BLOOD WEDDING, AN EXISTENTIAL TRAGEDY | 2017

Apo Michanis Theatre, Athens

A dramatic love story or a tragedy?

The preparation for a wedding, two people who run away destroying the honor of their families, and a double death form the axis of Blood Wedding. Within this framework, Lorca paints—through his poetic language—a surreal canvas using the palette of his Land and his World. Humans chase the Sun, and the Moon chases humans. The poet himself characterized this particular work as a tragedy.

The play is approached through the fissure created in human existence by fear and desire, justice and injustice, death and love. In other words, through the essence of the eternal tragedy of humanity in the face of decay and its own nature.

Blood Wedding was written in 1932 and is undoubtedly one of the masterpieces of modern literature. It premiered in Madrid in March 1933. In Greece, it was first performed in April 1948.

The performance was staged under the auspices of the Department of Spanish Language and Literature of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, with the support of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and Performing Architectures.

 

 

CONTRIBUTORS

 

Director: Konstantinos Ntellas

Translation: Dimitris Tsekouras

Scientific Advisor: Vasiliki Velliou

Dramaturgy: Konstantinos Ntellas, Vasiliki Velliou

Set Design: Andreas Skourtis

Costume Design: Konstantina Mardiki

Music Composition: Cayetano

Music Coaching: Dionysia Papouli

Movement Direction: Androniki Marathaki

Lighting & Video Design: Panagiotis Lampis

Assistant Director: Argyro Tambakou

Hair Styling: Giorgos Nikolaidis

Photography: Fotis Plegas

Actors: Vasilis Vilaras, Maria Koskina, Zoe Xanthopoulou, Fani Panagiotidou, Apostolis Psarros