Written in 1977, the play is a satire that presents a series of events in 1976’s Athens. The then government build a waste tank in the neighbourhood of Keratsini, in Peireus, despite opposition from the municipality and the locals. On the day of the tank was launched, it was damaged which resulted in the contents spilling to the streets.
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‘’Charalambidis brings the events on the stage, while at the same time presenting society itself as something that stinks’’ said the play’s director Louis Sarris.
Members of Dionysus Theatre Company Source: Supplied/Dionysus Theatre Company
The play was originally intended to go ahead on April, as part of the Greek Festival of Sydney, but coronavirus forced the theatre company to changed plans.
Months later, the play is making it’s return and while COVID-19 is still present, Mr Sarris stresses that the show will follow social distancing guidelines.
‘’There will be less viewers in the theatre, there will be a person doing temperature screening and we will take the names of everyone who come for the show’’ he said.
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Louis Sarris is a theatre director and has also worked as a producer and actor in Australia, Greece and the United States.
The show’s premiere is on Friday 18th of September in the Mytilenian House in Canterbury.
