“The mother of this year… Elli Zachos Takhtsi”, after being sold out all year at the Theater in Athens, is coming to Patras, specifically at the Orofos Theater for two performances on Tuesday, April 23 at 7 pm and 9:15 pm.
It is the monologue of Kiki Mavridou, based on the life of the mother of Kostas Tachtsis, directed by Vangelis Laskaris, with the award-winning Rania Schiza in the title role.
The show premiered at the VAULT theater in March 2022 recording consecutive sellouts and extensions from the start, as well as notable comments from audiences and critics. It traveled and was presented with the same success in the Experimental Stage of THOK in Cyprus, in Thessaloniki, at DI.PE.THE. Ioannina, Patras, Drama, Karditsa, Agrinio and Corinth.
It is one of the nine performances of the theater project “MY SON…”. A theatrical festival of monologues, inspired and artistic director by Dimitris Karatzias, which brings on stage mothers of great Greek men. A Festival dedicated to the memory of Chrysa Spiliotis.
SUBJECT OF THE PROJECT
Elli Zacho Takhtsi, mother of the great post-war writer Kostas Takhtsi, was an unruly woman, who all she wanted was to live free and be loved. Failed at both. She succumbed to the cruelty of her time and became crueler than it.
“His mother.” Disparaging, ironic, sarcastic address, but so intimate, so familiar. Said suggestively and always in a low voice. Almost whispering. Of those whispers that are stabs to the heart. But sometimes there are murders. “The son of this man”, Kostas Tachtsis, was murdered. As he is “murdered” in this world, that threatens to expose his hypocrisy.
“My own mother”, one of the least enlightened persons in the mainly autobiographical writing world of Kostas Takhtsis. On which he relied to write his most important work. The “Third Wreath”. Which constitutes, beyond a record and an unmasking of the holy Greek family. And if “Trito Stefani” is identified with Greece itself, the story of his mother, is identified with all the hidden secrets, which we keep tightly locked in dusty trunks, piled in the basements of our souls.
COEFFICIENTS
Author: Kiki Mavridou
Directed by: Vangelis Laskaris
Original musical composition: Manos Antoniadis
Set / Costume: Giorgos Lindzeris
Costume design: Irini Avzidou
Lighting design: Vangelis Moutrichas
Performance photos: Christina Phylaktopoulou
Performance poster: Yiannis Kentrotas
Trailer / Cinematography: ORKI Productions
Performance program: Apopera Publications
Contact / Show promotion / Tour organization: Daisy Lembesi
Production: VAULT theater plus
Rania Schiza in the role of Elli Zachos Tahtsi
The voice of Kostas Tachtsis is given by Nikos Karathanos
DURATION: 80′ (without intermission)
TICKET PRICES:
General admission: 16 euros
Reduced Ticket: 13 euros (Students / Holders of Multiple Children Card / Disabled / Unemployment Card Holders)
TICKETS ON SALE: more.com and at the Orofos Theater box office
* The show takes place with the financial support and patronage of the Ministry of Culture and Sports
*AFTER THE START OF THE PERFORMANCE, ENTRY TO THE HALL IS NOT ALLOWED
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