ONLY TRUTHS

“ONLY TRUTHS”
Spyros Sourvinos

What happens when politics, love, and death go… on air?

In a television studio preparing for the grand premiere of the new late-night show “ONLY TRUTHS”, two women — the host, Smaragda Lambraki, and the Minister for Citizen Protection, Clytemnestra Patrioti — stand face to face, just minutes before “ON AIR.”

A staged set.
Pre-recorded applause.
Notes with pre-approved questions.
Everything predictable. Everything under control.

Until two pieces of news arrive — both from the Minister’s own mouth:
(1) The massive protest is heading straight toward the TV station where the show is about to go live. The official reason? The 13th protester killed “by the gunfire of self-defending police officers.”
The real reason? (and the 2nd piece of news) The identity of tonight’s dead protester…

How much propaganda, how many certainties, how many masks and well-worn lies would a person undo upon learning that tonight’s dead protester is their own father — and that the “political” figure responsible for his death is sitting right across from them?

“ONLY TRUTHS”, the new play by Spyros Sourvinos, is a story about love and truth, faith and betrayal, utopia — and the non-existent emergency exit leading to it.
Two women trapped on a stage that’s also a cage try to navigate truth, betrayal, desire — and an audience expecting everything from them.

And as the cameras close in,
as their relationship is revealed,
as the protesters reach the building,
the talk show turns into theater —
and the theater becomes a showdown
between life and death.

A play about people who refuse to stay silent,
about loves born in the mud of (any) power,
and about truths that cannot bear the light.

“We thank Thanasis Dimitropoulos and the restaurant Honolulu Athens for their kind sponsorship.
We thank the traditional products store Tsakanikas in Kallithea for their generous sponsorship.
We warmly thank Kalli Diki and vitho creative for managing the performance’s communication on social media.”