A FUTURE TO DIE FOR
2021
The performance is a tragic comedy of a pitching event for services and products related to the survival of humanity amidst the imminent, almost irreversible ecological catastrophe. Somewhere between Paul’s Twelve Steps to Thrive in Times of Crisis career coaching course, the pitching of the latest services and products produced especially to support humans during the almost irreversible ecological catastrophe lies their opportunistic fuckedupdom.
Are we still to function in a capitalist way in these urgent times? Are the principles of competition and division a means to survival or a way to more destruction? Would it be that now more than ever, we need each other not just ethically but actually to avoid a very possible mass extinction?
Through the latest funeral rituals, one can already plan while still alive; the special must-have survival kit and the switch to a nutritious diet of vegan ambelopoulia, there is still light at the end of the planet. Oh… and all the above to the sound of Ven’s new song Homo Auditus.
Credits
Concept, Direction, Choreography, Dramaturgy, Lyrics: Lia Haraki
Dramaturgy Advisor: Guy Cools
Performers, Devising Artists, Creative Contributors, Movement Collaborators:
Alexis Vassiliou, Andreas Kentis, Arianna Marcoulides, Eleana Alexandrou, Lia Haraki
Text: Lia Haraki and Performers
Music, Sound Design: Yiannis Christofides
Guest Guitarists: Sakari Laurila, Yiannis Christofides
Set Design: Yiannis Toumazis
Costumes: Arianna Marcoulides
Lighting Design: Sakari Laurila
Business Coaching Advisor: Avyie Savvidou
Technical Direction: Yiangos Hadjiyiannis
Guest Artist, Video: Aleksandra Borys
Graphic Design: Christina Pandjarou
Photography: Pavlos Vrionides
Production Management: Maria Efstathiou
Co-production: NiMAC [Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, associated with the Pierides Foundation] / Pelma.Lia Haraki
Funding: Terpsichore Cultural Programme 2021, Department of Cultural Services - Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture
Performances
Premiere: 22 October 2021, Theatro Polis OPAP, Nicosia, Cyprus
23-24 October 2021, Theatro Polis OPAP, Nicosia, Cyprus
3-4 February 2022, Rialto Theatre, Limassol, Cyprus