DEATH BY KARAOKE

We take our fictional characters for a walk on the wild side of karaoke. Will any fantasies survive? Death by Karaoke is a karaoke night gone wrong. The scene is set at the Velvet Stallion karaoke bar, where a group of fictional characters are let out to sing their own original songs/stories. The characters are inspired by the performers' failing fantasies, identity constructions, and the surrounding society. The piece zooms into human behaviour as it falls in the no man’s land between direct emotional expression and socially acceptable forms of public behaviour.

Credits
Co-creation: Lia Haraki and Sakari Laurila

Creation, Performance, Dramaturgy, Texts, Songs: Sakari Laurila, Lia Haraki

Actress, Performer: Annie Khoury

Graphic Design: Christina Pandjarou

Promotional image: Lia Haraki

Co-production: NiMAC [Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, associated with the Pierides Foundation] / Pelma.Lia Haraki

Funding: Politismos Cultural Funding Scheme, Department of Cultural Services - Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture

Performances

Premiere: 10 April 2021, Castle of anti- Escape Project, Theatro Polis OPAP, Nicosia, Cyprus

April-May 2021, Theatro Polis OPAP, Nicosia, Cyprus