The theater group of the OTE Patras-Achaia Employees’ Cultural Center stages the comedy “The Smart Bird” by Georges Fedo (adaptation by Vangelis Oikonomou), directed by Ilias Anastasopoulos.
Six performances will be staged at the “Agora” theater today, tomorrow Saturday and Sunday (22, 23 and 24 March) and on 29, 30 and 31 March.
Snapshot from the rehearsals (Photo: Spyridoula Georgiou)
The director says about the project: “‘The smart bird’, a comedy of situations and misunderstandings with infidelities and adulteries. Do they or don’t they? Are they just mean? Everyone would like to do a lot… Is nobody doing anything?’
Today, at pelop.gr the actors of the show talk and tell us about love, comedy, the… horn and much more!
Vaso Adamopoulou: “Love is the driving force of life”
“Love is the driving force of life, the flame that shapes people’s relationships, sometimes creatively and sometimes destructively.
Because of him, the weakness of human nature to stand strong against its passions is revealed. Unsatisfied, insatiable, contradictory!
Who will ultimately prevail in this matchup? Fedo’s comedy, through comic situations, gives its own answer”.
Kimonas Tassopoulos: “An eye for an eye”
“An eye for an eye and a horn for a horn… eventually it will happen?????? We’ll see.”
Iliana Vouldi: “The entanglements caused by love affairs”
“Zaza is a domestic helper to the bachelor Redion, whom she has taken care of since he was born.
She constantly nags him about the mistresses she carries around the house. But, although she presents the image of a grumpy and twisted woman, which causes laughter, deep down, she loves and cares for him, which is why she tries to save him from the entanglements caused by his love affairs.
Anna Kokkinou: “In the end, is the smart bird caught by the nose or not?”
“This is a farce that was staged for the first time in 1896 in Paris and deals with the hypocrisy of the French bourgeoisie.
Is our society still hypocritical or not? It remains to be seen, will the smart bird be caught by the nose or not?”
Ioanna Karathanasis: “A crazy storm of events”
“”The smart bird” is about a situation comedy in the bourgeois society of Paris. A seemingly carefree charmer besieges a married lady at her home, and a series of circumstances sets off a mad flurry of comedic events.
As Peter Hall notes, at the end of each act, each character spins in a daze on a surreal scale of complications, trapped in a nightmare that moves at double speed.
The character I play is Gudrun Soldiniak, a married German girl from Munich, who claims to spend beautiful moments with her French lover but nothing is certain… the sequel on stage.
Vivi Serafis: “The complex but also fragile relations of the two sexes!”
“The clever bird”, a play by Georges Fedot, is a comedy written 120 years ago, but always relevant, since it deals with the complex but also fragile relations between the two sexes!
Through hilarious confusions and constant twists, she is ready to cheer us up and give us plenty of laughter at a time when we all need it…”.
Thodoris Sideris: “Diving without risk, like comedy without truths, does not exist”
“Which of us would remain faithful, given the opportunity to disbelieve? What woman does not seek flattery, exposing herself to the seduction of infidelity? And, after all, what “hunter” lover doesn’t want as many “preys” to his credit as possible?
The play “The smart bird” by Fedo deals with these questions intelligently and comically. As for the answer, probably each viewer will be invited to dive within themselves to find it. And, undoubtedly, diving without risk, like comedy without truths, does not exist.
Gina Dimitriou: “To watch moments… of your life… on stage!”
“Ma’am, you at least tell me the truth..are they making fun of me?”..
I ask Lucien…
The answer is given: “Yes, ma’am, they are making fun of you!”
Everything that can happen in a relationship, infidelities, lies, misunderstandings takes place in the comedy “The Smart Bird” by Georges Fedo, directed by Ilias Anastasopoulos!
We invite you to watch moments…of your life…on stage!!!”.
Andreas Tassopoulos: “A hilarious situational comedy”
“Clever bird…Mr Soldiniak…A hilarious comedy of situations, misunderstandings and infidelities that happened or didn’t happen. Many would like to do a lot! On stage we will see if they finally succeeded or not!!”.
Apostolis Papandreou:We all want to do a lot, can we?’
“We all want to do a lot, can we? The “Smart Bird” gives us this possibility, to fall in love, to become would-be lovers to demand, to crumple for our passion, for our unfulfilled lover.
The director Elias Anastasopoulos brings the situations (misunderstandings
infidelities, adulteries) of yesterday, in today!”
Panagiotis Vlachos: “It conveys important messages about timeless issues”
“The play ‘The Smart Bird’ is a comedy that promises lots of laughs. At the same time, it conveys important messages about timeless issues. The ephemeral relationships of a bachelor and the relationship in marriage are the central pillars of the play.
The theater team has worked with passion for a show of endless laughter that will make you see many issues from a different perspective.”
Giorgos K. Grammatikas: “Abundant laughter and a feast of joy”
“”The smart bird”: a role-model, farce with improbable situations, misunderstandings, infidelities, adulteries, which finally happened or not?” Has the “beast” finally been forgotten?
Abundant laughter and a feast of gaiety due to the guidance of the director Ilias Anastasopoulos, but also to the impeccable cooperation of the actors”.
Eleni Tassopoulou: “Ena alalum!”
“Couples who arrive at a hotel, where during their stay there, a lot of fun happens!
A ruckus is created, trying to find out who has cheated who.”
Niki Karavoulias: “Where can passions lead people?”
“Human relations! Always complicated, difficult and comically tragic… Where can people’s passions lead them?”
They play in the order in which the actors appear:
Lucien Vatlen: Vasiliki Adamopoulou
Pontaniak Edmonds: Apostolis Papandreou
Vatlen Cretin: Theodoros Sideris
Augustina/ Hotel manager: Anna Kokkinou
Radio Ernestos: Giorgos Grammatikas
Mrs. Pontaniak (Clotilde): Gina Dimitriou
Gudrun Soldiniak: Ioanna Karathanasis
George Soldiniak: Andreas Tassopoulos
Armandine: Niki Karavoulias
Clara: Vivi Serafis
Mr. Pensar: Kimonas Tassopoulos
Mrs. Pensar (Coco): Eleni Tassopoulou
Zaza: Iliana Vouldi
Police officer: Panagiotis Vlachos
Snapshot from the rehearsals (Photo: Aria Vainou)
Directed by: Ilias Anastasopoulos
Lighting: Ilias Anastasopoulos, Miltos Spyropoulos
Sets, Makeup, costumes, tutorial: The team
Editing of programs – Media – Communication – Digital media: Chrysa Driva, Spyridoula Georgiou
Poster: Chrysa Driva, Kotsani Kia
Six performances will be staged at the “Agora” theater in Patras, on March 22, 23 and 24 and on March 29, 30 and 31. Performance times, 9pm Friday and Saturday and 8.30pm on Sunday.
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