The first event with the presence of the public in the province of Famagusta takes place tonight. This is the theatrical performance of THOK "Our Small Town" by Thornton Wilder directed by Alexia Papalazarou. The show is touring tonight at 9 at the Municipal Garden Theater of Sotiras, while the Municipality of Sotiras in an announcement states that all the necessary provisions are observed based on the protocols for keeping distances between the public, while spectators are asked to faithfully follow the instructions of Municipality employees. personal self-protection measures.
A few words about the project
The timeless and extremely timely work of the American author Thornton Wilder Our small town, awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1938, returns after the adventure of the pandemic in the open Cypriot theaters. The bright, tender directorial look of Alexia Papalazarou highlights the essence of the work, its many and different levels, and with the contribution of an excellent group of actors and actors, it aspires to share with the audience deep emotions and strong emotions.
The author's masterpiece pen transforms the small moments of the daily life of the heroes of a typical provincial town, moments that usually go unnoticed, covered by the dust of routine and history, moments either melancholy or rosy, or humble or watered with grandeur.
"Why do we humans not feel the greatness of life while we are alive? Every moment, every minute? ” wonders Emily Webb, the young heroine of the play. For the same reason that we forget not only the insignificant, but also the important. In the democracy of memory, everything is equal: the taste of food from our mother's hands, a caress, the brutality of war, the gestures of lovers, the fleeting happiness, the bitterness, the miracles, events that instantly define a "before ”And an“ after ”.
But the simple but multi-layered and solid work of Wilder reminds us of what life is and reveals to us with mastery all its dimensions. It deifies the everyday, the trivial, all those moments that escape like sand through our fingers, all the points of contraction and expansion that compose life - this multifaceted, precious, largely inexplicable and wonderful phenomenon.
So let us all be together again in our places and let us remember all those insignificant, all the small, the few, that make life LIFE.
PERFORMANCE IDENTITY
Translation-Dramatic adaptation-Direction: Alexia Papalazarou
Sets-Costumes: Electra Kythreotou
Music: Costas Kakogiannis
Song lyrics: Pampos Kouzalis
Movement-Choreography: Panagiotis Tofi
Lighting design: Stavros Tartaris
THEY PLAY:
Dimitris Goutzamanis, Margarita Zachariou, Nektarios Theodorou, Iliana Kakkoura, Panos Makris, Marina Mandri, Giannis Minos, Maria Filippou
Garden Theater of the Municipality of Sotira
Thursday 25 June 2020
Start of the show: 21.00
Audience arrival time at the theater: 20:30
INFORMATION / TICKETS / ENTRY TICKETS
A necessary condition to enter the Garden Theater on the night of the performances, but also to avoid any crowding at the entrance, is to have previously purchased your ticket from the offices of the Municipality of Sotiras, as tickets will not be available at the entrance of Ki.
-The public is kindly requested to obtain a ticket or ticket in advance from the following points of sale / sale:
Sotiras City Hall, tel. 23 82 44 44 & 23 82 14 16
(Monday-Friday 7: 30-15: 00)
-The audience is informed that there will be NO box office on the night of the performances.
FREE ENTRANCE.
INSTRUCTIONS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VIEWERS
Audiences are kindly requested to arrive at the theater no later than 30 minutes before the start of the performance. Spectators are advised to bring a mask, water and a personal pillow.