Accessible Theatre for Children and Young People at GNO
- ATLAS E.P.
- May 28
- 2 min read
"Journey to the Land of the Ugly"
Sunday, June 1st at 18.30
"(Another) Winter Journey"
Saturday June 7th at 19.30
ATLAS E.P. provides accessibility services for the performances that GNO's educational programmes, "3rd Bell Opera" and "Co-OPERAtive" will present, by offering Interpreting in Greek Sign Language, Audio Description and Surtitling for equal access to the content.
A few words about the performances
The Journey to the Land of the Ugly is a story about diversity, our need to belong, and the courage required to be ourselves. The work is set in Tetragonia, a land where everything, including its inhabitants, is square-shaped. Everything is square-shaped in Tetragonia, even emotions. Three children who are different from the rest of the Tetragonians follow the riddle of the mysterious Queen Corner, searching for the enigmatic “happiness.” So, they reach the surreal Land of the Ugly and discover a world they had never imagined. Could it be that the Ugly may help them solve the riddle? Who wrote the age-old law of Tetragonia, which allows one to be anything they want, as long as they are square-shaped? Will the three children succeed in conveying the message of true freedom to the Tetragonians? Inspired by these and more questions, the Journey to the Land of the Ugly emphasizes the significance of acceptance, solidarity, equality, and critical thinking about stereotypes, prejudices, and all those things we blindly accept, just because this is what we have learnt to do rather than because it makes our lives better. Through a work brimming with humor and imagination, children engage with these highly topical issues. Perhaps the Journey to the Land of the Ugly is – also for them – a journey towards self-awareness, a deeper understanding of the world, and the hope for a more open-minded society. [Andriana Minou]
You can find more information about the performance here:
Co-OPERAtive, the first intercultural youth opera hub in Europe, will complete its fifth year by presenting a new music theatre performance titled (Another) Winter Journey—a contemporary piece inspired by Franz Schubert’s emblematic song cycle Winterreise. The performance will feature a mixed group of Athenian teenagers and unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors who were involved in the educational programme, alongside the GNO Intercultural Choir. The play is a performance that concerns us all: all those who once were teenagers, all those who feel like teenagers, those raising children, and, of course, those who believe in the power of art as an act of inclusion and acceptance.
You can find more information about the performance here:
TICKET BOOKING
Audience members who want to make use of the accessibility services are kindly requested to purchase their tickets at the GNO Box Office, by phone at 2130885700 or by email at boxoffice@nationalopera.gr.
For any assistance required with the bookings, audience members may also contact ATLAS E.P. at +30 6993507553 or by email at askatlasep@gmail.com.
PEOPLE BEHIND ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES
Audio description, Services curation and Accessibility production organising: Emmanouela Patiniotaki
Surtitling: Ilias Katsigiannis
Interpreting in Greek Sign Language: Dialechti Tzanoulinou
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