7 & 8 August, Sea fortress of the Venetian Port of Heraklion (Koules)
Production: BEHOLD
Genre: Theatre
Time: 20:15
Duration: 90′
Pre-booking for 7th of August
Pre-booking for 8th of August
The performance aims at capturing and presenting the osmosis of cultures that forever changed the city of Heraklion, focusing on the moment of arrival and reception for some, and on the moment of separation and abandonment for others, at an emblematic part of the port, a fortress that can be both a prison and a refuge.
Refugees of then and refugees of now, descendants of refugees and locals who received them, documents, press articles, literary excerpts, poems, personal testimonies and experiences come into light to tell audiences a story that connects peoples and cultures to this date.
A modern dance of people, consisting of actors, musicians, and “specialists” will attempt to revisit historical events that shaped the city of Heraklion through the stories of its citizens.
Creative team
Direction, dramaturgy, research: Ria Mentilidou
Set, lighting design: Eleni Houmou
Arrangement, music supervision: Manolis Manousakis
Vocal training: Maria Koti
Performers: Aliki Atsalaki, Thodoris Theodoridis, Irida Bami, Eftychia Tsoukala, Chrysoula Flamboutoglou
Onstage musicians
Cretan lute, Greek lute, singer: Manolis Manousakis
Guitar, bouzouki, singer: Dimitris Pappas
Cretan lyre, lyraki (small lyre), Cretan lute, singer: Stavros Maragkoudakis