Catch (19)22 – Courtyard of Royal Burial Clusters of Aigai

14 & 15 September, Courtyard of Royal Burial Clusters of Aigai

Production: CALD Productions

Genre: Theatre / Activities for children and teenagers

Time: 20:30 / 20:45 / 21:00
Duration: 60 λεπτά

Pre-booking for 14th of September

Pre-booking for 15th of September

Catch-22 –the title of Joseph Heller’s novel– means “vicious circle” and has become established as an expression denoting the irrational of human existence, the irrational of war, where success and disaster are inextricably linked.

For what else is war but one more Sisyphus rolling his rock up the mountain and then repeating the process all over again? Catch (19)22 explores the Asia Minor Catastrophe, through the irrationality of war and dares to contrast it with the peak and decline of the Macedonian civilisation. There, over the tombs of the great kings, where grandeur and death are the two sides of the same coin.

The site-specific performance Catch (19)22 unfolds in the archaeological site of the Royal Burial Clusters of Aigai, based on a collection of oral and written testimonies about life in Asia Minor and with the artistic contribution of students of the 1st Junior High School of Veria.

Creative team

Direction, dramaturgy, coordination of artistic workshops: Athina Hadjiathanasiou

Texts, dramaturgy: Sofia Gourgouliani

Music supervision: Nefeli Bravaki

Sets, costumes: Evgenia Vissariou

Lighting: Giannis Zervas

Performers: Evgenia Vissariou, Giannis Zervas, Anta Kougia, Panagiota Haidemenou, Athina Hadjiathanasiou

Local actors (To be decided after audition)

With the participation of students of the 1st Junior High School of Veria (Philippeio), members of local amateur theatre groups