2024-04-22 01:24:07
The play “Love is a Dog from Hell”, written by Andreas Zafeiris and directed by Giorgis Kontopodis, by the 2510 Theater Group, will be staged in Ioannina for two performances.
It is a dark fiction story, inspired by the poetic work of Charles Bukowski, which will be presented on Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 April, at 9 pm, at the Actina Theater (Annis Komninis 8).
A play about human relationships and the unknown aspects of our existence, the unhomely and predictable, which brings us face to face with the pathologies of society, with critical questions of the “dirty” realism of the entire Bukowski universe and, finally, the hardest path from the Condemnation of Alienation, to the possible Redemption of Love and Eros.
Henry (Hank) Chinaski, a controversially famous fringe poet and writer, and the alleged alter ego of Charles Bukowski, receives an unexpected visit from a woman, Lydia. Her purpose is to convince him to read some of the poems she has written on the occasion of her daughter’s death, a moment that marked her life. Inside a dark, damp, cold basement, these two people grow closer. The eroticism between them is so intense that they are inevitably driven into each other’s arms and that’s when their true intentions begin to surface. Desperation, revenge, justification, threat, anger, silent anticipation, are some of the words that can describe the 48 hours they spend together.
A superficial acquaintance that from the first moment digs deep into the soul of both, allowing truths to emerge that neither of them knew existed. Until we reach the deconstruction of the past and lead to Purgatory, in whatever possible way both the heroes and each of us can experience it. Because, as mentioned in the play: “Everyone has their own personal Hell, depending on what they have done. And there to be atoned for until… to be redeemed”.
Starring Loukas Xaplanteris, Ameli – Andriana Tripamboukis.
Duration 80′. Tickets cost 12 euros for the regular and 10 euros for the reduced (student, unemployed, disability). Reservations phone 6974865401 and 6943916893.