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Performance in Greek with French subtitles.

“Because it is a modest art form, because it knows how to open up a space for gathering and listening to stories, theatre has a role to play in telling the accounts of witnesses. The truth is always passed on by word of mouth.” – Irène Bonnaud

“In our little town, there were about 4,000 Jewish people, probably more. They were all gathered around their synagogue.” A sole woman, surrounded by figurines made from terracotta that are about the height of children. She sings and tells the story of the Romaniote Jewish community from Ioannina, in Epirus.

Inspired by a novel by Dimitris Hadzis, she recounts the lives of Sabethai Kabilis and Joseph Eliyia, who are friends despite their difference in age and class. She also tells of the deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau on Saturday 25 March 1944, based on real-life accounts. She talks about the Sonderkommando revolt at Birkenau, which is, in part, a Greek story. She resurrects the ghosts with tenderness and tenacity. The theatre acts as a guard for painful recollections.

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Genre: Theatre

Price: €14-25

Credits:
Director : Irène Bonnaud
1st part Author : Dimitris Hadzis / Joseph Eliyia (montage Irène Bonnaud)
2nd part Author : Irène Bonnaud (traduit du français par Fotini Banou)
With: Fotini Banou (jeu, chant)
Scenography (sculptures) : Clio Makris
Lights : Daniel Levy
Stage management : Yannis Zervas
Vidéo : Irène Bonnaud
Subtitles : Dimitris Alexakis
Pictures : Dimitris Alexakis, Zoi Tilinski
Artistic collaboration : Angeliki Karabela, Dimitris Alexakis
Production : KET / TV Control Center (Athènes, Grèce)
Co-production : Scène Nationale Châteauvallon-Liberté, Théâtre National de NiceTour Production : KET / TV Control Center (Athènes, Grèce)
Artistic residency : KET mars-mai et fin août 2020
Supported by l’Institut Français de Grèce (Athènes)
Co-direction Festival Sens Interdits and le Radiant-Bellevue

This is a performance in the frame of Festival Sens Interdits.