CULURAL SUMMER 2017

Saturday, July 22, 2017 - 9.30 p.m. - "The Tavli"

The Adults-Theatre-Group F.O.L. presented the theatrical performance   "Backgammon" by Dimitris Kechaΐdis on Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 9.30 p.m. at the Theatre F.O.L. in the Cultural Centre Longos. ADMISSION 2,00 EURO

The play The premiere of the play of Dimitris Kechaΐdis was in February 1972 in the Theatre Technis under direction of Karolos Koun. Fontas: Nikitas Tsikiroglou and Kollias: Giannis Mortzos. "Backgammon" ist performed again and again until now, which shows its impressive power. The agile dialogues of Kechaΐdis´during a game of backgammon characterize the unique atmosphere of greek reality. Unfortunately the author has passed away, but his work is still enlighting the reality in Greece.

Some words of the director Fontas and Kollias, in the early 1970ies. In the courtyard of their house, afternoon in August. Fontas, the backgammon-player. Kollioas, the lottery ticket seller. Within one afternonn they invent the fraud of the century: "As businessmen they will grab the good", as they say. The fraud ist prepared, collapses and is prepared again. The heroes struggle with the past, their unpleasant present and their hopeful future. A comedy, which shows the greek reality and the dream of the Greeks «to save one's neck».

Theatre Longos The Theatre Longos is a creation of the CULTURAL SOCIETY LONGOS "LORD BYRON". The first performances in the early 20ies of the last century until 1968, when the last play performed was "The Bridge of Arta". The curtain of Longos´Theatre rose again in 2008 after the foundation of the CHILDREN's THEATRE LONGOS with the performance "The Wizard with the Colours". Since then there are continuous performances until now. Some members of our society - remembering the old days and its success - started in 2017 to make alive the theatre, founding the Adults-Theatre-Group F.O.L.

THE ACTORS:
    Fontas: Giorgos Rodopoulos - Kollias: Stamatis Thedocharidis

SCENERY:	PAINTING:
Α. Papavasileiouίου - G. Rodopoulos	Κ. Bouloubasi - Α. Efstathiou

ADAPTION:	ELEKTRICS:
Ν. Tsamtsouris	G. Rodopoulos

POSTER-DESIGN:
Κ. Bouloubasi - Ν. Tsamtsouris - G. Rodopoulos

TECNICAL ASSISTANCE:
M. Dervisi - D. Prinou - D. Manolopoulou - Ε. Ntourou -Ι. Mourikis

DIRECTION:
Dimitris Giannopoulos

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