The Sea and the Old Man, a stage adaptation based on Ernest Hemingway’s classic Pulitzer Prize-winning work The Old Man and the Sea, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, goes up at 9.30pm on Monday 22nd July in the Primary Summer Theater for the Patras International Festival directed by Marlene Kaminksi, starring Tasos Nousia.
This work ranks among the masterpieces of world literature and is compared to Homer’s epic. It describes the story of a fisherman, Santiago – played by Tasos Nousias – and his journey to the unexplored and vast sea.
The scene captures his epic encounter with a magnificent blue marlin, which the hero managed to catch following 84 days without a fish. The fish is very strong, Santiago does not manage to kill it and it is hooked by his fishing line, it pulls him and his small boat deeper and deeper into the sea for three days and three nights. Santiago finally manages to kill the fish but because it is too big to fit in the boat he ties it to its side. On the way back sharks attack him and eat all the flesh of the huge fish. Beneath this simple story lies a world rich in symbolism and metaphors regarding the search for purpose, the endurance of the human spirit, and man’s conflicted relationship with the natural environment…
Manolino, played by Vassilis Milionis, is Santiago’s devoted young apprentice. As his father no longer allows him to go fishing with Santiago, Manolino can only visit him in his daydreams and night dreams at sea and thus the connection between memory, present and future is made.
Hemingway wrote the story in 1951, and Marlene Kaminksi brings it to our modern times. On the occasion of the title, the figure of the Sea was added, which will be performed by the dancer Phaedra Soutou and with her voice by Evelyn Assouad.
The identity of the show:
Idea, Adaptation, Dramaturgy: Marlene Kaminksi, Adaptation translation, dramaturgy assistant: Natasa Petropoulou, Directing: Marlene Kaminksi, 3d Animation Design / Video mapping: Yannis Dusiopoulos, Music: Stavros Tsoumanis, Lighting design: Aliki Danezi Knutsen
Scenography-Costume Design: Angelina Papachatzaki, Marlene Kaminksi, Assistant Director: Natasa Petropoulou, Puppet Production: Myrto Kosmopoulou,
Actors: Tasos Nousias (Santiago), Vassilis Milionis (Manolino), Phaedra Soutou (Sea). The voice of Evelyn Assouad is heard
Ticket prices: €17 (student, unemployed, disabled), €20 (general admission)
Presale: more.com
Pre-sale points: joe Records Record Store (Karaiskaki 134), “Rodopoulos” Bookstore (274 Corinthou), “Discover” Bookstore (Vourvachi 3) and “Gonia tou Viblio” Bookstore (Ag. Nikolaou 32).
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