The Disease in Limassol
After twelve performances in Nicosia, the production of Antonis Georgiou’s one-act play The Disease, featuring Lenia Sorokou and Diomedes Koufteros, was also presented at ETHAL’s Technochoros in Limassol.
The play is a meditation on memory and forgetfulness, both literally and metaphorically. An elderly woman experiences the loss of her memory while simultaneously agonizing over a world that forgets the horrors surrounding it. On the other hand, a young man wishes to forget and erase the images of a world that suffocates him. In the end, a mysterious clown appears.
As theater critic Nona Moleski mentioned (Phileleftheros, 12/20/2009), the play “consists of two seemingly disconnected monologues, yet that subtle and enigmatic connection between them proved theatrically functional. The disease addressed in the play is memory loss […] Antonis Georgiou’s text proved theatrically fruitful in the hands of director Andri Constantinou. The lead actress, the once again excellent Lenia Sorokou, captures the central idea of the text, creating a tragic figure. However, the specific nature of the woman’s disease expands and becomes generalized into the disease of humanity. […] Diomedes Koufteros captivates our attention with his impressive transformation from the role of the Young Man into a terrifying Clown. Memory turns into a nightmare. […] The courage of the contributors in this experimental theatrical form is undeniable.”
The play was directed by Andri H. Constantinou. The rest of the production team included Panayiotis Michael (set design/installation and costumes), Nikoleta Kalatha (video art), Dimitris Zavros (music/soundscape), and Karolina Spyrou (lighting design). Assistant director and set/costume designer was Maria Achilleos.
The performances in Limassol took place at ETHAL’s Technochoros on January 22, 23, 24, 27, and 28, 2010.
Photos from the performance, press clippings, and other material can be found on the website www.h-nosos.com.
Photos by Christos Theodoridis.