The Girls in the Sailor Suits – Ancient Zone

27 & 28 August • Ancient Zone

Production:Neo Theatro Thessalonikis

Genre: Theatre/ Activities for Children and Teenagers

Time: 20:30

Duration: 75′

Pre-bookings for 27th August

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Pre-bookings for 28th August

The Girls in the Sailor Suits unfolds the thread of the true story of an urban family in Smyrna. It presents the drama and the greatness of Hellenism in Asia Minor through the eyes of two children born where “everything was soft and warm like a hug, where people enjoyed the blessings and the wealth of the East and the love of each other and were happy.”

As the events unfold, pushed forward by time, everything that marked the smiling and kind people of Ionia passes in front of the eyes of the central heroines, the twin girls Katinaki and Maritsa: from the happy days, the culture, and the beauty of life in Asia Minor to the obligatory settling down in refugee settlements and the contribution of refugees to modern Greece.

A theatrical performance about History that time fights to cover with its ashes. For a country that insists on declaring its presence in people’s eyes because, in the end, homeland is people themselves and everything that dwells in our soul. Like the wish the little girls in the sailor suits make: “Let tomorrow be a day of happiness…”

Creative team

Adaptation: Ioanna-Markella Chalkia

Direction: Giannis Rigas, Ioanna-Markella Chalkia

Music composition: George Christianakis

Sets, costumes: Sofia Tsirigoti

Choreography: Konstantinos Gerardos

Video art / Mapping: Olga Sfetsa

Performers: Kyriakos Daniilidis, Zoi Efthymiou, Kiki Karaiskou, Nikos Milias, Fenia Salouka, Chrysi Serafim