Euripides’ “Alkestis,” directed by Elena Mavridou, after its successful presentation as part of the “Paravaseis” series at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) in April 2022, moves to the Choros Theatre.

With a personal style that the director explored in the production “Lampros” by Dionysios Solomos (a nominee for the Karolos Koun Directing Award), “Alkestis” is a performance using analog tools, such as an epidiascope and paper figures in a naïve aesthetic, combining Euripides’ beautiful poetic text with live lyres and sound technology.

An audiovisual universe for a journey of the soul into Hades and a celebration of life. A performance with humor that balances between tragedy and satyr drama, exploring the boundaries of performative arts, theatre, and performance.

The god Apollo is punished by Zeus.

He serves as a mortal for the king of Pherae, Admetus. In return for his hospitality and good conduct, Apollo grants Admetus a privilege for his life: he may avoid an early death, provided someone else is willing to take his place and sacrifice themselves. Alcestis, Admetus’ wife, offers herself and sacrifices her life so that her husband may live. Alcestis is dead and unburied when Hercules unexpectedly visits the palace. Amid the heavy atmosphere of the palace, he drinks and revels, as Admetus does not reveal the tragic news to him. A palace servant informs him of Alcestis’ death, and ashamed, Hercules decides to bring Alcestis back from Death.