Electra Untitled – The Cockpit
Bloody your hands if your story is being told without you having a say in it. "Dance, dance, furies, lock your arms!".
This rendition of Electra's part of Greek mythology, produced and presented by Vertebra Theatre, explores the story of this controversial character, with the legacy it has had in theatre, through the eyes of four actors and a director, who devised and interpreted it: Alexa Komari, Emilie Largier, Masumi Saito, Elena Stamoulakatou, Mayra Sergiou. Sergiou oversaw the concept, the adaptation and the direction as well. On stage, we also see Gregory Emfietzis, who composed the music and plays the violin, the drum and the electronics.
The play introduces us to the pathos of Elektra's story immediately, through the image of four faceless, red-tinted actors, covered in drap...