“Lemonia” by Nevma Theater

The puppet-theatre performance “Lemonia” by the Nevma Theatre, has been selected among 257 performances from all around the world and is one of the 60 productions from 40 countries, that has been invited to represent Greece in the official competitive program of the 2nd World Puppet Carnival (23-30 September 2012) in Almaty of Kazakhstan.

In order to fund the expenses of the trip, with the support of the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, three performances of the puppet-theatre play entitled “Lemonia” are organized, Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12, Thursday 13 September 2012, at 21:00, the total revenue of which will be used for the funding of the company’s participation to the Festival.

In “Lemonia” the white, like snow flour joined with the clear water, is molded by the human hands, takes something from their warmth, their liveness and caring, and transforms these two components into sweet bread… Lemonia, having as her only friend the dough that she has just prepared, she creates with it a versatile environment inside which she feels safe to remember, to laugh, to get angry or dream. But most of all, within the environment she realizes the beauty of life that can be found in any age at any time.

The puppet-theatre play “Lemonia” is the result of the work in the line of the puppet workshop by AYUSAYA!, while it has already been presented at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation (February and November 2010) in the framework of the cooperation between the Foundation and UNIMA Hellas. Moreover it has already been presented at the 15th Festival Internazionale Teatro di Figura in Pinerolo, (Italy), the 12th International Puppet and Pantomime Festival in Kilkis (Greece), at the 1st International Street Theater Festival in Athens, as well as in theatres all around Greece (Kos, Volos, Larissa, Thessaloniki etc.).

The theatrical group Nevma Theater was founded in September 2004 in Thessaloniki. The aim of the group is to explore and enrich the theatrical act through the combination of different forms of art. Furthermore, the group develops and promotes the research of creative educational approaches. Since its foundation, Nevma Theater has given theatre performances  and organizing educational programs for children all over Greece and abroad. The combination of puppets, mime and object theater is the research area of the team the last year and the inspiration for every new performance.