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