1984
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| Date | Monday 12 October |
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| Time | 21:00 |
| Price | €12 |
| Tickets | Buy tickets |
| Venue | Δίπυλον (Psyrri) |
| Address | Kalogirou Samouel 2 & Dipylou, Athens 105 53 |
Four musicians sit along the back wall. A single performer steps forward and becomes Winston Smith — and then becomes the telescreen, the Party, the room above the shop, the rat cage. Giorgos Papageorgiou directs, adapts, and performs George Orwell's 1984 alone, with original music by Alexandros-Dracos Ktistakis played live.
The production ran its first season at Theatro Dipylon and returns for a second, running Mondays and Tuesdays. Elena Triantafyllopoulou handles the translation and adaptation of Orwell's text into Greek.
If you want a faithful page-to-stage transfer with a full ensemble, one actor playing every role is a different proposition. But if you want Orwell's surveillance state rendered as something you feel in the room — the music tightening when Big Brother closes in — Papageorgiou builds that pressure from nothing but voice, body, and four instruments.
Theatro Dipylon, Samouil Kaloyrou 2 near Koumoundourou Square in Kerameikos. Curtain at 21:00.
Orwell set the novel in 1984. The play works best in any year that feels like it.