NEW PERFORMANCES

Paying homage to ELEUSIS
2023 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE
RODA THEATRE presents the
“Eleusinian Mysteries”
Stage direction: Maria Peretzi

Room 3Α, Kapodistriou Av. 106, Nea Ionia

Room 3Α, Kapodistriou Av. 106, Nea Ionia
February: Saturday 17/2, Sunday 25/2
Martch: Sundays 3/3, 10/3, 17/3, 24/3, 31/3
April: Sunday 7/4, Saturday 13/4
@ 8.00 p.m

Following their successful premiere and the consecutive sold-outs, the Caryatids return with the Eleusinian Mysteries for a few performances in Room 3A.
The essence and deeper meaning of the nine days of the most famous ritual of ancient times, the revered Great Mysteries of Demeter and Kori, come alive through acting, sounds and melodies of invocations, celebrations, prayers and poetic initiation. The musical performance of RODA pays tribute to the city of Eleusis, European Capital of Culture for 2023, giving the audience the opportunity to experience and directly participate in the live vibration of the mysteries of the Eleusinian initiatory process.
Following a long and meticulous investigation and study of every philosophical, spiritual and archeological aspect of the Eleusinian Mysteries, RODA’s musical performance dramatizes the leading ancient Mysteries of agrarian cult which, according to Homer, were revealed by the goddess herself so as, through the parable of the seed that falls into the earth and then blooms, human spirit might be appeased from the pain and despair of the seemingly stalemate prospect of death.
RODA theater, founded by Maria Peretzi, has created and has been continuously serving the tradition of the Theater of the Sacred for the last thirty years. The quality of its productions has been recognized by rave reviews of the Greek Press as well as international media, such as CNN, which featured RODA’s work in three separate global reports. RODA has received a “Karolos Koun” acting praise (Dimitris Gasparatos, in “Gilgamesh”, 2014), and its way of working has been captured in the award-winning documentary “Into the Centre of the Wheel” (Thessaloniki Film Festival, 2017). In RODA’s performances, the music is always live, performed by an eight-piece band. 

Reservations: tel: 6937422456 – 210 2836763

CONTRIBUTORS

Stage direction:   Maria Peretzi
Texts: Dimitris Peretzis, Maria Peretzi
Set: Nikos Tsioumplektsis
Music: Takis Paterelis (piano, flute, saxophone) / Pia Pierrakou (keyboard, vocals) / Giorgos Ntounis (percussion) / George Tabakis (percussion, ‎didgeridoo ) / Maria Thoidou (vocals) / Patty Papageorgiou (vocals) / Costas Christantonis (vocals) / Stavros Kappas (vocals)
Music supervision / Orchestration: Maria Peretzi
Stage costumes: Maria Peretzi/ Ioulia Ventikou/ Anna Kypraiou / Athena Papafoti/ Maria Tsouga /  Vicky Tseliou / Gianis Aggelis / Dimitris Bozes / Maria Symeonidou / Maria Logia
Sound arrangement : Dimitris Dimitriades
Light arrangement : Maria Peretzi/  Dimitris Nellas/ Fotis Traganoudakis 
Acting / Chorus
Nikos Tsioumplektsis (Hades / hierophant), Myrtali Papageorgiou (Persephone / Efterpi/ Priestess/ Chorus), Anna Kypreou (Demeter, Chorus), Lena Kontopidou (Hecate, Priestess, Chorus), Giannis Aggelis (Hyperion / Reviler/ Chorus), Christos Velaoras (Laomedon / Initiate I / Chorus), Stavros Kappas (Isocrates / Messenger II/ representative of Boule/ Chorus), Giorgos Kostogiannis (Messenger I, Initiate III, Chorus), Dimitris Nellas (Archon / Reviler/ Priest/ Chorus), Stamatis Logos (Hierokeryx, Dadouchos / Priest Mystagogos/ Chorus), Dimitris Bozes (PriestEpoptis, Chorus), Ioulia Ventikou (Persephone / Diogeneia/ Priestess/ Chorus), Paty Papageorgiou (Pammeropi, Chorus), Mariza Pelekanou (Saesara/ Chorus), Eva Avlidou (Baubo/ Chorus), Konstantina Baxevani (Priestess Mystagogos/ Chorus), Thomas Gotsis (Initiate II/ Chorus), Mania Metaxa (Priestess. Chorus), Alekos Kalogiannidis (Initiate IV, Chorus), Athina Papaphoti (Chorus), Penthesilia Petridou Chorus), Pia Pierakou (Chorus), Rania Spyropoulou (Chorus), Vicky Tseliou,(Chorus), Argyro Tsioumplektsi (Chorus), Maria Tsouga (Chorus), Costas Christantonis (Chorus)

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