DI – MENTIA

Odysseus returns to Cyprus after many years for the funeral of his uncle who raised him. There, he is reunited with his estranged family and, as a result of his illness, their previous life unfolds, with unforeseen and tragic results.

There will come a day when everyone and everything will betray you, even your own self. There will come a time when there will be no more sand left in life’s hourglass. And then what remains?

“I now wait for the wave erase all guilt

Footprints on the sand that we made together

What is important is to forget, and if you are forgotten, good for you”

Two brothers separated by fate explore foreign lands and homelands. Is forgiving forgetting? A musical journey that unites the Cyprus of yesterday to the Cyprus of today. Homecoming, hospitality, diaspora.

“We started dancing on the sand and caressing the body

I will remember that mark for a lifetime

What is important is to love, and if you are loved, good for you”

How do you attain artistic immortality? Creativity, betrayal, eternity.

 

CREATIVE TEAM, CAST & BAND

 

ORIGINAL IDEA Alex Panayi

MUSIC Alex Panayi

SCRIPT & LYRICS Stergios Mavrikis

DIRECTOR George Rodosthenous

CHOREOGRAPHY Charis Savvas

MUSICAL DIRECTOR Dimitris Zavros

VOCAL DIRECTOR Christina Argyri

COSTUME DESIGN Marianna Ladreyt/Chrisanthos Cara

ART CREATIONS Nicholas Panayi

LIGHT DESIGN Karolina Spyrou

SOUND DESIGN Costas Charalambous

STAGE MANAGER Nicos Zavallis

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Katerina Christofidou

CAST

Odysseus Alex Panayi

Petros Thanos Chronis

Calypso Chrissie Andreou

Zoe Electra Fotiadou

Lucia Adriani Maleni

Penny  Mariella Savvides

Jenny Marlain Angelides

Theodore  Philippos Constantinos

Angelos  Dimitris Tsakalas

Ensemble Charis Savvas

THE BAND

PIANO Dimitris Zavros

BASS Florencio Rodrigues Ponce

CLARINET/SAXOPHONE Valter Topalov