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THEATHER ENSEMBLE“THEATRIKO-ERGOTAXIO”PROFILE |
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The ex- Municipal
Theatre Group of Stavroupolis "THEATRIKO
ERGOTAXIO" was founded in continuance of the apprenticeship of the
actors who studied in the Laboratory for Drama Education under the artistic
direction of Isabella Martzopoulou. The repertoire
is directly connected with the Laboratory’s method of working as well as the
Theatre Group's. The orientation of both the "THEATRIKO ERGOTAXIO"
and the Laboratory follows that of the Wroclaw Laboratory (Poland). The
co-founder of the Wroclaw Laboratory, Ludwig Flaszen,
gives regular seminars, as does Werner Muller among others. Isabella Martzopoulou studied with Richard Cieclak
and Ludwig Flaszen. We started with Daniil
Kharms, a writer whose texts are a challenge, in
our opinion, both for the actors and other artistic contributors alike. Our
first production was his "A Journey to Brazil". The story revolves
around two main types of people: on the one hand we have Kolia
Patkin, dreamer and adventurer, descendant of
ground-breaking historical figures such as inventors and discoverers, and on
the other stands Petia Ertzof,
who personifies realism. Through game, one of the most important factors in
the evolution of human knowledge, it is proven once again that progress comes
about through dreams and imagination, and is not bound to reason. "A
Journey to Brazil" represented Greece in the "Festival of Two
Nations in Cologne, Germany, in March 2001, and received the highest critical
praise from an enthusiastic German Press:
"… Studiobuhne: Children’s Theatre’s finest hour: The "THEATRIKO ERGOTAXIO" theatre group from Thessaloniki with "A Journey to Brazil" offered a performance rarely seen nowadays – as much regarding dramatic inspiration as in terms of scenery, sound, lighting and movement……Isabella Martzopoulou directed this discovery as a journey to uplift the soul without precedent. A triumph of sound and color flooded this performance…" (Kölner-Stadt-Anzeiger). |
“Journey
to Brazil” |
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After "A Journey to
Brazil" we continued our wanderings through the wonderful literary world
of Daniil Kharms to
discover "Who is Professor Troubotskin?"
The text gives this great writer the opportunity to add a touch of acidity to
a child’s judgment and realization before a world of untruths built by adults
for their own ends. In this way Kharms strongly
reinforces the code of entertainment as an "education of the soul",
all the while with humor, imagination and the
ability to see the world upside-down, which are the prime elements in a
child’s way of thinking. With his caustic quill Kharms
in addition shows incredible foresight, given his era, namely predicting the
current use of children in today’s consumer society. |
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"Kharms
File" is the third production of “THEATRIKO ERGOTAXIO”, a tribute to one
of the most important Russian pioneers with documents and events concerning
his short, difficult and with many disturbances life, during the hard Stalin
years. Daniil Kharms –
the main literary pseudonym of Daniil Yiovanovitz Youvatsof – came
into the world on 17 December 1905. A German schooling followed, and then in
1924 he enrolled at the Electro-Technical College of Leningrad. Together with
his friend and colleague Alexander Vedensky
(1900-1941) and the poet Nikolay Zabolotsky
(1903-1958), Kharms founded the arts and literature
group "OBERIOU" (Union of Real Art). Kharms and Vedensky
dedicated themselves to children’s literature, writing for the publishing
house "Detgiz", more famously known as
"Marshak Academy". By 1940 Kharms had published eleven children’s books, while at
the same time contributing regularly to the magazines "The
Hedgehog", ‘The Siskin" and "Tzizz".
Daniil Kharms met his
pitiful end in February 1942 in a Soviet prison after the Nazis had entered
his country. Today he is recognized in the world of literature as one of its
most important writers, and not only in the field of children’s literature.
He is remembered as "the last Russian avant-garde." By happy coincidence, at
the same time that Kharms made his entrance into
the Greek stage via the Municipality of Stavroupolis,
the “Kostaki Collection”, works of art from the
same period as Kharms wrote, is being exhibited at Stavroupolis’ Moni Lazariston. |
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“A moment
of Silence”
Theatrical
adaptation-Direction: Isabella Martzopoulou
Director of set and costume design: Henk van Loenen Lighting director: Dimos Avdeliodis Painting: Agelliki Kourmoulaki Musical compositions - coordination: Alekos Papadopoulos Music set to lyrics by : Marios Mavromatis Agathonas Iakovidis performs
the song “San tis Smirnis to yiagini” Musicians: uti: Nikolaos Iakovidis Violin:
Dimitris Theodorakis Kontrabaso: Vassilis Michael Drums:
Alekos Papadopoulos Singing: Tsairidou Sofia Lighting & sound console: Aris Zachos Actors: Bares
Stelios Hekimian Mari Nikiforou Eva Siaperas Thanos Tsairidou Sofia |
“A Moment of Silence” is the fourth
production of “THEATRIKO
ERGOTAXIO” “A moment of silence”
A work in progress
A composition of
narrations by refugees of the Asia Minor destruction of 1922 Sources:
“Koinos Logos” –Elli
Papadimitriou-“Hermes” publications,
“Exodos”-Center of Asian
Minor Studies, “The ones who came, the ones who left”-
Maria Tsirimonaki, Newspaper “Proodos”
1922 and excerpts from
passages and poets by: Manolis Anagnostakis,
Andreas Ebirikos, T.S. Eliot, Odysseas Elytis, Konstatinos Kavafis, Elias
Kazan, Michalis Katsaros, Bertold
Breht, General Makrygiannis,
Georgios Seferis, Dionysios
Solomos, Georgios Tertsetis,
Evangelos Hekimoglou,
Ernest Hemingway). The
passage of the “teacher” was written by Isabella Martzopoulou.
The lyrics
of the songs that are heard in the
performance belong to Kostis Palamas, Dionysios Solomos, Steven Wallas (from the program of the production “National
Hymn”, directed by Michael Marmarinos) The first performance, on the 12th March
2003 at the Municipal Theather of Stavroupolis. Performances of the play continue from 9th
to 25th of May, 2003
“A moment of Silence” – Smyrna burning |
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Theather Ensemble
“THEATRIKO-EGOTAXIO”
www.theatriko-ergotaxio.gr e-mail:theatriko_ergotaxio@yahoo.gr
