The Backyard of Miracles

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Title

Η αυλή των θαυμάτων (EL)

The Backyard of Miracles (EN)

Creator

Καμπανέλλης, Ιάκωβος (EL)

Κρατικό Θέατρο Βορείου Ελλάδος (EN)

National Theatre of Northern Greece (EN)

Iakovos Kabanellis (EN)

Lyricists, Journalists, Poets, Play writers, Script writers, Writers, Academics, Cinematographers
Kampanellis Iakovos, 1921-2011 (EN)

Contributor

Καμπανέλλης, Ιάκωβος (Playwright)

Τσιάνος, Κώστας (Director)

Σταυρίδου, Ιουλία (Set designer)

Σταυρίδου, Ιουλία (Costume designer)

Τσακνής, Διονύσης (Music)

Νικολακοπούλου, Λίνα (Lyrics3)

Τζολόπουλος, Στέλιος (Lighting)

Καραπιπέρης, Κλεάνθης (Video supervision)

Τσιάνος, Κώστας (Music supervision)

Στρατάκη, Κική (Assistant director)

Μπερμπέρης, Ηλίας (Second Assistant Director)

Σερδάρη, Χρύσα (Assistant set designer)

Σερδάρη, Χρύσα (Assistant costume designer)

Βερσιούρεν, Μαρλέν (Production coordinator)

Θώμογλου, Τάσος (Production Photography)

Αγγελίτσα, Ελευθερία (Actor/Actress)

Δαλιάκα, Νατάσσα (Actor/Actress)

Δισλής, Θανάσης (Actor/Actress)

Ζαχαράκης, Αριστοτέλης (Actor/Actress)

Ιγνατιάδης, Θόδωρος (Actor/Actress)

Καλαντζής, Δημήτρης (Actor/Actress)

Καλεμκερίδου, Σοφία (Actor/Actress)

Καλπάκογλου, Παντελής (Actor/Actress)

Καραμήτρη, Μαρία (Actor/Actress)

Κολοβός, Δημήτρης (Actor/Actress)

Λιθαρής, Λευτέρης (Actor/Actress)

Μουρελάτου, Ειρήνη (Actor/Actress)

Μπερμπέρης, Ηλίας (Actor/Actress)

Παπαδόπουλος, Χάρης (Actor/Actress)

Σαρμή, Εύη (Actor/Actress)

Στρατάκη, Κική (Actor/Actress)

Lyricists, Journalists, Poets, Play writers, Script writers, Writers, Academics, Cinematographers
Kampanellis Iakovos, 1921-2011 (EN)

Writers, Choreographer, Actors, Theater directors
Tsianos Kostas, 1942- (EN)

Lyricists, Poets, Composers
Nikolakopoulou Lina, 1957- (EN)

Singers, Composers
Tsaknis Dionysis, 1954- (EN)

Actors
Kolovos Dimitris, 2025- (EN)

Description

Τέλη της δεκαετίας του 1950. Σε μια αυλή, σε μια λαϊκή γειτονιά της Αθήνας, διασταυρώνονται: ένας Μικρασιάτης γέρος πρόσφυγας σκαρφαλωμένος στο ταρατσάκι του, η γυναίκα του που ψάχνει τον εγγονό της, μια χήρα που σιγοτραγουδά τη «Ραμόνα», ένας ονειροπόλος, ένα ανδρόγυνο που άλλοτε χαϊδολογιέται άλλοτε μαλλιοτραβιέται και σχεδιάζει να φύγει στην Αυστραλία, μια συνοικιακή καλλονή που ελπίζει να γίνει σταρ του σινεμά, ένας «μοιραίος» υδραυλικός. Σε αυτόν τον μικρό χώρο κατοικεί ολόκληρη η Ελλάδα. Λίγο πριν καταρρεύσει το οικοδόμημα, μια ερώτηση αναδύεται: τί βιώνουμε, τελικά, ένα μίζερο αδιέξοδο ή ένα θαύμα; (EL)

The end of the 1950s. A courtyard, in a working-class neighborhood of Athens, is the meeting point of various characters from different backgrounds: an old refugee from Asia Minor who sleeps on the rooftop loaded with his mattresses; his wife who calls her lost grandson holding a slice of bread in her hand, a widow; a dreamer; a young couple at times hugging and at times quarreling, while planning to move to Australia; the neighborhood’s beauty who dreams of becoming a movie star; a plumber who will play a decisive role in the story. This small space is home to all Greeks. Just before it collapses, a question arises: Are we experiencing a dead-end situation or a miracle? “The Backyard of Miracles is based on the lack of stability and the sense of insecurity that characterises the life of Greek people. Everything in Greece goes up and down, flows, and changes. The common desire of Greeks is to settle somewhere, to make sure things are stable”, as highlighted by Iakovos Kambanellis in the first historical performance of the play in 1957 by the Greek Art Theatre Karolos Koun. A play, which 60 years after its first performance remains timeless, is now brought to the stage by the National Theatre of Northern Greece with new songs composed by Dionysis Tsaknis and lyrics written by Lina Nikolakopoulou. (EN)

Type

Θεατρική παράσταση (EL)

Cultural production
Play (EN)

Spatial

Μονή Λαζαριστών - Σκηνή Σωκράτης Καραντινός (EL)

Lazaristes Monastery - Sokratis Karantinos Stage (EN)

Temporal

07/10/2017

Modern Greece
Regime change (EN)

Year

07/10/2017 (EN)

Subject