Overview
One of Georgia’s largest and oldest theatre companies, the Rustaveli Theatre will bring life to Sophocles’ tragic play Electra on July 25 at the Paphos Odeon Amphitheatre in the final installment of the Festival of Ancient Greek Drama.
Directed by Robert Sturua, Artistic Director of Rustaveli Theatre and renowned stage director, Grigoris Karantinakis and Nikoloz Heine-Shvelidze, the production promises a story that is as old as time and as shocking as today’s headlines.
Electra, which represents the last and the most mature creative period of Sophocles, recounts the murder in the palace of Atreides, which reaches its peak with the matricide of Orestes.
The play focuses on the power of women trapped in a patriarchal system, on the complex family and gender dynamics relevant today, and on political activism. Along with sorrow, humour, and political intrigues, the Georgian production manages to create a landscape of suspense and tension that propels the play to its inevitable conclusion. The passion and precision of the ancient writing is still in action during the show – a wonderful integrity.
Guests are requested to arrive before 20:45 to be seated.
There will be Greek and English surtitles at the performance.
Translated and adapted for the stage by: Grigoris Karantinakis and Nino Kantidze
Staging Director: Robert Sturua
Directed by: Grigoris Karantinakis and Nikoloz Heine-Shvelidze
Design: Mirian Shvelidze
Music editing: Ia Sakandelidze
Choreography: Kote Purtseladze
Assistant to the Director: Rusudan Barbakadze
Music by Toru Takemitsu, Mark Isham, David Lang, Ólafur Arnalds and Rammstein are used in the performance
CAST:
Old Slave: Irakli Macharashvili
Orestes: Davit Gotsiridze / Lasha Jukharashvili
Electra: Eka Molodinashvili
Chysothemis: Lela Akhalaia / Tamta Inashvili
Clytemnestra: Nino Kasradze
Aegisthus: Beso Zanguri
Pylades: Gagi Svanidze
Chorus
Manana Abramishvili, Lela Akhalaia, Tamta Inashvili, Keti Svanidze, Keti Khitiri, Ana Amilakhvari
