Omicron 2, a company for the arts- Stavros Tsakiris

FARM

By Stavros S. Tsakiris

This planet is a farm.

Keeping the canvas of the myth of "Animal Farm" through small scenes and the constant presence of music, four ordinary people "tell" a modern story. And between the closest people, tied by common dreams and aspirations, lurks the inevitable (?) rift of personal enforcement. While there are laws 'designed' by people, no justice will be among us. We will go against our natural destination.

Stavros Tsakiris, on the occasion of G. Orwell's novels "Animal Farm" and "1984" detects the limits and methods of totalitarianism and how they are expressed in today's societies. Within an empty space with a few objects the four actors-performers “narrate” once again the story of Orwell and experience along with their viewers the gap opened by the millenary culture amongst people but also removed the human race from universe. The human culture of everyday life is an illusion that leads us to a dead end. Confidence in "machines" and our separation from other animals is a monstrous misunderstanding.

People and animals alive and shadows, spectators and actors, dreams and reality, hope and guilt are the elements of a carefree nightmare.

An unorthodox performance of what "theater" and "theater enjoyment" mean. The century of personal problems and concerns has finished.

Direction- Text:  Stavros S. Tsakiris

Music: Minos Matsas

Sets- Flash animation: Alexandros Psychoulis

Costumes- Masks: Giannis Metzikof

Dramaturgy: Dimitra Petropoulou

Movement: Apostolia Papadamaki

Lighting: Katerina Maragoudaki

Performing: Omicron 2