WHO KILLED MY FATHER

“Who Killed My Father” by Édouard Louis
by the Little Things Orchestra
Directed by Christos Theodoridis

After the great success it achieved in the 2022–2023 season, when it premiered in Greece, the sharp and provocative work by Édouard Louis, Who Killed My Father, produced by the Little Things Orchestra and directed by Christos Theodoridis, returns to PLYFA with a new run of performances from November 15, 2025 through January 25, 2026.

“Papa, look, look, look!”

The autobiographical Who Killed My Father is Édouard Louis’s third book, published in 2018 (in Greece in 2020 by Antipodes Editions), and tells the story of his father’s life through the painful relationship they shared — in a dynamic of violence for both — because “the father is deprived of the ability to narrate his own life and the son would like an answer that he will never receive.” But beyond being a deeply personal and harrowing confession, through which the author attempts to re-approach, understand, and finally forgive his father, the work is also an unrelenting “indictment” of those “who escape shame through oblivion,” of governments and dominant politics which for those who have is a matter of aesthetics, while for those who don’t is a matter of life and death.

“We are what we didn’t do, because the world or society prevented us.”

Two ever-energetic actors on stage, Giorgos Kissandrakis and Dionysis (Denis) Makris, begin the story in the here and now, borrow the perspective of people who lived it, enter the incidents and attempt to reconstruct the images, traveling through memories of what happened, what did not happen, and what could have happened. Diving into memories, they confront the need for acceptance, sexuality and violence, the particular that becomes universal, the personal that leads to the social, and the political that concerns us personally — because the need for justice and equality in society is more urgent than ever.

“[…] nothing was violent anymore, because you did not call violence ‘violence,’ you called it life, you didn’t name it, it was there, it was.”

WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE

“This is, indisputably, a worthy — and rare — specimen of a combative contemporary theatre that articulates an opinion and position, and functions holistically, aware that art is also politics.” — Tonia Karaoglou, Athinorama

“A fertile moment where the individual weaves with the collective and culminates in a dynamic festival-level performance.” — Stella Harami, Monopoli

“This performance constitutes a rare example of political theatre […] a solid revolution. Because theatre must take a political stance and speak even with names.” — Georgia Oikonomou, News247

“To experience dramatically a story that occurred years ago, in another country, as though it concerns you personally, is an achievement. […] Louis must surely be very proud of this production.” — Nora Ralli, Efimerida ton Syntakton

“What the Little Things Orchestra offers us with ‘Who Killed My Father’ is significant because it comes at the right moment and in the right way: with admirable balance combining the distance required by political theatre with the emotion inevitably stirred by its thematic. A superb collaborative work, with all the contributors worthy of praise. We need such performances.” — Giorgos Voudiklaris, elculture.gr

“Giorgos Kissandrakis and Denis Makris captivate in this unbridled acting recital, ‘entering’ almost instantaneously all the roles and characters, standing beside and at the same time across from them. A proposal. An achievement. And finally, a truly fresh and new Theatre.” — Kostas Zisis, Fragile

“Alternating the father-son roles and frequently intervening with the ‘voices’ of the other involved characters, the two performers mesmerize the audience: the credit for this is shared, of course, with Christos Theodoridis.” — Nikos Xenios, Bookpress.gr

“A masterful production that audiences rarely have the opportunity to see in the theatre.” — Tonia Tsamouri, CultureNow

“Christos Theodoridis delivers a lesson in direction. With work that is not just inspired but opens new paths in the presentation of non-theatrical texts.” — Giota Dimitriadou, Viewtag.gr

“The Little Things Orchestra’s production addresses an international audience, speaks to the spectator’s heart, and says the things that heal human relationships and interrupt violence.” — Naya Papapanou, Boem Radio

“This is a performance that deeply moves the viewer, a production not simply emotional but heartbreaking, one we will carry within us for years and hope will continue being staged for many years. It is a performance to which, as spectators, we feel profound gratitude.” — Loukia Mitsakou, TheaterProject365

The performance is subsidized by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.

Duration: 95′