Announcement of the Epidaurus Festival Programme 2018
“The Acharnians” by Aristophanes
Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus
29 & 30 June 2018
Set and costume design: Yannis Metzikov
Music: George Andreou
Lighting design: Lefteris Pavlopoulos
Cast: Petros Filippidis, Pavlos Haikalis, Kostas Koklas, Pygmalion Dadakaridis, and a chorus of 15 performers
“The Acharnians” was first presented at the Lenaia festival, in the sixth year of the Peloponnesian War (425 B.C.), earning the then-19-year-old Aristophanes the first prize. In this play, Aristophanes sets out to ridicule war and warmongers, expressing people’s longing for peace. The comedy is set in rural Attica, in Acharnae (modern-day Menidi).
Kostas Tsianos
Direction - adaptation - choreography: Kostas Tsianos
Director’s note:
Aristophanes is fully aware that the genre of comedy hails from religious ceremonies of fertility. Throughout “The Acharnians” there are many references to Dionysus. In one memorable scene, Dikaiopolis and his family perform a phallic procession and sing a phallic song. There are also excellent comical scenes, typical of the Megara farces. The lively chorus of the old coal-miners of Menidi transforms this wonderful comedy into a frantic Dionysian feast. Our performance will draw on popular tradition, echoing the Dionysian spirit so prominent in Aristophanes’ “The Acharnians”.
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