TWRA MILAW – Theatrical performance directed by Marianna Kalmpari and performed by Dora Sampsona – By the General Secretariat for Gender Equality

The premiere of the theatrical performance “TWRA MILAW” will take place at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation on Saturday, 8th March, on International Women’s Day. The performance is a ten minute theatrical monologue which was prompted by the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and first presented on Monday 25th November 2013 during an event in aid of the above mentioned International day and with the support of the Athens International Film Festival.

The performance is produced by the General Secretariat for Gender Equality and is kindly sponsored by the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation in cooperation with the Athens International Film Festival and the magazine “CINEMA”  www.cinemag.gr, for 21 performances which will take place in the foyer of the Foundation with free entrance.

Marianna Kalmpari wrote and directed the ten-minute monologue, drawing upon true stories of abused women which cover all aspects of the violence committed against them:  domestic violence, sexual harassment, rape, and human trafficking.

A young woman reveals her personal story of abuse and the reasons which kept her silent. Now, however, the time has come to speak out!

The actress Dora Sampsona interprets the ten-minute monologue which is followed by a video in which 11 well-know Greek actresses portray scenes inspired by the true stories of women who have been abused and urge every woman who has been a victim of violence to speak out.  Now!

More specifically, the team involved in this action are:

Script-music supervision – direction: Marianna Kalmpari
Performance: Dora Sampsona
Direction-montage-video processing: Diamantis Karanastasis
Photography: Stella Kaltsou
Assistant director: Michalis Konstantinides

The filming took place at the SKROW theatre. We would like to thank Vassilis Mavrogeorgiou for offering the use of the theatre to us and for his invaluable help during the shooting.

Taking part (in alphabetical order): Mirto Alikaki, Vicky Volioti, Eugenia Dimitropoulou, Eleni Zioga, Kariofillia Karampeti, Katerina Lipiridou, Fay Xila, Lena Papaligoura, Peggy Stathakopoulou, Rania Schiza, Peggy Trikalioti

The goal of this action is to raise awareness of this great social problem involving infringement of human rights and to inform of the existence of support networks against this type of violence.

Mainly, however, the goal is to encourage  female victims of violence to overcome their fear and speak out, to be informed about the support networks available and encouraged to turn to them and ask for help.  Violence and abuse against women has taken on gargantuan proportions and knows not social, financial or cultural discern.

Domestic violence is not a private issue but a serious social problem. It concerns us all!

The General Secretariat for Gender Equality
The General Secretariat for Gender Equality has an SOS line 15900 which provides immediate sociopsychological support to female victims of violence, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  It is a street-level service belonging to the greater network provided by the Secretariat:  14 regional Counseling Centres for Women as well as in Piraeus, 25 counseling centres and 19 shelters for abused women and their children set up in cooperation with large municipalities of the country, and 2 shelters set up by the National Centre for Social Solidarity.

Days & Hours:
1.    Saturday 8/3 20.30
2.    Thursday 13/3 19.30
3.    Friday 14/3 20.30
4.    Saturday 15/3 20.30
5.    Wednesday 19/3 20.30
6.    Thursday 20/3 19.30
7.    Friday 21/3 20.30
8.    Saturday 22/3 20.30
9.    Wednesday 26/3 20.00
10.   Thursday 27/3 19.30
11.   Saturday 29/3 20.30
12.   Tuesday 1/4 20.30
13.   Wednesday 2/4 20.30
14.   Thursday 3/4 19.30
15.   Friday 4/4 20.30
16.   Saturday 5/4 20.30
17.   Sunday 6/4 20.30
18.   Wednesday 9/4 20.30
19.   Thursday 10/4 19.30
20.   Friday 11/4 20.30
21.   Saturday 12/4 20.30