R A W E G G S
That day I photographed my mother who looked like Pina Bausch when she would cry.
The performance establishes a reality. It begins as a live audiovisual installation where two people, seated on either side of a table covered with basil plants, cut and eat leaves. In this case, instead of Apollo’s sacred plant, laurel, they chew on a herb of everyday sanctity, which, rather than inducing prophecy or hallucination, brings alertness and a connection between prehistory -the unconscious- and history -the rational consciousness-.
A transgender man is interviewed to join a group, the Social Disaster Club. The questions begin from the day his parents find out about his transition. Strange stories come to light, while music, polyphonic songs and a mysterious voice interrupt the narration. RAW EGGS is a new dramaturgy about the oppression and defense of freedom; how we might subvert a domineering environment, permit the peculiarity to triumph and trace the poetry of bravery in the mythology of reality. It's so tragic. So fun.
Written, Directed by Artemis Chrysostomidou
Music by Lia Stavropoulou
Performed by Leigh Sayers, Lia Stavropoulou
Produced by SO MUCH DRAMA
Coproduced by O Rumo do Fumo Lisbon, Altofest Naples, BRABA plataforma, Alkantara Festival Lisbon
Suppoorted by Espaço da Penha Lisboa, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Polo Cultural Gaivotas / Boavista, TeatrInGestAzione, Cité internationale des arts Paris, ACUD Theater Berlin, Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture
GERMANY
16 May 2026
ACUD Theater Berlin
FRANCE
31 March 2026
Cité internationale des arts Paris
PORTUGAL
29, 30 November 2024
ITALY
16, 17, 18 June 2023
PORTUGAL
2 September 2022
O Rumo do Fumo, Espaço da Penha Lisbon
