Ταυτότητα παράστασης:
Ερμηνεία : Φωτεινή Μπαξεβάνη
Κείμενο: Γιάννης Σκαραγκάς
Σκηνοθεσία / Σκηνικά / Κοστούμια: Σταύρος Λίτινας
Φωτισμοί: Στέλλα Κάλτσου
Μουσική / Σχεδιασμός ήχου: Φωτεινή Μπαξεβάνη
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Νίκος Παραουλάκης (Νέι, Πνευστά),
Βαγγέλης Καρίπης (Κρουστά)
Σχεδιασμός Αφίσας: Δημοσθένης Γαλλής
Φωτογραφίες, Βίντεο: Πάτροκλος Σκαφίδας
Λίγα λόγια για την παράσταση:
Η παράσταση βασίζεται στην ομώνυμη νουβέλα του βραβευμένου Γιάννη Σκαραγκά, και είναι εμπνευσμένη από τη ζωή της Δέσποινας Αχλαδιώτη, της ελληνίδας χήρας που έγινε γνωστή ως Κυρά της Ρω από το όνομα του μικρού νησιού, στο οποίο έζησε μόνη από τον Δεύτερο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο μέχρι τα βαθιά γεράματά της. Μετά την Τουρκική εισβολή στην Κύπρο, η Δέσποινα Αχλαδιώτη έγινε μια ηρωική φυσιογνωμία.
Ελάτε να ζήσουμε μαζί μια σπάνια θεατρική εμπειρία, φωτίζοντας από την αρχή τη ζωή μιας γυναίκας που έγινε θρύλος μέσα από την ελπίδα, τη γενναιότητα και την εξαιρετική της τρυφερότητα. Η Κυρά της Ρω είναι μια αξέχαστη παράσταση που τιμά όλα όσα αντιπροσωπεύει η κοινή μας ανθρωπιά. Πρόκειται για μια διαχρονική ιστορία για γυναίκες που αγωνίζονται να βρουν τη θέση τους σε έναν κόσμο χωρίς μνήμη και χώρο για αυτές.
Γραμμένο με ιδιαίτερη ποιητικότητα, συμπόνια και χιούμορ, και με τον αέρα της καθηλωτικής ερμηνείας της Φωτεινής Μπαξεβάνη, η Κυρά της Ρω είναι μια συγκλονιστική παράσταση που ξεκινά από μια εποχή και έναν τόπο για να περιγράψει μια πανανθρώπινη ιστορία.
Η Κυρά της Ρω θα κάνει την καρδιά σας να χτυπήσει δυνατά.
Το έργο παρουσιάστηκε σε διαφορετικές παραστάσεις εκτός Ελλάδας, στις ΗΠΑ και στην Αυστραλία. Η νέα παράσταση παρουσιάζεται σε νέα σκηνοθεσία του Σταύρου Λίτινα.
Ο θεατρικός μονόλογος Η Κυρά της Ρω του Γιάννη Σκαραγκά τελεί υπό την αιγίδα της Γενικής Γραμματείας Απόδημου Ελληνισμού του Υπουργείου Εξωτερικών.
