CULTURAL SUMMER 2023

Saturday, July 29, 2023 - 9.00 p.m.

The CHILDREN's THEATRE LONGOS invited to the performance "Fools" by Neil Simon on Saturday, July 29, at 9.00 p.m. at the Longos Cultural Centre. Admission free

SCENERY and VIDEO:    Werner Charilaos Sollbach       LIGHT and SOUND:    Mantikas/Egio       COSTUMES:    Maria Dourou-Sollbach, Paraskevi Georgiou Kalamida       POSTER-DESIGN:    Georgios Sollbach       MUSIK:    Aris Meliadis       BACKSTAGE ASSISTANT:    Vasiliki Antonopoulou       DIRECTOR and OVERALL MANAGEMENT:    Maria Dourou-Sollbach We thank everyone who helped to make the performance possible.. We also thank the friends of the CHILDREN's THEATRE LONGOS, our young actors, who surprised us with their patience, imagination, cheerfulness and team spirit in this play of creation.

The CHILDREN's THEATRE LONGOS of the     CULTURAL SOCIETY LONGOS "LORD BYRON"     dedicated this performance to all children and     especially to the children of     "THE SMILE OF THE CHILD".

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The author The US-American playwright Neil Simon was born on July 4, 1927. He is considered one of the best comedy writers in the history of American literature. Simon has created over 30 theatre works and has written almost the same number of film scripts. Despite the fact that Simon has been nominated for more OSCARs and TONYs than any other writer, many believe he has been underrated for most of his career as a playwright because he wrote comedies rather than dramas. Neil Simon died on August 26, 2018.

The play The play "Fools" by Neil Simon is a light, romantic comedy set in a hamlet in the Ukraine at the end of the 19th century, which manages to raise questions of modernity through wit.The play focuses mainly on diversity and shows that enforcement, contempt, intimidation and social discrimination do not make people more important. On the contrary, friendliness, willpower, respect and love are what make people of all ages and social levels unique. In a remote Ukrainian village, Kulyentsikov, a new teacher arrives to teach. But he soon finds out that two centuries ago a count put a curse on the village, saying that all the inhabitants will be born ignorant and die stupid. The teacher can only break the curse with knowledge or love. The eccentric characters of the village even unleash their own stupidity, leading to spontaneous laughs. Above all, the play shows that bullying and the exercise of power do not make people more important. Instead, it is respect, willpower and love that distinguish people and make them special. The CHILDREN's THEATRE LONGOS attempts to shed light on a delicate, timeless subject such as the manipulation of knowledge and the cultivation of people. The "curse" can be solved, of course. Provided that respect and love play an active role in people's lives. The actors (Zoom in: left mouse click) Konstantinos Galanis as 1st narrator ??? WHO IS WHO? Fotis Galanis as 2nd narrator Fotini Chrysanthopoulou as Lenia Zubritsky Stavros Rapi as Snetsky, shepherd Christophoros Dimou as Count Jusekewits Pantelis Iliopoulos as poet Georgios Sakellaropoulos as Dr Zubritsky Ioannis Sakellaropoulos as painter Vasiliki Iliopoulou as Mitskin, postwoman Marios Zisis as Slovits, butcher Ioannis Simogiannis as judge and barber Sofia Papagiannopoulou as customer and helper in the household Fei Stefou as 1st ballet dancer Ilektra Kounadi as 2nd ballet dancer Silia Georgoudaki, who has fallen ill intended as Sofia Zubritsky Vasilios Kolokythas as Leon Toltsinsky, teacher Metaxia Galani as Jetszna, general trade   The role of Silia Georgoudaki as Sofia Zubritsky, who unfortunately fell ill, was taken over at short notice by Anna Rodopoulou. We would like to thank Anna especially for stepping in, without her the performance would have had to be cancelled. We wish Silja a speedy and complete recovery! Here are some photos of the performance: See also a video excerpt ...   <- back