THREE SISTERS (BETTER DAYS WILL COME)

Three Sisters (better days will come)
by Eirini Lamprinopoulou & Danae-Arsenia Filidou
Directed by: Eirini Lamprinopoulou

Somewhere out there, there is surely something better. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid of anything.

Three Sisters (better days will come) is a contemporary Greek adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s play of the same name, shedding light—through sharp humor and sensitivity—on the fractures within the Greek family. Prompted by an inheritance issue, questions emerge around memory, loss, and the separation from the first home. What does family mean? How do we deal with unfulfilled dreams? And what is the “Moscow” we continue to seek today?

It’s strange, really—how time passes. On a day like today, exactly a year ago, father died. And now here we are. One year later. In exactly the same house.

Olga, Maria, and Eirini return to Kefalonia one year after their father’s death. Their decision to sell the family home—a space filled with memories, traces of childhood, and familial illusions—brings them back together after eight years, during which each has followed a different life path in Athens. As they wait for prospective buyers, they are forced to coexist in a house that functions as a living archive: old conflicts resurface, unfinished conversations return, and personal choices are once again called into question. Their balance is tested and their certainties collapse, as each of them is compelled to redefine what she has left behind and what she still claims.

The performance is directed and dramaturgically co-signed by Eirini Lamprinopoulou, who, for the first time, also moves into playwriting, continuing her stage research on female identity, power, and the mechanisms of the family as a field of conflict and redefinition.

The performance Three Sisters (better days will come) was presented under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture’s program “All of Greece, One Culture,” at the Castle of Agios Georgios in Kefalonia, leaving a strong impression on audiences.

Duration: 80 minutes (no intermission)
Suitable for ages: 13+