MAN FROM PODOLSK by Dmitry Danilov

MAN FROM PODOLSK

by Dmitry Danilov

Greek premiere

Director: Giorgos Koutlis

From 14 October 2022 to 4 December 2022

Nikolai, a resident of Podolsk, a drab municipality near Moscow, is arrested for no reason and is taken to a police station in the Russian capital, where he is questioned in eccentric fashion about the history of his city, avant-garde art, and his love affairs, while performing observation tests and physical exercise. The interrogation tests the very limits of his reason right up until the playΆs startling denouement.

Man from Podolsk is a disturbing satire with Kafkaesque overtones that critiques the dominant culture of our age that requires us to derive pleasure from the bleakest of surroundings, to have positive energy, and to live meaningful lives. At the same time, it sounds a warning about how the imaginative and sophisticated methods used by authoritarian regimes make us repress ourselves.

Born in 1969, Dmitry Danilov is a journalist, writer and poet with several awards to his name. His theatrical debut, Man from Podolsk, earned him RussiaΆs premiere theatre award, the Golden Mask, in 2018.

Production team

Translation, Direction and Adaptation: Giorgos Koutlis

Dramaturgical advisor: Vasilis Magouliotis

Designer: Paris Mexis

Movement: Alexandros Vardaxoglou

Music: Panagiotis Manouilidis

Lighting: Alekos Anastasiou

Dramaturg: Eri Kyrgia

Music coach: Melina Paionidou

First directing assistant: Alexandros Siatras 

Second directing assistant: Panos Kougias

Design assistant: Alegia Papageorgiou

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Aris Balis, Yilmaz Husmen, Dimitris Imellos, Eleni Koutsioumpa, Panagiotis Manouilidis, Alexandros Siatras