MUNICIPAL THEATRE OF PIRAEUS
DIMITRIS RONDIRIS MAIN STAGE
“To Aivali i Patrida Mou” (“Aivali, My Homeland”)
a theatrical narration based on the book by Fotis Kontoglou
Haris Alexiou – Olia Lazaridou
9–24 SEPTEMBER
for a limited run
To mark the centenary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus presents Fotis Kontoglou’s text “To Aivali i Patrida Mou”, in a staged theatrical presentation with Haris Alexiou and Olia Lazaridou, on the Main Stage of the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus, from Friday 9 September for a limited run (until 24 September).
The performance of To Aivali i Patrida Mou opens PIRAEUS ARTPORT II an event organised by the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus, which runs from 9 September to 4 October.
The painter and poet Fotis Kontoglou (1895–1965), a leading figure of the Generation of the ’30s, recalls and records people’s testimonies and stories from his native land, Aivali (Ayvalık) – the place where he was born and lived until the age of 17. Through his highly personal language he seeks an authentic Greekness, and through his words and style he lets slip a deep sigh for those dark years of the Persecution and the Catastrophe.
“In the lands of the East there lies a strait, enclosed all around
as though it were a world set apart from the other world…
over there lies a realm of the imagination, full of peace and gladness…
everything is small and finely drawn, as if painted with a brush…
In a word, everything seems like make-believe toys of the imagination, for it is all so beautiful
and such joy does one feel on entering this place
that, were one to say paradise could be no lovelier, one would be telling no lie”
Fotis Kontoglou
The performance is based on excerpts from Fotis Kontoglou’s “Aivali, My Homeland”.
The work – in the form of a staged reading – was devised by Olia Lazaridou, Amalia Moutousi and Dafni Rokou and first presented in 2018 to raise funds for the Galilee palliative care unit.
MUNICIPAL THEATRE OF PIRAEUS
DIMITRIS RONDIRIS MAIN STAGE
PIRAEUS ARTPORT II
“To Aivali i Patrida Mou” (“Aivali, My Homeland”)
a theatrical narration based on the book by Fotis Kontoglou
9–24 September
for 14 performances
Cast: Haris Alexiou and Olia Lazaridou.
Director: Olia Lazaridou
Music supervision: Andreas Katsigiannis
Sets: Dafni Rokou – Magdalini Avgerinou
Costumes: Eva Nathena
Lighting: Nikos Vlasopoulos
Assistant director: Danai Roussou
With members of the Estudiantina of Nea Ionia orchestra, conducted by Andreas Katsigiannis.
Santouri: Andreas Katsigiannis – Stavroula Spanou
Violin: Sotiris Margonis – Dimitris Stefopoulos
Oud: Georgios Pappas – Haris Triantafyllidis
Guitar: Theodosis Sykiotis
Performance dates and times:
09.09 – 24.09.22 (except 11 & 19.09)
Start time:
20:30
Running time:
70 minutes
Advance tickets:
https://www.ticketservices.gr/event/to–aivali–i–patrida–mou–xaris–alexiou–olia–lazaridou/?lang=el
MUNICIPAL THEATRE OF PIRAEUS
32 Iroon Polytechniou St
Piraeus
www.dithepi.gr
TICKET PRICES
Premium seats: €20
Zone A: €15
Concessions: €12 (*)
(*) concessions apply to students, people with disabilities and those over 65
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