Samia

With the revival of the 1993 production that worthily won the title of one of the best productions in the history of the Epidavros Festival, the Theatrical Organisation of Cyprus (THOC) inaugurates its new Theatre honoring its history.

Samia is one of the four surviving works of the ancient writer of New Comedy Menander. Through a series of misunderstandings, the piece addresses the tangles created between two families by an illegitimate child. The performance takes place in Athens in the beginning of the 20th century, and the combination of the original translation of the poet Yiannis Varveris, the music and dance offer a glittering spectacle.

Translation: Yiannis Varveris
Direction: Evis Gavrielides
Sets-Costumes: Yiorgos Ziakas
Music: Mihalis Christodoulides
Choreography: Isidoros Sideris
Light Design: Yiorgos Koukoumas

Performers: Nektarios Theodorou, Stela Fyrogeni, Spyros Stavrinides, Costas Demetriou, Dimitris Antoniou, Stavros Louras, Prokopis Agathocleous, Aphrodite Kleovoulou, Niovi Charalambous, Anna Yiagiozi

Chorus: Neoclis Neocleous, Margarita Zachariou, Marios Constantinou, Andreas Koutsoumbas, Niki Dragoumi, Andri Kyriakou-Kyriazi, Polyxeni Savva, Korina Vasilopoulou, Elena Georgiadou

First Performance: 27 October 2012, 7.00pm
Opening Ceremony and Performance: 28 October 2012, 6.30pm

The performances on December 1 and 2 will be with Greek and English surtitles.

(in Greek)