7 & 8 August, Charoupomylos, Panormos, Rethymno
Production: BEHOLD theatre company
Genre: Performance/Event for young audiences
Time: 18:15
Duration: 60′
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Charoupomylos, Panormos, Rethymno
Behold theatre company presents The Secret of the Tree, a production targeted at youth audiences in an effort to make them explore and take a stand on issues like climate crisis and the co-existence of man with the environment. It turns an industrial monument at Panormos, Rethymnon into a space for playing and experiential learning, by blending different art forms and theatre-pedagogical techniques. The goal is to motivate young audience members to ask questions about the present and the future in a constantly changing world, but also to grasp the relationship developed by man with the other – human and non-human – entities with whom he lives together on the planet.
Starting off on our adventure at an old carob mill that has been turned into a cultural centre, we get to know the history of the monument that is inescapably related to that of the carob tree and its fruit, the island of Crete and the entire Mediterranean region. The carob tree, despite having been discredited by people for a certain period of time, continues to stand and grow even in places where it has not been deliberately planted; it continues to bloom in conditions that are absolutely hostile, selflessly offer its fruits, and look into the future while remaining firmly rooted in the deep past.
Creative team
Direction, dramaturgy: Ria Mentilidou
Filming, video editing: Nikolas Leventakis, Manos Vidakis
Sound design: Giorgos Kanoupakis
Design of theatre-pedagogical activities: Behold theatre company
Cast: Thodoris Theodoridis, Chrysoula Flamboutoglou
Also appearing: Aliki Atsalaki, Eftychia Tsoukala
Guest contribution: Irida Bami and the children Manos Kopidakis, Konstantis Sismanidis, Tzeni Michalakopoulou
Animators in theatre-pedagogical activities: Thodoris Theodoridis, Chrysoula Flamboutoglou
Assistant to the director and the production: Stella Koufaki
Photos, trailer: Stergios Zisis-Anastasiadis