"Erotokritos" of the National Theatre of Northern Greece Travels to Nicosia International Festival 2023-2024
“EROTOKRITOS”
A National Theatre Of Northern Greece Production
January 10, 2024
2024 Nicosia International Festival of Cyprus | Nicosia Municipal Theatre
Video: Petros Petridis
"EROTOKRITOS" is a captivating play that will mesmerize audiences at the Nicosia Municipal Theatre on January 10, 2024 at 20:30.
This enchanting production, based on the rhythmic novel by Vincenzo Kornaros, brings the essence of the Cretan Renaissance to life on stage.
The performance lasts 90 minutes without any breaks.
The festival, known for its exceptional cultural events, always impresses, and this year will be no different.
The visionary director, Argyro Chioti, a favorite among Nicosia International Festival attendees since 2019, has directed "EROTOKRITOS" magnificently.
Anticipation is high, and glowing reviews have already started to come in for this enchanting performance. Critics praise the perfect blend of music, movement, and storytelling, which takes the audience directly into the vibrant world of "EROTOKRITOS".
The expertly crafted production of the National Theatre of Northern Greece, captures the essence of the Cretan Renaissance, immersing spectators in a captivating journey of love, honor, and adventure. With "EROTOKRITOS” and the Nicosia International Festival has once again curated an unforgettable theatrical experience that will leave audiences amazed.
Erotokritos - Yeniduzen
“Cretan Theatre’s play Erotokritos, celebrating love and affection, was staged in Nicosia
The “Never Ends” section, where the International Nicosia Festival offers culture and art services to Nicosia art lovers with events spread throughout the year, started the new year with a theater show.
The culture and arts project, which spans a year and is repeated every year as a sub-section of the International Nicosia Festival with the concept of “Never Ends”, will start the new year with Vincenzo Kornaros’s rhythmic novel of the Cretan Renaissance, “Erotokritos”, staged by the National Theater of Northern Greece. made a start. Conceived and directed by Argyro Chioti, the classic work of Cretan theater reveals the obstacle-filled and socially unequal love between Aretousa, the only daughter of the King of Athens, and the son of the king’s loyal advisor Erotokritos. Alongside the captivating love story brimming with emotion and celebrating love, the play also sheds light on important current issues regarding the limits of human will and the conflict with contemporary social norms. It focuses on Aretousa, a woman who does not passively accept her fate but defends her right to self-determination with courage, passion and hope.
The poem by Iranian writer Fallahfar, Totsiou’s original composition and the play emphasizing the power of music.
The performance featured a poem written specifically for the show by Iranian writer Raheel Fallahfar, a women’s manifesto influenced by the struggles of women in her country. The rhythm of speech and bodies creates a contemporary theatrical experience in the work, which emphasizes the power of expression and, above all, music. The play, in which sword fights turned into dance competitions, serenades were sung with electric bass, and Lola Totsiou’s original composition was performed live with piano, cello and drums, received high marks from art lovers, while the audience filling the hall applauded the theater team for minutes. Source: Cretan Theatre’s play Erotokritos, celebrating love and affection, was staged in Nicosia.”
Erotokritos - Yeniduzen
“… with an absence of didacticism, Argyro Chioti adapts the famous “Erotokritos” as a story about love, forgiveness, selfishness. With sincerity and directness, she conveys a poem exactly as a reader would feel it, with colours, musicality, emotions”
“Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. Watching Argyro Chioti’s “Erotokritos”, you felt an air of freshness, youth and vitality that made the performance even more charming. A modern take on the well-known play that treated the love story of Erotokritos and Aretousa as an opportunity to highlight the very topical issue of the abuse of women and to promote the idea of their equality, independence and autonomy in a moving way.”
