MANIPULATION AND OTHER ROMANTIC STORIES

· ITALY ·

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The relationship of a couple is revealed within a futuristic-baroque universe. A psychologist/DJ helps a woman to see how lucky she is that her husband gives her his hand when they need to dance in front of others. Social pressure is obscured through a rebellion of original text, electronic compositions and polyphonic songs, glorifying the utility of washing machines or a painting in Uffizi Palace. The play, which resembles a psychiatric session, a concert, a mystical gathering or a manual of instructions, comes back to life three years after its premiere in Frankfurt.

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Written, Directed by Artemis Chrysostomidou

Music by Lia Stavropoulou

Performed by Leigh Sayers, Lia Stavropoulou, Matina Pergioudaki

Produced by SO MUCH DRAMA

Coproduced by Altofest Naples, Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture, Frankfurt LAB,

Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main

Supported by Künstlerhaus Mousonturm

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21, 22, 23 June 2024

​Altofest Naples,
Palazzo Marigliano

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