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The Curtain Rises For The
"Love of Marikkou" On July
13th
07/07/2005
The Love of Marikkou by Kyriakos
Akanthiotis: a play characterized by the beauty of the language and the
soul of Cyprus, a play which has its own long and glorious history in
the professional and amateur theatre stages in Cyprus. After it was
written in 1938 it was produced numerous times all over the island and
was loved by audiences in towns and villages, from Trachoni to Kythrea,
and from Agioi Omologites to Kakopetria.
The Cyprus Theatre Organization produces the play, with a group of
selected group of cast and crew. The premiere of this soul-touching play
will be on Wednesday, July 13th .
The Love of Marikkou is written in the Cypriot dialect, and the story
unfolds in a village. It deals with a favotire topic, the love of the
poor shepherd Ttasi, with Marikkou, the daughter of the rich magistrate.
The story ends in a dynamic way, with an elopement of Marikkou by Ttasis
from Nicosia and an unworthy potential husband.
The production is filled with music, song and dance; the play is
directed by Eftychios Poullaides. The stage and costume design is
by Elena Katsouri, Evagoras Karagiorgis has composed the music
and the songs are a creation if both Evagoras Karagiorgis and
Achilleas Limbourides. Charalambos Charalambous oversaw the
choreography and Karolina Spyrou designed the lights.
Cast (in order of appearance):
Mandis: Michalis Moustakas
Costaras: Andreas Mousouliotis
Marikkou: Elena Demetriou
Ppinou: Olga Potamitou
Ttasis: Neoklis Neokleous
Petris: Panikos Pilalis
Giorkatjis: Spiros Stavrinides
Gizopoullos: Loris Loizides
Chailis: Christoforos Christoforou
Priest: Andreas Mavrommatis
Wife of Priest: Androulla Eracleous
Dancers:
Charalambos Charalambous, Maria Alexandrou, Chrysostomos Avgousti,
Stella Theodoulidou, Christodoulos Louka, Giannos Melissas, Julie
Melissa, Michalis Pashoulis, Maria Sourmeli, Katerina Charalambous
Asst. Director Elena Papadopoulou
P E R F O R M A N C E S
NICOSIA
MAKARIOS III AMPHITHEATRE (School for the Blind)
13, 14, 15, 16 July
EUCALYPTUS PARK, DALI
Wednesday 20 July
(2nd Theatre Festival, IDALIA Cultural Committee)
LIMASSOL
POLEMIDIA OPEN-AIR MUNICIPAL THEATRE
Tuesday 26 July
GARDEN THEATRE
Thursday 28 & Friday 29 July
PAPHOS
ANCIENT ODEON
Friday 22 July
POLI CHRISOCHOUS (stadium of Lyceum and Technical School)
Tuesday 9 August
KATO PIRGOS TILLIRIAS* (Amphitheatre of Fishing Retreat)
Thursday 11 August
LARNAKA
PATTICHION AMPHITHEATRE
Wednesday 3 August
FREE FAMAGUSTA AREA
DERYNIA AMPHITHEATRE
Thursday 4 August
Performances start at 9 p.m.
Tickets: £6 & £3
Box Office – Presale of tickets:
tel. 22773571, 22772395, 99512741
and from the theatre Box Offices on the evenings of performances
*Free
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