Αλεξάνδρεια

Περιγραφή στα Αγγλικά

Two cities, thirty years apart: 1930s Alexandria and 1960s Athens. Anna, a famous actress of the Athens era, sits for an unexpected journalist visit and her past comes apart on her. The shuttle between those moments is the architecture of Αλεξάνδρεια — playwright Zeti Fitsiou's drama at Theatro Pallas, directed by Faidon Evangelinos, with music by Evanthia Reboutsika and lyrics by Aris Davarakis. The cast is eight deep, led by Anna Mascha.

Pallas opened in 1933 as a picture-house and was restored in 2006 for stage use; the foyer keeps the original walnut wall panels, art-deco stained glass and mosaic floor. The theatre sits inside the City Link block on Voukourestiou 5, a two-minute walk from Syntagma, 1,500 seats across the main house.

If you want tight contemporary one-acters, this is the opposite — a 150-minute memory drama with music and projection. But if Alexandria-of-the-Greeks and the class frictions that shaped it draw you in, Αλεξάνδρεια closes 29 April.