EMERGENCY EXIT
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| Omada 33 | July 2012 | Emergency Exit Despina Mallli, Maria Derebe, Faidra Hadjikostantis, Evropi Thomopoulou |
Emergency Exit is a performance dedicated to those who stood before the Emergency Exit with the certainty of despair or the hope of salvation. The stories in Emergency Exit are based on three classic plays, selected and adapted to focus on the moment when one is standing in front of the emergency exit confronted with the dilemma to stay or leave.
With the "Emergency Exit" Omada 33 wants to deal with what troubles us nowadays in Greece. But sometimes the only way to tell your own story is through the stories of others. It is their words, their country, their dreams torn to pieces - not your own; sometimes it is just more easy or at least less painful. This is why Omada33 chose texts which can give voice to what we think and feel today in Greece.
In the core of the Emergency Exit lie three theatrical plays and respective characters who can voice our own thoughts and fears as well as different aspects of us. Namely, Nora from "Dollhouse" by Ibsen, Judith from the "Jewish Wife" by Brecht and Olya and Irina from the "Three Sisters" by Chekhov.
Each of us can recognize the dilemma we are facing now and confront the decision of leaving from what each of us considers "home" - our house, our country, our loved ones, our own life.
DIE HEIMAT
Based on the play Heimat by Hermann SudermannAdapted by Evropi Thomopoulou
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| Omada 33 | March 2014 | Die Heimat Faidra Hadjikostantis, Evropi Thomopoulou Lyssandros Spetsieris, Despina Malli |
"Heimat is your land, your home, your people. It is your roots, your language, your childhood. All the special aspects of your homeland.” Coming back to her family after ten years, a woman faces the conservative society of her homeland and is dragged into a relentless game of power and submission.
Based on the play "Heimat" (also known as "Magda") by Hermann Sudermann, the performance "Die Heimat" focuses on the increasing conservatism nowadays, aiming at highlighting the dynamic relationship between fanaticism, personal responsibility and neutrality. The play is written for one actor and one actress plus one mask. It comprises also texts by Dante Alighieri (Inferno, Divina Commedia) and Franz Kafka (Brief an den Vater).
Concept, adaptation & direction: Evropi Thomopoulou | Cast: Despina Malli, Lyssandros Spetsieris,Faidra Chantzikostanti | Μusic: Vangelis Latos | Assistant Director: Giannis Kourbanis | Collaborators: Maria Derembe, Afroditi Primikyri, Tania Riccio | Communication Manager: Evangelia Skrobola | Photos: Christos Katsinas | Graphic Designer: Sofia Adam
After submitting a proposal regarding "Heimat" in the Contest about "Theatre of the Ideas", which focused on selected authors, Omada 33 was selected to take part in the Festival Theatrical Compositions 2013/14 and was presented in March - April 2014 in Theatre Beton7. The performance is also presented in Theatre 104 in April - May 2014
Inspired by the performance “Die Heimat„
In the context of the performance Die Heimat, Omada 33 presented also the photo exhibition Ruins by Christos Katsina. It features abandoned houses,which unveil signs of time deterioration, neglect and silence. Although these images transpire a sense of decay or loss – personal or social – at the same time they disclose memories of colours, scents, sounds and habits, which lived in these abandoned places once upon a time.
In the context of the performance Die Heimat, Omada 33 presented also the photo exhibition Ruins by Christos Katsina. It features abandoned houses,which unveil signs of time deterioration, neglect and silence. Although these images transpire a sense of decay or loss – personal or social – at the same time they disclose memories of colours, scents, sounds and habits, which lived in these abandoned places once upon a time.
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