Friday, January 6, 2012

The American - Ο Αμερικάνος




Ithikon Akmeotaton theatre company, honoring the 100th death anniversary of Alexandros Papadiamantis, this year presents afresh the play “THE AMERICAN”.







A theatrical adaptation of the homonymous classic novel by Alexandros Papadiamandis that involves an actor and a musician reminds us the dimensions that human solitude can form as well as the “uncured” suspicion over against whatever unknown or the seemingly strange. The hero is “a stranger in his own world”. However he is neither a stranger nor an American.







He is a Greek migrant who following 25 years of absence returns back to his island but no one recognizes him. He wonders on his own alongside the port, the island’s alleys and faces his family house ruins. Only love is what he hopes for. “The American” could easily be the story of an immigrant, here, in Greece, today.






In the performance Thanasis Sarantos, as the narrator, performs a persona of Papadiamantis, looks curiously at the action and “shifts” into all the persons he narrates, with the contribution of the music and the sounds by the composer Lampros Pigounis.









A dialogue of Papadiamandis’exceptional writing with live music. The universe of ambient sounds which are produced by a different use of piano suites with all the variety, the power and the richness of the classic novel’s incredible language.
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PRODUCTION CREDITS
Direction - Performance - Lights: Thanasis Sarantos
Music Composer: Lampros Pigounis
Musician on Stage: Lampros Pigounis
Stage Design Supervisor: Lina Motsiou
Assistant Director: Dimitris Kerestentzis
Photos: Marilena Stafylidou, Takis Vekopoulos



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