The Postgraduate Program "Theatrical Studies" of the Open University of Cyprus, in collaboration with the Municipality of Ayia Napa organizes an artistic and academic event at the Thalassa Museum in Ayia Napa.
The students of the Direction-Acting Department of the Postgraduate Program "Theatrical Studies", together with their teachers, propose a multidimensional artistic activity, in the framework of which there will be speeches, readings of new works in the form of analogy, which will take place in performances. Museum, practical workshops for directing, acting and translation, while at the same time video-art works from students' works in the direction course will be screened.
Both the University and the Museum are benchmarks for any society, promoting knowledge and cultural memory, inspiring people to a common identity and a common destiny and inviting them to a public debate. These events are held on the occasion of the celebration of World Museum Day and the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, in collaboration with the Open University of Cyprus and the Municipality of Ayia Napa.
Program:
Room Kyrenia
10:35 Greeting of Mr. Giannis Karousos, Mayor of Ayia Napa.
10:40 Greeting of the President of D.E. of the Open University of Cyprus, Mr. Konstantinos Christou.
10:45 "Reading a museum exhibition using the tools of the theater." Speaker: George Tenentes
Theatrical analogies
11.00 The Dust (author Maria Chatzikosti)
11:30 The Dirt (author Artemis Tzavra)
12:00 The Carousel (author Julia Congo)
The actors Kalia Argyrou, Konstantinos Georgiou, Stelios Giannakos, Markos Giorkatsos, Andreas Nikolaidis, Stelios Panagopoulos, Athena Protopapa are participating.
Video Art
12.30 Macbeth by William Shakespeare.
Composition of works by the students of the field of Acting - Directing (academic year 2015-2016) within the Thematic Unit Theatrical Practice (THS63) of the MP "Theatrical Studies" of the Open University of Cyprus, with Aura Sidiropou as my teacher.
Synthetic conception - editing: Artemis Tzavra
Synthetic conception - editing: Alexandros Romanos Lizardos
Project:
Alexandros Lizardos, Maria Chatzikosti, Ioulia Kogou, Theodora Georgiadou, Sofia Sidiropoulou, George Tenentes, Stelios Giannakos, Vanessa Christodoulou, Maria Povi.
Laboratories
15:00 "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow", Translating Macbeth.
Translation seminar by Mr. Vaios Liapis, Associate Professor of the Postgraduate Program "Theatrical Studies" of the Open University of Cyprus.
16:00 "Direction: The Dramaturgy of an Image"
Directing workshop by Ms. Avra Sidiropoulou, Assistant Professor of the Postgraduate Program "Theatrical Studies" of the Open University of Cyprus.
17:30 "The technique of Mikhail Chekhov"
Acting workshop by Mr. Neoklis Neokleous, actor and director.
Performance Installations
Cape Greco Hall
10:30 - 13:00 Two stops, two quadrupeds
Arrest: George Tenentes
Interpreted by Chara Panagopoulou
Main Museum Hall
10:30 - 18:30 Visual and acoustic directing approach to William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Euripides' Bacchae.
Arrest: Vanessa Christodoulou
Photos: Michel Atreides
10: 30-18.30 Macbeth in Wonderland
Site-specific interactive performance
Arrest: Julia Congo
Macbeth of O. Shakespeare is transported to a world inspired by Alice in Wonderland by Carol Carol through a site-specific and interactive performance with the old Athens Stock Exchange as a place of action.
Artistic curation: Aura Sidiropoulou
Production manager: George Tendents The event is presented by Sofia Tsantila-Fylaktou
Where / when: Sunday, May 15, 10: 30-18: 30. Municipal Museum Thalassa, 14 Kryou Nero Avenue, Ayia Napa. Information: tel. 23816366, 23816307
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