Join us from July 1st to July 8th for an extraordinary performance in different locations in London, Birmingham and Coventry! Get your tickets below.
The choice of the specific folk fairy tale was not in any way incidental. The tale refers to Spano’s effort to defeat evil, the dragons, to bring water to the village. The tale was deployed by changing it in order to highlight its parabolic value. In this case, there are two young men – a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot -, trying to bring the Water – the Peace, the prosperity to the village by defeating evil – the dragons. They collaborate and manage to overcome obstacles, to defeat the dragons – the war, the hatred, the envy, the foreigners who plunder the natural wealth of their village, the separation, the hunger, the poverty – and jointly open the trench, and the water runs.
Contributors
Direction / Adaptation: Alexia Papalazarou
Music: Giorgos Karvellos
Sets & Costumes: Thelma Kasoulidou
Lighting Design: Kyriakos Siamptanis
Actors: Vasilis Pafitis, Izel Seylani
Get your tickets here:
Ashmole. July 1st 11 am https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spanos-and-the-forty-dragons-cypriot-folk-tale-tickets-646897717487
Greek School of Potters Bar, July 1st 3 pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spanos-and-the-forty-dragons-cypriot-folk-tale-tickets-646891508917
St. Eleftherios Greek Orthodox Church ,July 2nd 12.30pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spanos-and-the-forty-dragons-cypriot-folk-tale-tickets-646899603127
Cypriot Community Centre, July 2nd 7pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spanos-and-the-forty-dragons-cypriot-folk-tale-tickets-646901659277
Cypriot Community Centre, July 3rd 6.30pm https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spanos-and-the-forty-dragons-cypriot-folk-tale-tickets-646894808787
St John The Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, July 4th 6pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spanos-and-the-forty-dragons-cypriot-folk-tale-tickets-646903053447
St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, July 5th 6pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spanos-and-the-forty-dragons-cypriot-folk-tale-tickets-646905621127
St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy, July 6th 9.30am
Ayia Triada Greek School, July 8th 11 am https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spanos-and-the-forty-dragons-cypriot-folk-tale-tickets-646906754517
The Greek School of Coventry, July 8th 3pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spanos-and-the-forty-dragons-cypriot-folk-tale-tickets-646908569947
