Oxygen
What makes you breathe? What deprives you of air? What do you believe in? Where do you swear by?
“Oxygen” by Ivan Vyrypaev, a theatrical manifesto for the 00s, is presented as an antidote to the “psychopolitical suffocation” of Generation Z.
A troupe of 25 individuals, all members of this generation, participating in a spiritual rave experience.
Director's note
A rave party, a bacchanalian non-stop beat, a generational manifesto, beings vibrating to the DJ’s music, searching for a lost religiosity, giving the impression that if they stop dancing, they will stop breathing.
They are looking for what oxygen is, what makes us breathe, and what deprives us of air. They try to talk to the audience alongside music, which brings the body into a trance.
Two DJs at the decks, 11 actors, and a 12-member chorus of dancers. All of them are members of Generation Z.
They dance non-stop, they get drunk, they fall in love, and some of them grab the microphones and talk.
Based on Ivan Vyrypaev's play, “Oxygen,” with texts devised by the actors, we will tell the story of Sasha and Sasha, who open their souls―all the dirt, cruelty, and beauty of human nature―trying to answer a primordial, unanswerable question: “What is your oxygen?”
-George Koutlis
Adaptation & Dramaturgy: Vasilis Magouliotis
Choreography: Alexandros Stavropoulos
Movement: Alkistis Polychroni
Music & DJs on stage: Reign of Time
Music & Sound Design: Jeph Vanger
Set Design: Constantine Skourletis
Video Design: Uncharted Limbo Collective
Costumes Design: Eva Goulakou & Dimos Klimenof
Lighting Design: Eliza Alexandropoulou
Assistant to the Director and Artistic Collaborator: Eleni Koutsioumpa
Assistant to the Costume Designers: Alexandra - Anastasia Ftouli
Assistant to the Lighting Designer: Marietta Pavlaki
2nd Assistant to the Lighting Designer: Pavlina Papadaki
Performers (alphabetically): Gavriela Antonopoulou, Electra Barouta, Ioannis Bastas, Nikolas Chatzivasiliadis, Chara Giota, Nikos Gonidis, Marios Hadjiantoni, Eleftheria Iliopoulou, Panos Kladis, Despina Lagoudaki, Marianna Mathia, Alexandros Nouskas Varelas, Evini Pantelaki, Kostas Phoenix, Antonia Pitoulidou, Gal A. Robissa, Katerina Samara, Natalia Swift, Thodoris Theodorakopoulos, Giannis Tomazos, Anastasia Valsamaki, Noemi Vasileiadou, Jason Vrochidis
Photos: Panos Kefalos
Production Coordinator: Nikos Charalampidis
Executive Production & Production Management: POLYPLANITY Productions/ Yolanda Markopoulou & Vicky Strataki
Commissioned and produced by Onassis Stegi
Surtitles’ translation in English: Memi Katsoni
Simultaneous Surtitling: Yannis Papadakis