2024-05-27 10:59:07
One other efficiency by the Theatrical Group of the Brotherhood of Cretans of Rhodes “O PSILOREITIS” was given, with the assist of DOPAR, on 26/05/2024 on the packed Municipal Theater of Rhodes, with the play by Stelios Viskadourakis “HONEY FROM SMYRNA, OIL FROM I KNEW HER.” The general public rightly embraced this present that left its mark on the theatrical occasions of our island.
The work refers back to the uprooting of the tribe from Asia Minor, the refugee after the Asia Minor catastrophe, the human struggling, the good losses, the patriotism of the uprooted and the Cretans, braveness, anticipation, humanity, hope.
With easy dialogues, the actors managed to convey the deep meanings to the riveted viewers, to make them suppose and really feel deep emotion.
Greater than 1,500,000 Greeks have been compelled to uproot themselves from the Greek cities of Asia Minor and settle within the refugee camps in Greece. Strangers in their very own nation. Each household, along with the ache of shedding their very own individuals, skilled poverty and destitution. For a century, refugees, from technology to technology, maintain deep inside them the reminiscences of the “misplaced homeland” and the individuals they misplaced. The pure islanders and Cretans felt the ache and struggling of the refugees and assimilated the inhabitants into their human potential. The Asia Minor refugees, from then till at present, have contributed loads to the reconstruction and prosperity of our homeland. A turbulent century adopted, from their uprooting. Wars, nationwide adventures, fixed transitions, till the ultimate vindication.
The Theatrical adaptation by Yiannis Niotakis was exemplary and tailored to the necessities of the work and the capabilities of the Theater Group. The roles have been fastidiously assigned to the staff members, creating the characters of the play, with the consequence that the viewers shortly recognized with them.
The course of the legendary Yiannis Floros, who has selflessly supplied his companies for many years, was excellent.
The surroundings was curated by Stamatis Kouros, the music choice, modifying, recording and sound mixing by the ever-present President of the Affiliation Emmanouil Slivakis, the lighting by Despina Diakoula and the theatrical adaptation by the inexhaustible Yiannis Niotaki.
The actors took half within the efficiency so as of look: Nikos Kouroupakis within the position of the Asia Minor Dimitris Tsichla, Maria Papadakis within the position of Fotini, spouse of Dimitris Tsichla, Frosso Kouvidis within the position of the refugee Anna, Yiannis Niotakis within the position of Kritikos Manolis , Chrysa Alexaki within the position of Vasiliki, because the spouse of Manolis, Vangelis Korakakis within the position of the refugee Asimakis, Kostoula Kritsotakis within the position of the refugee Efsevia, Nikiforos Stratigis within the position of the refugee Kosmas and Manolis Tsirakakis within the position of Cretikos Foteinos.
All of the actors have been flawless and justify the fame of the award-winning Theater Group, which stands out for its alternative of performs, its dedication to the custom and tradition of the Megalonos Crete. The language idioms, the selection of performs with a Cretan taste, patriotic feeling and the ability acquired by the members of the theater group create an alloy of purity and immediacy. Speaking with the general public and conveying messages and emotions is the ultimate end result that justifies the alternatives of the initiators of every motion of the Brotherhood of Cretan Rhodes.
The efficiency was devoted to the 2 hundredth anniversary of the Kasos holocaust and was included in this system of occasions of the twinned Affiliation of Kasiots of Rhodes “O Hadiotis”.
The Kasiotes, along with their thanks and love, ship from Kasos to their brothers an open invitation to the Theater Group to present a efficiency in Kasos, the island with Minoan origins and customary affiliation.
We be aware that the Brotherhood of Cretans of Rhodes, along with the Brotherhood of Olympians of Rhodes “Vrykos” and the Brotherhood of Cassians of Rhodes “Hadiotis” will co-organize the principle occasion – a tribute to the Holocaust of the Heroic Island of Kasos, which is able to happen within the forecourt of the City Corridor of Rhodes, on Saturday June 15, 8 p.m. Conventional music teams from Kasos, Karpathos and Crete will participate within the occasion. The Philharmonic Orchestra of Kalythia, the musicians: Dimitris, Savvas and Theodosis Perselis, Michalis Kostakis, Yiannis Maltas, Panagiotis Zampetoulas, the music group of Giorgos Paragyios and the dance teams of the three Associations will participate.
We wholeheartedly thank the Brotherhood of Cretans of Rhodes, the members of the Board of Administrators. and all the twinned neighborhood of the Cretans of Rhodes, for the theatrical efficiency and your common contribution to the cultural occasions of our place.
With deep appreciation
Nikos Konstantinidis