What does "restoring justice" mean? Is it possible to live with the consequences of violence? Is violence inevitable? Does revenge close the circle of blood? Is redemption ever possible? And finally, what is the role of resistance when all seems lost?
The Poreia Theatre returns to Epidaurus, this time with its artistic director, Dimitris Tarlou, in his first production at the Argolic Theatre with his Sophoclean version of Electra. In a world plagued by totalitarianism and social injustice, at a time when violence and revenge are often presented as a necessary evil, Sophocles' Electra takes on a chilling relevance. This tragedy is not just a tale of revenge, but a mirror of human dilemmas and the timeless conflict between justice and morality.
Electra, a member of the cursed Atreides family, is a woman caught in this cycle of blood and horror. She embodies the dilemma between the need for justice and the moral imperative to avoid violence. She is not only a tragic creature of fate, but also a creation of her character, a character given to the struggle for justice. Is she a victim of her obsession with revenge or a voice of resistance against the brutality of power? And why, now that the palace is rid of its tyrants, does she not cross its threshold? She simply stays out of the house she hates, or refuses to be part of the system she hates.
Credits:
Translation: George Cheimonas
Direction: Dimitris Tarlow
Props - Costumes: Paris Mexis
Director of Stage Design: Paris Mexis
Music composition by Fotis Siotas
Lighting design: Alekos Anastasiou
Choreography: Markella Manoliadis
Associate dramaturge: Eri Kyrgia
Assistant directors.
Assistant set designer - costume designer: n.a.
Assistant choreographer: Maro Stavrinou
Lighting assistants: Haris Dallas, Nausika Christodoulakou
Cast:
Yannis Anastasakis
Grigoria Methenitis
Lucia Michalopoulou
Nikolas Papagiannis
Ioanna Pappa
Anastasis Roilos
Pericles Siundas
Chorus: Margarita Alexiadis, Asimina Anastasopoulou, Eleni Vlachou, Ioanna Demertzidou, Ioanna Lekka, Eleni Sisti, Lydia Stefou, Anna Simeonidou, Hara Tzoka
Live interpretation of the music: Fotis Siotas, Tasos Misyrlis
As part of the Athens - Epidaurus Festival 2025.
