Festival ΄Town-Stage΄ until 18 May
DIPETHE
10 Μαΐου 2019
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CORFU. DIPETHE (Municipal & Regional Theatre) is organising its annual festival ΄Town-Stage΄.
In collaboration with the Ionian University, DIPETHE actors, musical groups and artists we want to rediscover the Town - transform it, talk about it and look at its hidden parts with a new perspective.
Saturday 11 May
19:00
New Fortress entrance
'Our Foreigners' - A walk that will end in music and theatre with teenage pupils under the auspices of the Panhellenic Drama and Education Network, the 'What if it were you?' Programme and the UNHCR for refugees in Greece. With the support of the Antiquities Inspectorate and the Ministry for Culture.
50 pupils from four Corfu high schools put on a theatrical performance about refugees in Corfu in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Saturday 11 - Sunday 12 May
21:00
St. George's Church, Old Fortress
'Trilogy of Supplicants'
Performance of the 3 tragedies 'The Suppliants - The Suppliant Maidens - 'Heracleidae' by the actors Spyros, Sklavounos, Alexandra Payiataki and Sophia Tombrou with dance participation of actors and the public.
Percussion - Nikos Metallinos
Music:
'Mantzaros' Philharmonic Society
Camerata Vocalis conducted by Rosa Poulimenou, Soloists - Anastasia Tzilianou and Alexandros Komnas.
There will also be a performance of part of the mass 'The Armed Man' by Sir Karl Jenkins which was commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum for the Millennium celebrations and dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis. It is essentially an anti-war piece.
Sunday 12 May
18:00 - 20:00
Contra Fossa
Live Performance – Solo
Concept / Performance - Dimitra Nikolopoulou
Monday 13 May
18:30 - 20:00
People's Park
'Picture Postcard'
Workshop for children of all ages which will finish with a walk through the town accompanied by parents.
Discover the town and collect materials to create our own picture postcards and souvenirs of the town and its history.
Artistic Supervisor: Dimitra Nikolopoulou
Tuesday 14 May
19:00 - 20:20
Solomos Statue (next to Aktaion)
'The Poet and his Statue'
A guided tour of the busts of poets in Corfu Town.
Spontaneous performance art with the participation of the public.
Director: Dimitra Nikolopoulou
Wednesday 15 May
19:30
Georgaki Statue
Open discussion between students and the public inspired by Kostas Georgakis' sacrifice. Organised by Hellenic Students Community.
Inspired by student Kostas Georgakis' desperate act in Genoa on 19 September 1970, students from the Ionian University will be holding an open discussion with the public about the ideals and values that they are willing to fight for today.
Thursday 16 May
19:00 - 20:20
Annunziata Square
Audio tour of Corfu Town organised by the Ionian University History Department Artistic Group.
Artistic Director: Angeliki Poulou
Friday 17 May
21:30
Agia Eleni Square
Musical and theatrical performance 'The Shrew' by the Ionian University Musical Education Activities group.
Artistic Director: Zoe Dionysiou
Director: Alexandra Payiataki
Saturday 18 May
20:00
Old Town Hall Square
Closing ceremony
'Caesium 133 - An Essay on Time' performed by the DIPETHE Workshop 'Doc's Theatre'.
Artistic Director: Evgenia Zagoura
This will be followed by a concert from The Boombox Collective.
Saturday 11 May
19:00
New Fortress entrance
'Our Foreigners' - A walk that will end in music and theatre with teenage pupils under the auspices of the Panhellenic Drama and Education Network, the 'What if it were you?' Programme and the UNHCR for refugees in Greece. With the support of the Antiquities Inspectorate and the Ministry for Culture.
50 pupils from four Corfu high schools put on a theatrical performance about refugees in Corfu in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Saturday 11 - Sunday 12 May
21:00
St. George's Church, Old Fortress
'Trilogy of Supplicants'
Performance of the 3 tragedies 'The Suppliants - The Suppliant Maidens - 'Heracleidae' by the actors Spyros, Sklavounos, Alexandra Payiataki and Sophia Tombrou with dance participation of actors and the public.
Percussion - Nikos Metallinos
Music:
'Mantzaros' Philharmonic Society
Camerata Vocalis conducted by Rosa Poulimenou, Soloists - Anastasia Tzilianou and Alexandros Komnas.
There will also be a performance of part of the mass 'The Armed Man' by Sir Karl Jenkins which was commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum for the Millennium celebrations and dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis. It is essentially an anti-war piece.
Sunday 12 May
18:00 - 20:00
Contra Fossa
Live Performance – Solo
Concept / Performance - Dimitra Nikolopoulou
Monday 13 May
18:30 - 20:00
People's Park
'Picture Postcard'
Workshop for children of all ages which will finish with a walk through the town accompanied by parents.
Discover the town and collect materials to create our own picture postcards and souvenirs of the town and its history.
Artistic Supervisor: Dimitra Nikolopoulou
Tuesday 14 May
19:00 - 20:20
Solomos Statue (next to Aktaion)
'The Poet and his Statue'
A guided tour of the busts of poets in Corfu Town.
Spontaneous performance art with the participation of the public.
Director: Dimitra Nikolopoulou
Wednesday 15 May
19:30
Georgaki Statue
Open discussion between students and the public inspired by Kostas Georgakis' sacrifice. Organised by Hellenic Students Community.
Inspired by student Kostas Georgakis' desperate act in Genoa on 19 September 1970, students from the Ionian University will be holding an open discussion with the public about the ideals and values that they are willing to fight for today.
Thursday 16 May
19:00 - 20:20
Annunziata Square
Audio tour of Corfu Town organised by the Ionian University History Department Artistic Group.
Artistic Director: Angeliki Poulou
Friday 17 May
21:30
Agia Eleni Square
Musical and theatrical performance 'The Shrew' by the Ionian University Musical Education Activities group.
Artistic Director: Zoe Dionysiou
Director: Alexandra Payiataki
Saturday 18 May
20:00
Old Town Hall Square
Closing ceremony
'Caesium 133 - An Essay on Time' performed by the DIPETHE Workshop 'Doc's Theatre'.
Artistic Director: Evgenia Zagoura
This will be followed by a concert from The Boombox Collective.
