The Good Body

The Good Body Probably the most important piece of political theatre of the last decade. A play that is at once vulnerable, comical and heartbreaking. I would be protected.

After a successful 3-city sold out run in Cyprus of The Va**na Monologues, XMAS Productions presents The Good Body, another play by Tony award winning playwright and New York Times best selling author, Eve Ensler. The Good Body merges cross-cultural explorations with Eve's own personal journey coming to terms with her" less-than-flat, post-forties stomach. Eve Ensler turns her unique eye to the re

st of the female form. Whether undergoing bottox injections or living beneath burqas, women of all cultures and backgrounds feel compelled to change the way they look in order to fit in. “Maybe I identify with these women because I have bought into the idea that if my stomach was flat, then I would be good and I would be safe. I would be accepted, admired, important, loved. Maybe because for most of my life I have felt wrong, dirty, guilty and bad, and my stomach is the carrier, the pouch for all that self-hatred. Maybe because my stomach has become the repository for my sorrow, my childhood scars, my unfulfilled ambition, my unexpressed rage.” Eve Ensler draws on personal experience, candid interviews, haunting stories and forbidden topics relating to the female body to create a play that both questions and inspires. Our aim is to bring an international cast for this play in order to embrace multiculturalism. The cast is made of 10 women, both professional and amateur actresses: 3 Cypriots, 2 American, 2 British, 2 Romanian and 1 Canadian-Cypriot. (Xenia Joakim, Nedie Antoniades, Tania Skorda, Shaunna Ioannidou, Diane Avraamides, Tessa Kolessides, Jill Mac Donald, Christina Kamberi, Anca Pericleous, and Christina Marouchou)

Performances will take place on April 5,6,7 and 12,13,14 of 2013 at the Melina Merkouri Cultural Centre at 9 pm. All monologues will be performed mostly in English, with two exceptions in Greek. All net profits will go to local charities supporting Children in need and abused children, and the Shelter for Abused Women and Children in Cyprus.

Thelma, you are doing such an excellent job giving light and sound to The Good Body...Thank you ###x
14/04/2013

Thelma, you are doing such an excellent job giving light and sound to The Good Body...Thank you ###x

LAST SHOW IS TONIGHT! THE GOOD BODY, 9PM AT MELINA MERKOURI
14/04/2013

LAST SHOW IS TONIGHT!
THE GOOD BODY, 9PM AT MELINA MERKOURI

14/04/2013

Another full house last night at THE GOOD BODY!!! THANK YOU for such an amazing response. ###

It's a powerful play! ..And it was a powerful performance!Congrats to all the ladies involved in the show:Director Athen...
14/04/2013

It's a powerful play! ..And it was a powerful performance!Congrats to all the ladies involved in the show:Director Athena Xenidou,Set designer Melita Kouta,actresses Xenia Joakim, Nedie Antoniades, Christina Marouchou,Tania Scorda, Shaunna Ioannidou, Diane Avraamides, Tessa Kolessides, Jill Mac Donald, Christina Kamberi and Anca Pericleous (and last but not least Giorgos Koukoumas, the lighting designer and the only guy in the group..He survived!)

- Agis Paikos on The Good Body

Tanya Skorda in rehearsals...''Your body is a map'' he said, ''these red marks are designated beauty capitals that need ...
11/04/2013

Tanya Skorda in rehearsals...''Your body is a map'' he said, ''these red marks are designated beauty capitals that need renovation and work!''

Yiorgos Koukoumas making magic with his lighting for The Good Body... Barbie's watching... :-)
10/04/2013

Yiorgos Koukoumas making magic with his lighting for The Good Body... Barbie's watching... :-)

Melita Kouta making the finishing touches on the set of The Good Body.... STARVE!!!!
10/04/2013

Melita Kouta making the finishing touches on the set of The Good Body.... STARVE!!!!

08/04/2013

I urge all especially english speakers to see this - I have seen it and it is a great production with lots of messages that need to be heard with humour ..... Hope one of next productions of Athena Xenidou will be " The Good Cyprus " and troika invited let alone our politicians ...ok GO and SEE it with an open mind !
- Anthony Ashiotis

A moment of silence in a circle before the show...
08/04/2013

A moment of silence in a circle before the show...

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