Cyprus Theatre Organisation

12.4.2024

«The soiree» | From 20 April 2024 in Cyprus’s municipalities and communities

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The Away From Home production of Elias Kapetanakis’s The soiree, directed by Polyxeni Savva & Antonia Charalambous, has begun its tour from the Events Hall of the Municipality of Geri on Saturday 20 April 2024 at 8 pm.

About the play

An unexpected matchmaking visit to a middle-class Athenian home is the springboard for a series of misunderstandings, quarrels and surprises. The apparently formal encounter between the Stenos family and Mr and Mrs Neroulos, which is mocked mercilessly, ends in absurdist disaster.

The soiree, written in 1894, is a trenchant one-act comedy of manners laced with acerbic barbs. The writer portrays the world of his time, outlining the weakness and moral sickness of its inhabitants. Ignorance, obsession with all things foreign, hypocrisy and buffoonery are carefully dissected, highlighting attitudes and opinions of the past as individual and collective symptoms of the present.

Taking a playful approach to the comic dialogue, familiar characters and humorous situations of Kapetanakis’s play, the directors and an ensemble company serve up a fast-paced, hugely enjoyable production. The satirical writing is allowed to shine, the laughs build steadily, and hilarity and excess are brought to the fore in an uproarious comedy whose truth remains as timeless and topical as ever.

Production team

Directed by: Polyxeni Savva & Antonia Charalambous
Set-Costume Designer: Orestis Lazouras
Music composition-Music coach: Anastasia Dimitriadou (Nama Dama)
Choreography-movement: Fotis Nikolaou
Lighting design: Georgios Koukoumas
Directing assistant: Sofia Ioannou

Cast: Irene Andronikou, Andreas Daniel, Sofia Ioannou, Valentinos Kokkinos, Panos Makris, Andrea Mavrou, İzel Seylani

First tour dates

►MUNICIPALITY OF GERI EVENTS HALL
SATURDAY 20 APRIL 2024, 8.00 pm

►AGIA MARINA XYLIATOU CULTURAL CENTRE
WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL 2024, 7.30 pm

►MUNICIPAL THEATRE OF YPSONAS
THURSDAY 25 APRIL 2024, 8.00 pm

► MUNICIPALITY OF AYIA NAPA EVENTS HALL
WEDNESDAY 8 MAY 2024, 8.00 pm

►EVENTS HALL PRIMARY SCHOOL OF CHLORAKA-LEMBA-AGIOS STEFANOS, CHLORAKA
SATURDAY 11 MAY 2024, 8.00 pm

►NIKOS MOUYARIS AMPHITHEATRE, ATHIENOU
THURSDAY 16 MAY 2024, 8.00 pm

►ACHNA COMMUNITY COUNCIL CULTURAL EVENTS HALL
FRIDAY 17 MAY 2024, 8.00 pm

Organised performances in municipalities and communities in Cyprus

Information: 22864330 (Thoc department of Productions and Tours)