to tackle contemporary social issues with a humorous and fresh perspective. This original, modern play, “Match,” soon to be published by Kapa Publishing, invites us to see the political dimension of romantic relationships today. In an era where love becomes increasingly challenging, Elle and her friends call on us to reinvent love in all its forms, insisting: “Resist the disenchantment of life with us! Resist the end of love with us!”

The production is supported financially by the Ministry of Culture.

Performances
Starting November 28 at DIPETHE Kavala
Starting December 19 at PLYFA

PLITS PLATS PLOUTS
A Cocktail on the House from Tourism Workers

For most children, summer is the most carefree time of the year. For adults, however, the summer season is a serious matter that requires planning, organization, and money. For some professionals, summer is synonymous with work. Even in exhausting conditions, workers have to hide their fatigue so as not to affect the mood of vacationers, while travelers spend their money on holidays, hoping they will find compensation for the disappointments and fatigue of an entire year.

On stage, the spotlight shines on what usually remains in the shadows of summer: the thoughts that tour guides don’t share with tourists, the staff conversations in kitchen corners, and the provided 20-square-meter rooms that host not only the four waitstaff but also 23 cockroaches.

Are we all equal under the sun, or do we carry our social inequalities along with our luggage to tourist resorts?

After their debut performance, “Wanna Bet? A Show About Gambling in Greece,” Who Am I To returns with their new production, “PLITS PLATS PLOUTS, A Cocktail on the House from Tourism Workers.” Continuing their exploration of form and content, they now tackle the current and pressing issue of tourism, attempting to connect with the present day through the theatrical style of meta-revue.

Cast Rotation: Featuring Alexandra Rouvela (performing on 25/11, 26/11, 2/12, 3/12) and Katerina Kristo (performing on 9/12, 10/12, 23/12, 24/12, 30/12).

The performance was first presented in the program “All of Greece One Culture” by the Ministry of Culture in the summer of 2024.

Duration: 70 minutes

Roberto Zucco, by Bernard-Marie Koltès

The iconic work of Bernard-Marie Koltès, “Roberto Zucco,” is coming under the direction of Michalis Sionas and produced by MONKS Theater Company.

“It’s not the first time I’ve been inspired by what we call a police report incident, but this is not such an incident.”
(Bernard-Marie Koltès)

Inspired by the true story of the young Roberto Succo, who by the age of 25 had already killed his parents and embarked on a series of hostage-takings and murders, with his true motive remaining unknown—perhaps even mysterious—Bernard-Marie Koltès creates a crime and psychological thriller that often dips its toes into dark comedy.

Zucco escapes from prison and confronts us with the pathologies and contradictions of the modern Western world—the violence that dominates homes, squares, parks, police-monitored gatherings, marginalized ghettos, and stadiums.

Five actors and one musician on stage create a dystopian setting, depicting the vicious cycle of aggression, the lack of prospects for young people, and the questioning of our traditional institutions: family, society, politics, and the police.

Director’s note:
Roberto Zucco. A young man who, to endure society’s indifference, becomes violent towards it. Which means he becomes violent toward that which defines society—the human being.

Duration: 100 minutes

Age Rating: 12+

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Τον αφανισμό

Τον σπαραγμό

Το πένθος

Την πίστη

Για εσένα

Που έφυγες

Και για σένα

Που ήρθες

Για το χαρτί που σκίζεται

Για όλη την οικογένεια

Για το βραδάκι στις 21.00

Για την αυλή στο ΠΛΥΦΑ

Για το σύγχρονο θέατρο

(Για την σύγχρονη τέχνη)

Και για τον σύγχρονο άνθρωπο

Για το Καλοκαιράκι που πέρασε

Για την Αθήνα μας

Για τον πολιτισμό

Και για την Ελλάδα ολόκληρη

‘’Θάνατος στον χειμώνα

Θάνατος στον θάνατο‘’

Με αφορμή τις Βάκχες του Ευριπίδη και τον Σπαραγμό της Μαργαρίτας Λυμπεράκη, πέντε επι σκηνής πρόσωπα θα επιχειρήσουν να συντηρήσουν έναν κόσμο φτιαγμένο από χαρτί. Η παράσταση θα προσπαθήσει να αφηγηθεί την ιστορία του μυθικού βασιλιά Πενθέα ή αλλιώς εκείνου που εμείς ονομάζουμε – “ο άνθρωπος των θλίψεων’’.

The princess of Troy and widow of the mythical Hector arrives in Greece uprooted, after the end of the Trojan War and the annihilation of her loved ones. She follows Achilles’ son Pyrrhus as his captive and mistress. After the murder of Pyrrhus by Orestes, Andromache surrenders to his brother Hector, to finally take refuge in Epirus, the only “inhabitant” of an artificial Trojan landscape.

A modern female monologue of realization, about the fate of the refugee and the agony of finding a new identity. “How can you forget?” Andromache as a rebel against oblivion, will communicate the heartbreaks from the depths of time through the universal language, art.

Experience the Myth. Through an experience crafted by DarkPlay Theatre.
:|: “Farewell, Cretans, and you, my homeland, sweet land of Zeus, sun-drenched…” Euripides (The Cretans)

An immersive, bilingual journey in Greek, English, and Ancient Greek.
Inspired by the Minotaur and the Labyrinth.
Love, power, and myth collide in this reimagined ancient tale.

The Performance

Brutal conflicts, forbidden love, and the struggle for power play out in a shocking, risk-taking, and sprawling meditation on the classic mythos.
A story drawn from fragments of Euripides, Ovid, Pindar, the true and mythical history of Crete, and the cultural legacy of the maze and the monster.
Every art form and archetype is here: live theatre, dance, and multimedia performed in English, Greek, and Ancient Greek.
Profound and provocative stories you thought you knew, re-imagined and told through ritual, sensation, and transformation.
Enter a sensual, violent, unpredictable world unlike anything you will find on stages or screens.

What You Need to Know:

Age 18+ Only: This show is intense. Darkness, loud music, bright lights, and direct interaction with actors. You’ll be on your feet, moving, and maybe even wearing a mask.
You Are Part of the Performance: From the moment you step into the space, you’re in the story.
No Phones, No Recording: Leave your devices behind. This is a world you can’t capture—only live.

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