“The Legend of Mulan” one of the most famous myths in the world opens at 9.30 pm on Tuesday 16 July at the Municipal Summer Theater in the section of the Children’s Theater Stage of the Patras International Festival.
The play is staged for the first time in a theatrical adaptation for children in Greece from the children’s theater of Christos Tripodis. It is a spectacular theatrical production, based on the ancient Chinese poem “The Ballad of Hua Mulan”, with impressive costumes, sets, sword fights and choreography, as well as interactive play with the audience.
“The Ballad of Hua Mulan” is the legendary tale of a woman who defies rules and traditions. A female warrior of Chinese history, from the Northern and Southern Dynasties (4th to 5th century AD). In Chinese, “Hua” means flower and “Mulan” means magnolia. The Chinese believe he was a real person. Historians are undecided as to whether this is myth or fact, although they historically accept the poem’s evidence of war.
The play
In “The Ballad of Hua Mulan” the heroine Mulan is a young woman who, in a time of war, disguises herself as a man and joins the army in the place of her father who would not succeed in battle, breaking the unjust law that punishes girls who participate in the war.
Mulan fights bravely and selflessly in battle, hiding her true identity. With her innovative mind and her fighting skills she tries in every way to bring the great victory to her homeland. Will make it…;
Credits: Direction/Artistic supervision: Christos Tripodis, Text adaptation: Manos Tsotras, Sets/Costumes: Maria Filippou, Assistant Set Designer/Costume Designer: Katerina Svoronou, Choreography/Martial Arts: Christina Bitou, Music: Nikos Raptis, Panagiotis Brilis, Assistant Director: Christina Bitou Make-up editor: Vina Evstratiadou
Starring: Lydia Sgouraki, Antonis Antonakos, Vangelis Kyparissis, Stratis Dalagiorgos, Christos Sonakis, Theodora Kokkinidis, Chronis Strikos, Eleni Fandridou.
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Ticket prices: • Presale: €10 • General Admission: €12 • Special ticket price for the unemployed, those with many children and groups of more than 20 people: €8
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