• Blind Runner: Amir Reza Questani at Piraeus 260 with a work of reflection on contemporary Iranian society

The Iranian theater director and writer Amir Reza Questani presents, as part of the Athens and Epidaurus Festival, at Piraeus 260, the show “Blind Runner”. The creations of Amir Reza Questani, who has been distinguished internationally for his work (award for the film Modest Reception at the Berlin International Film Festival), are distinguished by their tenderness, sense of intimacy and dense silences. Through the special prism of the contemporary situation in Iran, Questani approaches political issues such as the refugee and the oppression of women having mastered a strongly poetic and symbolic language.

20-21/6 at 21:00
Zone A: €25, Zone B: €5 – €20
Piraeus 260 (Room E), Kallithea

  • Lygmos: The performance of heretical Swiss director Christoph Marthaler at Piraeus 260

The groundbreaking, heretical Swiss director Christoph Marthaler, an old friend of the Athens and Epidaurus Festival and the Greek audience, returned this year to Piraeus 260, with the show, “Sob”, based on texts by his compatriot Dieter Roth. The text of the performance is a collection of verbal acrobatics with stage directions, from the edition Das Weinen (Das Wähnen) Volume 2A (Sea of ​​Tears 4). On the tightrope set up by Roth, Marthaler contemplates the transience of things, set in the sterile space of a pharmacy. We rediscover all the components of Marthaler’s theater: music, irony, expansion of stage time. With his love of the outrageous, the passing of time and the imperfect, Roth seems to be Marthaler’s soulmate.

Tuesday 20/6 at 21:00
Distinguished Zone: €35, Zone A: €5 – €30, Zone B: €5 – €25
Piraeus 260 – Room H, Kallithea

  • Release Athens X SNF Nostos: Rosalia in Water Square

Spanish superstar Rosalía will be the first headliner of Release Athens X SNF Nostos. One of the biggest pop icons of these days, comes for the first time to Athens, at Water Square, to prove on stage that he represents everything that modern pop strives to be: a bold sonic mix without seals and a willingness to overcome any cultural and musical border. Blending the traditional rhythms of flamenco, salsa and bachata with reggaeton, hip hop and R&B, Rosalía stunned unsuspecting listeners with ‘El Mal Querer’ (2018), a genius album that with one foot in the mainstream pop and with the other in the avant-garde. The result was an absolute triumph that swept the Latin Grammy Awards and was included in Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest records of all time, ranking highest among all Hispanics. Tinashe, one of the most distinctive personalities of R&B / hip-hop, and Ayra Starr, one of the biggest talents of black music, will take to the stage of Water Square on the same day.

Tuesday 20/6 at 23:15
From €60
Water Square, Olympic Pole of Faliro, Delta of Faliro, intersection of Sygrou Street and Poseidonos Street

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