Medea

17th International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama:
bUilt uP aRea, Cyprus

The "bUilt-uP aRea" theatre group in its first production frontally collides with Euripides’ Medea to give birth to an explosive performance, steeped in the power of the ancient logos and the passion of today’s artists. In a migrant reception camp, in a non-place, out of time, Medea will fight to defend her dignity in any way and at any cost. On stage three actors brutally confront each other. And there, accomplices in this, a musician and a theatre director are present. Five creators unfold the myth of the foreigner, the woman who rebels against any kind of authority and stands against any logic. Neither for yesterday nor for tomorrow. For now.

Cast

Translation: Minos Volanakis
Direction: Panayiotis Larkou
Music: Dimitris Spyrou
Settings and Costumes: Maya Angeli
Choreography: Alexia Nicolaou
Lighting design: Nicolas Kouroumtzis

Cast:
Vasiliki Kypreou, Petros Yiorkatzis, Stelios Iacovides, Dimitris Spyrou, Panayiotis Larkou

bUilt uP aRea

This group was not created, nor was it founded. This group was discovered. It always existed somewhere out there, we just didn’t notice it. The same as Australia, let's say – that is so much bigger and has more members than this group – how could Australia (for heaven’s sake) ever escape our attention for so long?

And yet, someone had to look there. And that is what we did. I speak of the group. We looked a bit further than our gaze could reach; a bit outside our body. And we discovered more children with sand buckets. And we joined our buckets and we play. And we built and are being loud at the same time. And we try to add a little color to our thought.

And we shout. Because we have to. Because there is no other way. Because a city is not the wasteland of the buildings. A city is its citizens.

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