First play by Cypriot playwright to be staged by THOC.
ΤΟ NERON TOU DROPI, by Michalis Pashiardis,
1974
With the play «To Neron tou Dropi» by M. Pashiardis, THOC went on a six-month tour of Greece after the
coup and invasion of 1974.
HOSTAGES, by Loukis Akritas, 1973
With the play «Hostages», by Loukis Akritas, THOC went on a six-month
tour of Greece after the coup and invasion of 1974. The play was also
performed at the open-air cinema «Montaldo» in Morphou.
DON CAMILLΟ, by Sotiris Patatzis, 1974
One of THOC’s greatest box-office hits.
A DOLL’S HOUSE, by Henrik Ibsen, 1974
Starring
Antigone Valakou.
PUSS IN BOOTS, by Brian Way, 1976
First production of THOC’s Children's Stage.
ΜOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN , By Bertolt
Brecht, 1977
The play was directed by Heinz Uwe Haus,
an artist whose work includes productions for the Berliner Ensemble, the
theatre run for many years by Brecht himself.
ΟTHELLO, by William Shakespeare, 1979
The first performance took place in
Dheryneia on 14 July 1979. The performance acted as a symbol of the coup
and Turkish invasion on 15 and 20 July 1974 and was staged as close as
possible to occupied Famagusta which is the setting for Shakespeare’s
play.
SUPPLIANT WOMEN, by Euripides, 1978
A play of
special significance in THOC’s history. With this production, THOC took
part in the Festival of Epidaurus for the first time (30 July, 1 August
1980), and the play was first presented at the Athens Festival, at the
Lycabettus Theatre (18 and 19 August 1979) The reviews by Lignadis,
Georgousopoulos, Margaritis and others, were indicative of the quality
of N. Charalambous’s production, which was complemented by the exquisite
designs of George Ziakas and the ritualistic music of M. Christodoulides.
LYSISTRATA, by Aristophanes, 1981
Τhe play was presented in an excellent
translation in the Cypriot dialect by the great Cypriot poet Costas
Montis.
ELECTRΑ, by Sophocles, 1983
A production directed by Michalis
Cacoyiannis and featuring a host of personalities of the Greek arts:
translated by the writer George Chimonas, starring Irene Pappas in the
title role, sets by the sculptor Takis, costumes by Marina Karella and
music by Vangelis Papathanasiou.
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ΜΑNOLIS, by George Neophytou, 1990
Starring Despina Bebedeli, the one-act
was the forerunner for the first Cypriot Chamber Opera of the same name
by Vasos Argyrides.
ΕLENI, by Euripides, 1992
Co-production of THOC and the Athens
Concert Hall.
SΑΜΙΑ, by Menander, 1994
Τhe play was directed by Evis Gavrielides was
characterised as one of the Cypriot director's best productions.
STEEL MAGNOLIAS, by Robert Harling, 1994
First production of the New Stage (Ayios
Dometios Municipal Theatre)
DΑ, by Hugh Leonard, 1996
First production of the New Stage at its
own premises in the Strovolos Industrial District.
THESMOFORIAZOUSAE, by Aristophanes, 1996
First collaboration with the well-known
Cypriot comedian Sotiris Moustakas.
ΤHE MAGIC PEARL, by Yuri Stupel and K.
Argyropoulou, 1999
Techniques of Black
Light Theatre were used in Cyprus. The play also had the largest audiences of
all productions of the Children's Stage of THOC.
MADAME MARGUERITE, by
Roberto Athayde, 2001
First production of the Experimental
Stage.
ΑΝΤIGONE, by Christos Pittas, 2001
The first production of a dance-drama, a
THOC - Goerlitz Theatre co-production. The play, inspired by the tragedy
by Sophocles, was based on a dramaturgic proposal by Andy Bargilly. This
first mixed production heralded THOC’s intention to include dance-drama
among its activities.
SEVEN AGAINST THEBES, by Aeschylus, 2001
Record audiences per performance (over
1000)
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD, by Mark Medoff, 2001
Record audiences for a New Stage
performance.
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