Wednesday 4 & Friday 6 March 8pm
Tickets: €10
Reservations: Tel: 99655796
Information: www.paphosmusiclovers.com
The English language monologue Tea Ceremony is at the Municipal Gallery at Ibrahim’s Khan for two performances only. After the Paphos staging, the monologue will continue its European tour in Athens, Turin, Edinburgh, Madrid and Stockholm. The play is developed around the tradition of a Japanese tea ceremony in which a Geisha invites her guests to an evening of comfort, luxury and well-being. During the monologue the tea host begins to question her role as entertainer, operating in a system based on capitalism, consummation and ownership. Well-trained as a performer and servant, the Geisha challenges not only her own role but the audiences’ motivation as well, in which materialistic needs are fulfilled at the expense of an increasing exploitation of the world’s resources and the suffering of the ones born in the unlucky part of the world. Geisha Kikunohana seduces the spectators through song and dance on a journey of modern-day abuse, child labour, human trafficking, torture and slavery. As Italian critic Tommaso Chimenti noted in his review ”Tea Ceremony is a melancholic song, a mute scream, man elegant cry in the midst of an excruciating noise” The performance has already been staged at Rialto Theatre Limassol, New Stage THOC Nicosia, MOMus – Experimental Center of the Arts Thesaloniki and Milano Off Fringe Festival Milan.
CREATIVE TEAM: Director / Dramaturgy: Achim Wieland, Performer: Marios Ioannou, Script: Achim Wieland, Marios Ioannou, the Ensemble, Artistic Advisor: Akiko Hamazaki, Zuiou Shinozuka, Choreographer / Movement Coach: Alexis Vassiliou, Costume Design / Set: Ioanna Tsami, Light, Design: Vasilis Petinaris, Traditional Japanese Dance Advisor: Zuiou Shinozuka, Hair Design: Marios Neofytou 2018. SRSLY_yours thanks Pafos Municipality, Stella Shepi and Zwi Christodoulou for their support.
Directions: The venue can be found from the CTO office in the old town – left out of the office, left into alley passing Laona restaurant on right, left into Constantinou Kanari Street, then right into Alfredou Street and Ibrahim’s Khan is on the left in Vasilissi Olgas Street.
