Acharnis (2020)
Choreography based on music for 23 performers.

Description:
The first surviving comedy by Aristophanes Acharnes (425 BC).

We are in the sixth year of the Peloponnesian War. The farmer Dikaiopolis, disappointed by the indecision of his fellow citizens to make peace with Sparta, takes the initiative and frees himself and his family from the sufferings of war. Determined to enjoy what he was deprived of, to celebrate life and reap the fruits of peace, he goes all the way to expose the selfishness and vileness, and open the eyes of those who have been blinded by arrogance, false pride and the demagogic rhetoric.

The specific comedy raises concerns, criticizes harshly any attitude or crisis that is directed against the state of democracy and the interest of many, and, finally, offers the audience plenty of laughter.

The director Varnavas Kyriazis, having at his side a large cast of actors and creative staff sets up a show that is eminently aristocratic, with all the ingredients of a popular celebration, a noisy Dionysian festival that smells of earth and wine, a feast reaching the cleansing of ecstasy.

 Credits:
Translation: Leonidas Zenakos
Directed by: Varnavas Kyriazis
Music: Costas Kakogiannis
Set Design: George Giannou
Costume Design: Elena Katsouri
Choreography: Panayiotis Tofi
Song Lyrics/Additional Text: Pampos Kouzalis
Lighting Design: George Koukoumas
Assistant Director: Andreas Araouzos
Special Constructions: Monica Hadjivassiliou
Assistant Set Designer: Rea Olympiou
Assistant Costume Designer: Iphigenia Abraham

Musicians on stage:
Costas Kakogiannis, Veronika Aloneftou, Jonathan Betito, Charalambos Panteli

Cast:
Andreas Tsouris in the role of Dikaiopolis
Harris Attonis, Vassilis Vasilakis, Evros Vassiliou, Thanasis Drakopoulos, Thanasis Ioannou, Costas Kazakas, Markos Kallis, Giannis Karaoulis, Harris Kkolos, Valentinos Kokkinos, Diomidis Kofteros, Andreas Makris, Panos Makris. Erodotos Miltiades, Giannis Minos, Michalis Moustakas, Alexandros Parisis, Andreas Tselepos, Vassilis Charalambous.
Child/Singer: Georgia Neokleous
Participants: David Anastasiou, Pygmalion Neokleous, Maria Chrysostomou

Events/Venue:
Makarios III Amphitheatre, Nicosia
Municipal Garden Theatre, Limassol
Pattihio Municipal Amphitheatre, Larnaca
Municipal Amphitheatre, Derinia