Lysistratas
30.07 — 31.07.2026
20.00
Description
The performance The Lysistratas approaches Aristophanes’ comedy as a deeply political and profoundly human-centered work, highlighting the power of collective speech, collaboration, and peaceful female resistance against a patriarchal world of violence. This research-based approach to ancient drama, centered on ritual and the circular orchestral spiral, is framed by musical percussion sculptures that function simultaneously as musical instruments and visual installations, serving the rhythm of the text. In this way, a shared pulse is created, within which speech, as music, activates the spatial memory of the ancient theatre as a place of communal attunement and collective experience. Within this framework, the body functions as an instrument of rhythm, memory, and shared lived experience, while the actors align themselves with the purpose of the work, serving a fundamental principle of the collective art of theatre and the legacy of ancient drama, as it resonates through the sites of the Asklepieia. The Ecclesiasterion of Ancient Messene (Odeion) constitutes the research site of this work: a living field of inquiry into the relationship between speech, rhythm, body, space, and collective memory.
Contributors
Friends of Aloni Theatre
Information
The event is offered for free by the Ministry of Culture.
Advanced booking is necessary.
Audience members are only requested to pay for the entrance fee to the archaeological site (€15, Reduced: €8, Admission is free for under 25s).
65'
Up to 13 years old
