I Play, Therefore I Am Humanity, Play and Music
Start of reservations: 24.07
09.08 — 10.08.2026
21.00
Description
In this music-theatre performance, virtuosic piano playing enters into dialogue with theatrical play, highlighting humanity’s creative potential. Drawing from an extensive musical anthology ranging from Bach and Mozart to André Jolivet, Friedrich Gulda, Philip Glass, Ernest Bloch, and the Beatles, Alexandra Papastefanou navigates with remarkable artistry through diverse styles and rhythms, moving seamlessly between classical, contemporary, and jazz idioms.
Through this musical journey, she invites the actor Konstantinos Georgopoulos, on stage, into an ongoing dialogue—to improvise, respond, and embody a variety of characters. In turn, he develops a repertoire of texts, constructing a self that acts according to the principles of humanism and the spirit of a universal cultural play shared across humanity.
The performance draws upon texts by William Shakespeare, Sue Jennings, Johan Huizinga, Donald Winnicott, and Albert Camus, alongside myths and folktales, weaving them into a theatrical and musical exploration of play as a fundamental expression of human existence.
Contributors
ION Theatre Expression Company
Information
The event is offered for free by the Ministry of Culture.
Advanced booking is necessary.
60'
