"Mataroa on the Horizon" Accessible at the Greek National Opera

December 15th at 19.30

December 18th at 20.30

Alternative Stage

ATLAS E.P. offers its services for the universal access of the musical theatre "Mataroa on the Horizon" at the Greek National Opera!

The Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera, in co-production with the National Theatre of Greece, presents the new and ambitious music theatre production Mataroa on the Horizon, directed and conceptualized by Theo Abazis and featuring music by Nikos Kypourgos and Theo Abazis. The true story of the ship “Mataroa”, which transported Greek intellectuals to France after the Second World War, has inspired a new music theatre fiction based on these historical events and their connection to the present.

Α. Simopoulos: the passengers of the ship

The play directed and conceptualized by Theo Abazis and featuring music by Nikos Kypourgos and Theo Abazis is presented at the Alternative Stage with Interpreting in Greek Sign Language, Surtitling in Greek and Audio Description for equal linguistic and sensory access.

Α. Simopoulos: the passengers on their knees

Information about the play below.

The play projects the fragmented memories of a country with a traumatic past onto the screen of a dystopian present. The legendary ship promises a longed-for escape. An escape necessary for some, uncomfortable and futile for others, and doubtful for all. People in perpetual motion to the point of extinction, fugitives from a rotting world, await the ship for a place that promises justice and allows for dreams. Heirs to defeat and frustration, haunted in the “between” worlds, stuck in the timeless, they await in turn the hope of a journey, the redemptive future, the arrival to the new land of freedom. The field for utopia remains open, only the horizon is empty, sightless. Where is the Promised Land today? Does it still exist? If so, who are they who will embark on the liberty ark?

You can find more information on the Greek National Opera's website: https://www.nationalopera.gr/en/alternative-stage/es-music-theater/item/6661-mataroa-on-the-horizon

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. Interpreting in Greek Sign Language: Myrto Ganouri, Polyvios Kosmatos

Surtitling for equal access: Maria Chatzipouliou

Surtitling review, Audio description for equal acces, Services curation and Accessibility production organisation: Emmanouela Patiniotaki