Το ομώνυμο βιβλίο "Η Κυρά της Ρω" του Γιάννη Σκαραγκά κυκλοφορεί από τις εκδόσεις Κριτική. https://kritiki.gr/product/i-kyra-tis-rw/
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Video Trailer - YouTube
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"The Lady of Ro"
Cast & Crew:
Written by Gianni Skaragas
Directed by Stavros Litinas
Performed by Fotini Baxevani
Set/Costume Designer: Stavros Litinas
Light Designer: Stella Kaltsou
Music-Sound Design: Fotini Baxevani
The songs of the show are performed by Violeta Ikari
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Violin/Viola: Fotis Siotas
Ney flute/Kaval flute: Nikos Paraoulakis:
Guitars/Tzouras: Dimitris Lappas
Percussion: Vagelis Karipis
Photos / Video trailer by Patroklos Skafidas
Poster by Dimosthenis Gallis
A stirring, lyrical story about things that touch and test our human core, The Lady of Ro captures the essence of life that, in its very unfolding, seems to be slipping away before our grasp. It is about what happens to the dreams we hold close during war time, the ties that bind daughters and mothers, husbands and wives, folk legends and madwomen to one another and to the places they call home. And how every story—of love or mourning—is about fighting our way through history and back into what makes us human. The Lady of Ro invites us into the ascetic world of a woman who lives alone on a small island questioning the values she once held true. The story is inspired by the life of Despina Achladioti, the Greek widow known as the Lady of Ro, after the deserted island where she took refuge during the two world wars. For Despina opening her eyes to how the world is changing meant being an outlier. She was born on the island of Kastellorizo, but sailed with her husband to the nearby deserted island of Ro, a stone’s throw from Turkey’s southern coastline. Despina watched from her island as Kastellorizo was invaded by Italians, bombed by Germans and all the island’s residents were evacuated from their homes by British forces to Palestine and Egypt. Achladioti's fame rests on her persistence, from the time she arrived on the island until her death on May 13, 1982 at the age of 92, to raise the Greek flag. After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, the Lady of Ro became a hero and folk legend. The Lady of Ro celebrates the will to survive in the most desperate of circumstances, weaving together a stunning mosaic of human experience and dramatic scenes from Greek history during the first half of the 20th century. Her version of Greece is infused by a powerful understanding of human beings and touched with the fierce beauty of the wounds we bear and the light that radiates from us all. Performed in Greek with English supertitles
The Lady of Ro is based on Gianni Skaragas’s novel published by Kritiki S.A. (2017)
Biographies
GIANNI SKARAGAS - Author
Gianni Skaragas is a novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. He writes in both English and Greek, and teaches creative writing. A professional writer for more than twenty years, Skaragas is the author of ten books in Greece and Switzerland. His first novel, Epifania, a psychological suspense novel, was adapted for television in 2001. In 2009, his play Prime Numbers was presented in an off -off -Broadway production at the Greek Cultural Center in New York. His short story The History of Grains was adapted for theatre in Zurich, Switzerland, and premiered in 2017 (Courage). Skaragas was the creator and writer of five TV series in Greece. His English short stories and poems have appeared in publications including The Tower Journal, American Chordata, World Literature Today, Crannóg, Spilled Milk, and elsewhere. He was the recipient of the Copper Nickel Editors' Prize for Prose in 2018 (University of Colorado). His grants, fellowships, and residencies include honors from organizations such as the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Writers OMI (Ledig House), IWP university of Iowa, and Stiftung Sulzberg, among others. FOTINI BAXEVANI - Actress
Fotini Baxevani was born in Athens, Greece. She is a graduate of the Greek Νational School of Dramatic Art (GNT Drama School) and a graduate of the National School of Music with a BA in music and composition. She is currently an MA student of the School of Film Studies (Fine Arts of the Aristotle University). Since 1992, she has appeared in more than 60 theatre productions in Greece and abroad, and starred in TV series and films. She also works as a theatre director and a film-theatre music composer. From 2010 she is teaching acting in drama schools. In 2009 she directed the play “Prime Numbers” by Gianni Skaragas at the N.Y. Greek Cultural Center. Baxevani has served as the Deputy Artistic Director at the National Theatre of Greece (2013-14) and has received the Greek Critics Union award for her performance in 2012 (Loxandra, National Theatre of Northern Greece) and honorary distinction for an actress in a leading role for her performance in the film «Ourania» by Despoina Kourti (40th Greek Short Film Festival in Drama 2017). STAVROS LITINAS - Director
Stavros Litinas was born in Heraklion, Crete. He studied architecture at NTUA and dance. He has been involved in various types of dance and has focused on flamenco. He has studied with great dancers and choreographers in Spain. In 1992 he founded "ARROYO", the first flamenco school in Athens. He is a producer and choreographer of the dance-theater company "ARROYO NUEVO". His recent choreographic and directing works are "Dinner GOURMET?" based on C. Malaparte's novel "THE SKIN", A. Strindberg's "MISS JULIE", H. Müller's "QUARTET", O. Wilde's "SALOME" (Greek National Theater 2018) and F.G.Lorca's "THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA". He has also signed significant performances as a movement consultant but also as a set and costume designer in major theaters including the Greek National Theater, National Theater of Northern Greece and the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus.
