“TOWN WITH WOODEN SHUTTERS” a theatrical installation by Niki Orfanou0

Two voices, a female and a male. And their enemy, the world: the phone that keeps ringing, the leak in the roof, the old woman’s radio upstairs, the fruit that expires in the bottom shelf, the debt, the silence, the rubbish bag that is dripping, chronic grumpiness, the new day that seems to be a repetition of the old. Daily habits, needs, desires, all those things that make up the narrative of our being in the world and assure us that our lives are special.

The voices swirl between the private and the public, imagination and observation, the material of everyday life and the constructions of language.They taste, chew, bite the words, moving from tenderness to remorseless humor, to silence, to darkness. If life were nothing but a circle, could they possibly break this circle and start from the beginning?

“Town with Wooden Shutters”, first work of a trilogy, is an original theatrical installation with the voices of Amalia Moutoussi and Antonis Miriagkos, soundscapes and light. The audience is invited to a unique theatrical experience, which is based on hearing, emotion, imagination.

Short Biographical Note – Niki Orfanou

Niki Orfanou is a playwright and director. She writes mainly in English and her plays have been staged in theatres in the UK, festivals and the BBC. Her work has been shortlisted in national competitions, praised by the Press or published in literary magazines. In Greece, her play Lucas and Time was selected at the Forum of Contemporary Dramaturgy 2014 of the Hellenic Centre of the International Theatre Institute and was presented at the French Institute of Athens and the National Theatre of Northern Greece, while it is currently under translation into French and German. Red in the Forest was staged in Theatre 104. Last year she directed her piece Juliet’s Balcony in Vryssaki.

CAST & CREATIVES
Concept – Text – Direction – Sound Design: Niki Orfanou
Voices: Amalia Moutoussi, Antonis Miriagkos
Light Design: Sakis Birbilis
Set Design: Yorgos Lintzeris
Production Planning/Contact person: Ioanna Milopoulou (arts.ideas.people)

Every Monday and Tuesday, from 20th October till 11th November 2014 at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, with two performances per day at 20:30 and 22:00

Duration: 60 minutes

Entrance ticket: €10 regular, €5 reduced (Actors, Students of Acting Schools, Holders of Unemployment Card)
Limited number of seats. It is advisable to make a reservation.

Ticket Information

Buy tickets with credit card: Over the phone at 210 3418579 Mon- Fri 11:00- 14:00 or online on the Foundation’s website.
Tickets are also available at the Foundation’s Box Office (Piraeus 206, Tavros) Mon-Fri 11:00 – 14:00 as well as one hour before the performance/ screening.
Tickets are also available at Ticket Services Box Office, 39 Panepistimiou Street (inside the Pesmazoglou Arcade). Ticket Services Box Office Opening Hours: Monday & Wednesday 9:00 – 17:00, Thursday & Friday 09:00 – 20:00, Saturday 10:00 – 14:00.