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2024 /// THEATER PERFORMANCE /// ATHENS EPIDAURUS FESTIVAL

YOLANDA MARKOPOULOU ///STATION ATHENS

Is there a point where real life meets the digital self and the performing arts?

The Station Athens group, founded in 2009 in the multicultural neighbourhood of Metaxourgeio, consists of refugees and immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Based on their own true stories, their performances have won over the audience for the way they bring documentary and fiction together.
Their new production focuses on marriage, family, and companionship, humorously highlighting the catalytic role of technological development in transforming family ties.

The members of the group try to cope with life away from the family home with the help of technology.

What they have in common is the need to find solutions that will make their everyday lives easier.

Having tried everything, they turn to an artificial intelligence application. They follow its advice with sometimes hilarious and even paradoxical outcomes.

To what extent can technology transform our lives for the better? The show uses AI technology, video projections, and a unique sound design in a hybrid performance idiom.

Concept – Direction: Yolanda Markopoulou
Set Design – Costumes: Alexandra Siafkou, Aristotelis Karananos
Artistic Associate in Dramaturgy: Margarita Papadopoulou
Artistic Associate in Research: Constantina Georgiou
Lighting Design: Angelos Papadopoulos
Video Design: Angelos Papadopoulos, Yolanda Markopoulou
Music Composition and Sound Design: Manolis Manousakis
Assistant Director: Elli Chroniari
Assistant Set Designer: Afroditi Psychouli
Sound Engineer: Kostis Pavlopoulos
Assistant Sound Designer: Konstantinos Stylianou
Photography: Elina Younanli

Cast: Chalil Alizada, Hossein Amiri, Aidim Joyimal, Ramzan Mohammad, Reza Mohammadi

Production by POLYPLANITY Productions / Vicky Strataki, Nikos Charalambidis

The performance was awarded the 2nd National Bank – Mastercard Audience Award at the Goethe Institute Athens.

The grape – Greek Agora of Performance is an initiative of the Athens Epidaurus Festival with the aim of systematizing the promotion of Greek artists on the international Theater and Dance scene, giving them the opportunity to present their works to representatives of international festivals and artistic directors of cultural institutions abroad. Within the framework of the 2024 platform, 8 works are presented during the period 21 – 25 July 2024.

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