A festival of Modern Greek Theatre.A journey of 8 captivating Greek plays exploring the stories and struggles of people who clash with social norms. With English surtitles.
5.00pm: Snow on my teeth by Dimitris Foutsias. A drama on the sensitive issues of homophobia, teenage abuse and bullying.
Sat, 3 Jun 2023 13:00 – 21:00 BST
Location: Simpkins Lee Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall College Norham Gardens Oxford OX2 6QA
To mark its tenth anniversary, Oxford’s Greek theatre company Praxis is holding a day-long festival celebrating Modern Greek Theatre. The Praxis 8 Festival presents 8 contemporary plays performed as rehearsed readings with English surtitles, directed by Anastasia Revi.Imagine a country shaken by political and economic turmoil. A society in flux, with past definitions failing and human migration creating tensions and tragedies.
In this bleak landscape, people are searching for something new: they question their leaders and social norms, and demand a say in matters that affect their lives and rights. The voices of the marginalised, suppressed, and dispossessed grow louder as they struggle to break from the limitations and prejudices of the past. What was once taboo is out in the open, with people refusing to be defined away. This country for the past decade has been Greece. But one may also discover that this country is today’s Britain – in fact, this “country” can be found all around the globe.
The Praxis 8 festival was conceived to provide a stage for many voices that emerged due to these profound changes, and to provoke reflection on how social norms can render us captives of our own identities. After a massive response to its call to current Greek writers, with some 30 recent plays submitted, Praxis selected 8 plays for the festival; their stories are heart-warming, shocking, tragic, comic, and remind us of the element that bring us all together: our humanity.