Saturday 22.04
Amka (Live)
Keppler is Free (Live)
Bhukhurah (Live)
Veego Records (Andreas Mitrelis & Mr.Z – DJ set)
Sunday 23.04
Veslemes (Live)
Tendts (10 yrs anniversary Live)
Entropia Records (DJ set)
Needless All-Star DJs (DJ set)
A concert to support the collectives that provide aid to the quake-stricken areas of Turkey.
Dayanışma means Solidarity in Turkish.
Against the national rhetoric of hatred, the unprecedented catastrophe that both the Syrian and Turkish people face, is as much of a catastrophe for us. Our solidarity is given and essential. For this reason, on March 5th we bring our voices and music together at the space of PLYFA industrial park in a full day concert from noon to midnight to send our hyper-tectonic love to our sisters and brothers. All revenue will be distributed to the collectives that offer humanitarian help to Turkey and Syria:
– Feminist organisation Mor Dayanışma
– DIY aid at Kahramanmaraş
Kaf Komun
The concert will be live broadcasted and open for contributions via stream, and will be video recorded by Dolce Film
The performance Between 47′ is an attempt to realize the flame and the butterfly as entities that produce space and time.
The birth of the flame, the transformation of the butterfly, the attraction between them and the full opening that leads to their meeting changes even the constitution of these entities and causes cracks in their subsequent course.
The Enneapus group consists of nine members with a shared experience of being apprenticed to Masaki Iwana – Butoh dancer, teacher, filmmaker and writer – which connects and inspires its members.
Performance dates and times: March 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30 and April 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12 at 21:15.
On March 25 and 26 and April 8, double show and at 18:30.
Based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s novel “The Passions of Young Werther”, translated by Stella Nikoloudi
Play is performed in Greek.
I have a lot in me. So many. But love? Love!
I can’t fit her. I can’t hold love inside me…
On October 29, 1772, Carl Wilhelm Jerusalem committed suicide in the provincial town of Wetzlar, Germany. The young Goethe at the time is surprised and upset by the death of the one whom he smilingly called “the one in love”, when he met him wandering in the moonlight. Goethe’s unexpected connection with Jerusalem in terms of society’s contemptuous attitude towards them, the bad relationship they both had with their superiors as well as the coincidence of falling in unrequited love lead one to suicide and the other to writing the epistolary novel “The Passions of Young Werther”.
Goethe’s (1749 – 1832) youthful epistolary novel, The Passions of Young Werther, from its very first publication, in 1774, was a huge success and strongly influenced the morals of the time. He was considered a symbol of the Sturm und Drang (Storm and Rush) movement, a forerunner of the Romantic movement, and exerted a strong influence on art and philosophy. With this project he chooses to make his first public appearance, the newly formed group 400 lbs. Goethe’s hero, a young man characterized by the innocence but also the frivolity of his age, full of drive and passion, leaves the city to live in a provincial town. There he meets Lotte, who is engaged to another young man. His unrequited love for her will quickly push him away, to another city, to another life completely contrary to his nature. His conflict with the aristocracy of the city leads him to retreat back to the countryside and Lotte. With his return, the epilogue of the drama is written.
However, the performance does not focus on Werther’s suicide, which is one of the most well-known solutions in the history of literature, but on his existential anguish before this act. In his great effort to stay alive, at a time when he is on a prescribed path to death. Vertheros is a story of cruelty, a story of imposing the logic of the wider society on an infinitely sensitive man who is dying. In a confession-like narrative that faithfully follows the epistolary pattern of the novel itself, the group tries to tell this very story. Goethe writes in his memoirs: “I had lived, I had loved, I had suffered much. It would be bad if everyone didn’t go through a time in their life when it seemed to them that Vertheros was written exclusively for them.”
In today’s climate, the group 400 lbs, created by young actors – recent graduates of drama schools, is introduced to the public for the first time, with a performance that aims to have a moment of real emotional connection, an honest encounter with the viewer. The director Dimitris Charalambopoulos says about the choice of the project:
“I had already distinguished the play from my student years at the drama school. I graduated a few months before the outbreak of the pandemic. A personal experience, as well as the imprint of confinement in society and the arts, made me return to the text. Rereading Vertheros I felt I had to share this story, this emotion. What we attempt as a group comes from our deep belief that it is worth bending over the beauty and ferocity of human feeling, while everything around us says the opposite. Previous generations taught us everything but not how to feel (or at least that’s what happened to me). And on this thought I wonder: Is this struggle, with yourself, with the people around you, not a part of life? Like a baby! First you grope the world. Then you stand on your feet. Then you fall. And you get up. And again the same. And after you learn to stand, everything else comes. How else;”.
Through this solo we seek to negotiate loss as a fact of our times, as a political and social phenomenon that makes our existence a priori a condition of defeat, a condition where we have lost even our very selves.
The image that forms the starting point of the solo is a woman entering her home, while she has just been informed of a loss she has suffered. It is never clarified what is lost, what is mourned. As the solo progresses, the woman gradually experiences each of the five stages of grieving the loss (as formulated by psychologist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, which are denial, anger, bargaining, grief, and acceptance). For each stage she experiences, her realistic action transforms into a dance, while the space around her gradually deconstructs.
