The two-day “Festival of Workers” starts at 9.30 on the evening of Friday 5 July in the outdoor area of the Center for Educational Activities of the Municipal Plaza, with the aim of highlighting the need that workers and their families have for access to culture and the barrier to commercialization of cultural activities.
The new section of the International Festival of Patras is organized by the vice-mayor of Culture in collaboration with the Labor Center.
On Friday, July 5, at the Municipal Plaz, the group from the Youth – Working and Unemployed Shelter of Korydallos, will present the play “O Andreiomenos” by Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass, translated and directed by Alexandros Makrydakis – Dimitris Barlas.
The play was written in 1921 and premiered in 1924 and touches on the inhumanity of war. A timeless and deeply human text. A multi-awarded work, with the central idea of man’s attitude towards a powerful dilemma that resists power but also his own emotions. In “Andreiomenos”, universal human values are projected.
Completion on Saturday, July 6 with Vangelis Korakakis
The Workers’ Festival will end on Saturday 6 July with the concert of Vangelis Korakakis which will take place at 9.30 in the evening at the Municipal Plaza.
Vangelis Korakakis is a special case in the Greek pentagram. The original creator of the new Greek song, continues the great tradition of the folk song, with the ethos that distinguishes him over the years and with unparalleled vigor, once morest the current of the time. He writes the lyrics and the music of the songs he creates, plays the bouzouki, and sometimes performs his moments himself.
His first performance as a musician took place in 1978 at the Theater of Kaisariani, in the performance “The Leprendi”. In 1988, he introduced himself as a composer-lyricist with the album “Oi archontes”. From then until today he has signed fifteen personal records and several participations.
In his concerts he invites the audience to a genuine folk feast with the aim of offering a humane and true form of entertainment through songs that have been loved. Songs either by himself, or by old great creators that come from the roots of the Greek tradition and remind us that “Folk Song Continues Its Way”.
Admission to the Workers’ Festival events is free.
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