Set design ‘A rose is a rose’ @Athens Epidaurus Festival
30th June - 3rd July 2023
photo credits Karol Jarek
documentation by Katerina Moschou
documentation by Katerina Moschou
documentation by Katerina Moschou
photo credits Karol Jarek
documentation by Katerina Moschou
documentation by Katerina Moschou
A rose is a rose by Katerina Louvari Fasoi
How easy is it to be different? To think differently? When do the limits
of being different collide with the limits of tolerance and social
cohesion? Dionysia, the heroine of this original play by Katerina
Louvari Fasoi, lives in an old house, the cats in her yard being her
only company. She sings and dreams, wears colourful clothes, opens her
home to strangers and locals alike, and is subjected to their hatred and
mockery.
Inspired by the true story of Dimitra from Skala Sykamias in Lesbos,
which shocked Greece, and guided by Martin Luther King Jr.’s book Strength to Love,
the play addresses the brutality and blindness of humans. Similar to
Christ, who, while crucified, gave us a lesson with the phrase “Father,
forgive them, for they know not what they are doing”, Dionysia prays in
her deathbed about the salvation of her soul and those of the teenagers
who became her executioners. She will almost be relieved to welcome her
death, believing in the power of forgiveness and the eternal kindness of
humans. A moving, thought-provoking performance asking us to question
any type of prejudice leading to the extermination of anything
different.
Pantelis Dentakis will direct the performance and Christos Stergioglou will portray the lead character.
The title phrase is heard from the lips of Dimitra of Lesvos in the documentary by Tzeli Hadjidimitriou, Mr. Dimitris and Mrs. Dimitroula (2019).
Directed by Pantelis Dentakis
Movement Cecile Mikroutsikou
Costume design Kiki Grammatikopoulou
Set design Nikos Dentakis, Katerina Moschou
Lighting design – Video – Photos Apostolis Koutsianikoulis
Music Nikos Kypourgos
Sound design Kostas Lolos
Assistant to the director Katerina Louvari Fasoi
Executive production Neos Kosmos LP / Marina Gavriilidou, Nikos Symeonakis
Cast Christos Stergioglou, Giannis Papadopoulos, Thanasis Kromlidis, Vasilis Darmas, Yannis Series
Sound recording Miltiadis Papastamou violin, Kostas Lolos cello, Percussion, Nikos Kipourgos piano