The Whale (Baleine) – Bastion of Saint George, Medieval City of Rhodes

30 & 31 August, Bastion of Saint George, Medieval City of Rhodes

Production: TREE

Genre: Theatre

Time: 21:00

Duration: 60′

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Bastion of Saint George, Medieval City of Rhodes

A whale washes up on a city beach and starts decomposing. The locals are indifferent, yet two of them, Pierre and Odile, decide to watch this death up close. Their lonely walk along a vast sandy coast climaxing with their encounter with the dead animal is a journey of realisation and search for man’s responsibility towards animals and nature.

In the production The Whale theatre pairs up with the visual setting and Nalyssa Green’s ambient music to bring Paul Gadenne’s most representative work and one of the first books to have touched upon the issue of ecology onto the stage. As the writer himself notes: “It is true that we are very little. Very weak. However, no matter how little  and helpless we might be, we can do this. Even the littlest people can do this – a little effort with ourselves, every one of us.”

Creative team

Writer: Paul Gadenne

Translation: Vana Hatzaki

Concept, dramaturgy: Ariadni Kavalierou

Direction: Ariadni Kavalierou, Giannis Bisbikopoulos

Visual installation: Stavroula Kavalierou

Music: Nalyssa Green

Costumes: Ifigenia Daountaki

Sound, light installation: Decibel Professional Sound & Lighting

Cast: Ariadni Kavalierou, Giannis Bisbikopoulos