«The ordinary people like me don’t make a difference». What is the danger behind this common opinion? Why, in fact, this opinion is widespread among our citizens? We believe it’s because this is the easiest way. By choosing the comfortable position called “out of politics” we console ourselves with hopes for the quick victory and the post-war prosperity of the country. What is hope — a lifeline or something that may lead us astray?
This performance is a session of disillusionment, inspired by the ancient Greeks. Armed with a sense of humor and small-caliber provocations, we will reflect on justice, responsibility, virtue and ways of harmonious coexistence of such different us in Ukraine.
Based on texts by Plato
Director — Piotr Armianovski
Playwrights — Piotr Armianovski and Anastasiia Kosodii
Scenography and costume design — Кateryna Markush and Mariia Khomiakova
Choirmaster — Oksana Tsymbalist
Lighting designer — Artur Temchenko
Choreography and physicality precision — Viktor Ruban
Cast:
- Alcibiades — Rostyslav Kolachnyk/Andrii Roschis;
- The one who looks like Socrates — Vasyl Kolisnyk;
- The one who speaks like Socrates — Isabel Merkulova;
- Female Flutist — Anastasiia Perets/Tetiana Shelelio;
This project runs with financial support from the Stabilisation Fund for Culture and Education 2022 of the German Federal Foreign Office and the Goethe-Institute.
Premiere — January 22, 2023