Electra
by Euripides
cultural decentralization
2018
"Orestes, I tell you one thing, Aegisthus must die. If he lives I die. I will not give myself, defeated, to the enemy, to be disgraced. "
Electra, daughter of murdered king Agamemnon, lives in an isolated farmhouse outside Argos, in an unconsummated marriage. Day and night she does nothing but mourn for her father. Her brother Orestes returns in secret, burdened with the debt of revenge - murder for murder, Apollo told him. This is the story of a crime, and a question floating ironically: which order has been reestablished now that you have killed your mother?
Credits
Electra: Elena Kallinikou
Orestes: Marina Makri
Perpetrator, Old Slave, Clytemnestra, Messenger: Elena Agathokleous
Chorus: Marianna Michael, Elena Kallinikou, Marina Makri, Elena Agathokleous
Direction, dramaturgy: Elena Agathokleous
Research: Rania Iacovou
Text compilation: Rania Iacovou, Elena Agathokleous
Movement, director’s assistant: Eleana Alexandrou
Music: Marianna Michael
Mask training and construction: Loukia Pierides
Set design: Eva Korae
Set construction: Makers Will Make, Lukasz Walewski, Miron Nordyk Jurczuk
Costumes: Andreas Antoniou
Photography: Christos Georgiou
Production: Constantina Peter
Production assistants: George Pasarlis, Maria Εfthimiou
Funded by: Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth
Village tour: Kakopetria, Kato Platres, Koilani, Doros, Trimiklini, Treis Elies. August 2018
