Minetti by Thomas Bernhard
2017 – Theatro Dendro Nicosia
Translation : Stelios Pavlides
Direction: Thanasis Georgiou
Movement: Fotis Nikolaou
Set Design : Elena Kotasvili
Music: Dimitris Spyrou
Costume Design: Constantina Andreou
Lighting Designer: Panayiotis Lambis
Masks: Martha Foka
Performers : Thanasis Georgiou, Elena Agathokleous, Marina Mandri, Nikos Varellas, Alexia Nikolaou, Phadon Odysseos, Michalis Stephanides, Panayiotis Tofi
The lobby of a grand hotel, New Year’s Eve. A snow storm rages. Minetti, a long-forgotten actor, arrives in great spirits to discuss his comeback as King Lear with a theatre director. While he waits patiently in the hotel lobby, Minetti’s obsessive personality reveals itself in a series of strange encounters with other guests. He rails against outrageous fortune and unfulfilled ambitions, often colliding with crowds of young hotel guests who frequently burst in to celebrate New Year’s Eve. As with King Lear, the storm which rages outside reflects his turbulent emotions until he finally finds peace and resolution.