EVANGELISMOS, THE MUSICAL

MARIKA KOTOPOULI STAGE – REX THEATRE

EVANGELISMOS, THE MUSICAL

with music by Angelos Triantafyllou and libretto by Giannis Asteris

Directed by Angelos Triantafyllou & Dimitris Stavropoulos

From 10 November 2023

On the Marika Kotopouli Stage, a long-hoped-for miracle takes place. Apostolos Pavlou, the director of the First Pathological Clinic at Evangelismos Hospital, together with his doctors and nurses, manages to take Death captive. This unexpected victory on the part of Life will trigger a series of strange events that go beyond the bounds of what is rational: windows sing, medical gloves become full of an unknown fungus, and lifts stop working even though there seems to be nothing wrong with them. Patients recover while the wards and corridors are filled with music. Until everyone realises the utter futility of their venture.

Evangelismos, the musical is a show about time and love. Angelos Triantafyllou and Dimitris Stavropoulos take Giannis Asteris' libretto as a starting point for the creation of a surreal and alien world made of all-too perishable materials; a world that is unbearably familiar but at the same time outlandish. The “inmates” of the hospital, its doctors, nurses, patients and attendants, sing for those who have already left, but also for those who wish to say goodbye. The elimination of Death will not bring good news, however. That will come only when Death is freed by the caress of a womanΆs hand… for “the circle of life is made with wisdom; the circle of life must be completed", as the directors of the production point out.

The two creators take a sideways look at the practices and techniques of the musical, expanding its boundaries and extending its perspectives. A superb cast of 21 actors take part in a performance in praise of life, whose unavoidably finite nature makes it so beautiful and precious. The original score by Angelos Triantafyllou and the songs performed live on stage by accomplished musicians and singers give a polyphonic musical narrative to a spectacle where death is not the end but the beginning of a rebirth.

Production team

Direction: Angelos Triantafyllou & Dimitris Stavropoulos
Music: Angelos Triantafyllou
Libretto: Giannis Asteris
Set design: Eva Manidaki
Costume design: Angelos Mentis
Movement: Amalia Bennett
Lighting: Nikos Vlasopoulos
Video/Associate director: Orestis Stavropoulos
Music coach: Melina Peonidou

Sound design: Kostas Pavlopoulos
Dramaturg: Eva Saraga
Makeup design: Olga Faleichyk
Hair design: Konstantinos Koliousis
Directing assistant: Giorgos Braoudakis
Choreography assistant: Alexandros Vardaxoglou
Set design assistant: Anna Zoulia
Costume design assistant: Alexandra-Anastasia Ftouli

Cast (in alphabetical order):

Leto Ampatzi, Haris Andrianos*, Theodora Baka*, Maria Diakopanagiotou, Maria Georgiadou, Giorgos Giokas, Yorgos Glastras, Evangelia Karakatsani, Erato Karathanasi, Eleni Kokkidou, Marios Kritikopoulos, Christos Loulis, Alkiviadis Maggonas, Lygeri Mitropoulou, Vasilis Papadopoulos, Katerina Papoutsaki, Elli Paspala, Foivos Rimenas, Giannis Sampsalakis

Guests: Natassa Bofiliou*, Martha Frintzila*

On-stage musicians: Sofia Efkleidou, Andreas Gyftakis, Vassilis Mantzoukis, Giorgos Poulios, Alexis Stenakis, Dimitris Tigkas

* Haris Andrianos will appear from 22 November 2023 to 21 January 2024
* Theodora Baka will appear from 10 to 19 November 2023
* Natassa Bofiliou will appear from 10 November to 3 December 2023
* Martha Frintzila will appear from 4 December 2023 to 21 January 2024