It is shown tonight, at Neos Akadimos Theatrethe long awaited show”The Great Whale» with him Dadakarides Pygmalion in the dual role of director and protagonist. This is the drama that Darren Aronofsky transferred to the cinema in 2022 with his excellent performance Brendan Fraser who granted him, in the same year, the Oscar for Best Actor.
However, in the photos taken during the show’s rehearsals, Pygmalion Dadakarides’ disguise as an overweight man trying to get his life back is remarkable.
“The Whale” was written in 2012 for the theater by Samuel D. Hunter and was successfully presented in the biggest cities of the world. It is a touching, liberating, human-centered drama about a man immersed in darkness and struggling to come out into the light.
Charlie, a self-destructive, morbidly obese English teacher, who has lost all contact with the outside world, as well as all desire to continue living, “sinfully” in time waiting to be redeemed from life itself. He struggles to come to terms with his estranged daughter and his own past.
Actors Efstathia Tsapareli, Giorgos Benos, Asimenia Voulioti and Tzorgina Palaiothodorou also play in the show.
Show days and times
Wednesday 20:00
Thursday 21:00,