Ticket cost: Regular: 10 euros. Student, Unemployed, over 65, disability, “Companion” (professionals and students in the field of dance, theater, music, visual arts): 5 euros.
* Tickets can be booked by phone or email, and purchased directly at the theater, from 8pm until the start of the performance, on the days of the performance.
*Reservations, contact details: +30 6937179947, [email protected]
The project is implemented with the financial sponsorship of the Ministry of Education and Culture 2020, as a dance project.
Other collaborators: Psychotherapist Christos Karapiperis under whose supervision the physical research workshop on the subject of Loss was also held with the participation of A-year students of the Drama School of DIPETHE Patras, Paulina Yontsari, Thanos Triantafillou, Stavros Papadopoulos, Thanos Dimopoulos, Katerina Papandreou, Marialena Skaroni.
Warm thanks to: Christina Spiliotopoulou, Georgia Lebesi, Irini Apostolatu, Magda Korpi, Saltimbagos, Nikos Garozis, Costas Gougas, Savva Stroumbo, Parthenopi Bouzouri, Mavoli Peppa, Maria Kartavou, Sofia Mavridi.
The politically sharp and highly topical work of Edouard Louis, “Who Killed My Father”, returns to PLYFA with a new cycle of performances, from March 9 to April 2. The performance of the Little Things Orchestra directed by Christos Theodoridis, which reminded us how personal politics is, comes back at a critical moment for the entire artistic world, the who continues to fight against a political decision, PD 85/2022, which is not a “matter of aesthetics” but a “matter of life and death”.
This play is performed in Greek.
The album “Lucid Dream” describes the dream world of a noma. The psychedelic hues of a futuristic metropolis where rhythms change and nothing stays the same for long, are mixed with the dreams of the prefect from a trip to a parallel world full of
tropical islands.
The official first live presentation of the album “Lucid Dream” will take place on Friday, March 3 at PLYFA. The melodic vein of Yiannis Cassetas is well known, as well as his comfort in supporting his melodies with inventive harmony. We meet both of these elements here, as well as a group of experienced and renowned musicians of the Greek jazz community who give
their best selves.
Stella will perform at PLYFA on Saturday, March 4, 2023, in her first long-awaited concert in Athens after the release of her fourth personal album “Up and Away” and after has completed her European tour, which starts on January 15th, with stops in Germany, France and the Netherlands.
The album “Up and Away” was recorded between London and Athens with the English producer Redinho and released in June 2022 on the historic American label Sub Pop! (Record umbrella of Beach House, Fleet Foxes, Father John Misty, Iron & Wine, Washed Out, Weyes Blood among many others).
Known for her “catchy” melodies, with a continuous upward trajectory, rich in collaborations, concerts and festival appearances in Europe and America, following her first international release, with “The Break” (2020) on Canadian Arbutus Records ( TOPS, Sean Nicholas Savage, Grimes, et al.), and with the promising turn in her sound, Stella is now considered one of the most interesting names in the wider indie-pop international scene.
The concert opens with Westerman – born in South London and now a permanent resident of Athens – who was loved by Perfume Genius for his energetic yet mellow alt-pop.
For the second year we are joining forces with friends and partners to create an all-day special event.
Our family members are working hard to make this night special, with fantastic entries, mixing different art platforms that express us!
Live music, Dj sets, Beat sets, Live graffiti & Visual art, merch and vinyls and lots of friends!
LIVE ACTS
CosLee
Combining his great love for guitar and rap, coslee creates a uniquely fresh mix of his favorite genres: conscious hip-hop, lo-fi, jazz/blues. By his side are his super-talented friends and collaborators: Panagiotis Kostopoulos, Iasonas Oikonomou and Kostas Kalatzis.
Bhukhurah
Christos Bekiris aka bhukhurah is an artist / producer based in Athens. Genre bending, a mix of neo-psychedelia, bedroom pop and elements from the entire spectrum of hip hop, filtered through his own perspective.
Working towards his first release, he presents his live performances as a duo, with drummer Pantelis Karasevdas. Their shows are dynamic, interactive, awesomely dreamy and definitely very… cute!
Bangies
The Bangies are a 5-piece Greek hip-hop band that doesn’t sound like a Greek hip-hop band. Neo-soul, funk, jazz and dub are the foundations of their sound and approach. Visual art, physical and electronic instruments, rap, melody and dance beats make up the live experience. Having released their latest work “HOME”, the group has prepared a special audiovisual show!
Spinball will perform at ΠΛΥΦΑ on Sunday, February 12th, 2023 in a live presentation of their third album “Glow” which was recently released on vinyl. They will be joined by Circus Caravan as guests in this presentation.
After a three-year absence, Spinball return to the stage to perform live “Glow” released in autumn 2022 on vinyl by B-Otherside records. In fact, this is the first time the band will play the album’s tracks live since the album’s recordings were completed in June 2021.
Floating in alternative-indie mood, with the psychedelic sound on a lot of parts of the album, the band from the suburbs of Athens is currently in its most conscious phase. The dynamic live performances of Spinball are one of the band’s main characteristics, as well as the choice of alternative venues for their implementation.
Circus Caravan, an alternative rock band from Athens, will perform as an acoustic trio. The band’s first album entitled “Scattered Sketches” was released on May 14th, 2020. A characteristic of the band is that they can change musical style, but with simplicity they keep their character always moving in the context of the alternative sound.