THE CREATORS

Angeliki Kasola

Concept / text synthesis / stage direction

Irini Mela

Actress / Kesariani

Spiros Tzokas

Historian / Author / Once in Kesariani

Ioannis Tsiantis

Cardiologist / Author / Dawn in Kesariani

THE SINGERS

Vangelis Korakakis

Vivi Voutsela

Takis Konstantakopoulos

Katerina Katsigianni

"Many congratulations to everyone. To everyone who organized the evening of love and memory. An evening for the 100 years of the history of Kesariani and its people. Their songs and stories their poverty and struggles, Admiring at the same time the coordination and the perfect guidance of Angeliki Kasola, and the interpretive presentation of the texts by Irini Mela. Well done to the residents who took part, the musicians and singers who gave the deep emotion to us who were there. Angeliki, Irini and to everyone for taking part our warmest congratulations."

- Efi Kanakousaki, 5/7/23, 2:07 PM

"Congratulations!!! It was a great show"'

- Voula Kiskira 5/27/23, 2:15 PM

"Congratulations all great"

- Xrysoyla Delimoytsakh 5/27/23, 2:15 PM

"Wonderful event, performance, wonderful Irini Mela, all the performers amazing, songs beautiful and painful... We loved Kaisariani more, we left our soul there in the bloody place... Thank you for the beautiful feelings!!!!!!! !!!!

- Hermione Sfarna 5/27/23, 2:51 PM

"Yesterday's performance was sensational. An unsurpassed crescendo of emotions. A historical journey, rich in theatrical speech, action, texts, music and songs. The history of Kesariani, from 1923 to the late post-political years, was glorified in the Shooting Range of Kesariani. Kesariani bequeaths to succeeding generations the sacred duty and mission of protecting it against all those official and unofficial circles who are desirous of undermining it. May the People of Kesariani work united with a single purpose, to save, with the power of art and spirit, the cultural treasure handed down to us by our predecessors. Let this be our only study! Blessings to our place!"

- Panagiotis Koumariotis 5/27/23, 2:09 PM

and a big heartfelt thank you to our friends and spectators, old and new... Your love makes miracles happen...

"A lot of emotion, memories, images, colors, sounds, melodies that touched our souls. A big thank you. I hope you will stage the performance of Napoleon Soukatzidis in the sacred space again this year and we will take part again. A big thank you"

- Polemi Angela 5/27/23, 2:51 PM

"Magnificent blockbuster on the lessons of Ancient Tragedy. It captivated us!"

- Eftychia Maria Rodopoulou 5/27/23, 2:00 PM

"The most beautiful, moving, powerful thing I've seen in recent years. Well done. You reminded us who the real Kesariani is"

-Maria Stravaridou 5/27/23, 4:35 PM

"One voice. All the instruments. One Mourning song. One hymn . One pain . One admiration. A thumbs up and many thumbs up to our sweet-nightingale singer Katerina."

- Panagiotis Stathopoulos 5/27/23, 2:53 PM

"It was a great show!! Congratulations to all the cast"

- Spyridoula Bougeli 5/27/23, 2:42 PM

"What can we say about all this beauty you gave us, you made us once again proud of our origin!" Thank you very much to our honored Kaisariani and to all those who left us a legacy!!"

-Vagnelis Plytas5/27/23, 1:59 PM

"A great show. Well done to all the cast."

-costas anagnostakis eugenia lymberi 5/27/23, 2:41 PM

"Congratulations, well done, very nice"

-Olga Hyderioti 5/27/23, 2:15

"Wonderful evening THANK YOU SO MUCH"

-Nota Psouni 5/27/23, 2:41 PM

"The show offered us excitement, knowledge, and strong emotions mentally walking in the footsteps of our ancestors who came, took root and grew up in the beloved Kaisariani."

-Anna Akasoglou 5/27/23, 1:59 PM

"You made me cry now at 67 years old not from sadness but from joy"

-Heracles Milano 5/27/23, 1:58 PM

"We were there! A big thumbs up to the whole team! for the great event!!"

-Helen Krikoni 5/27/23, 1:57 PM

Did you know?

Angeliki Kasola and Irini Mela return for the third time to the Shooting Range of Kesariani for a performance/theatre installation in the Community

With the city of Kesariani and its inhabitants, we are connected by bonds of friendship and heart, creative, human since 2015. We first met for the creation of the performance/installation of historical memory "The Cycle of Futile Acts" by Spyros Tzokas, on the life and death of the Asia Minor legendary hero Napoleon Soukatzidis; one of the 200 communists that were executed by the Nazis on May Day 1944 at the Kesariani Shooting Range on May Day 1944. They are now called "The 200 of Kesariani". 60 volunteers from Kesariani and other neighborhoods of Athens participated, while around 40 men undertook to represent the executed from the stage. The radio station 105.5 STO KOKKINO helped us organize the performance and communicate with the community.

In 2018, we returned again to the same location, the site at the execution grounds, with the same play, but after it had evolved into a performance for 2 actors and had toured for three years in martyred villages and places of resistance from one end of mainland Greece to the other, as well as in the island of Crete, in a parallel biographical tour following in the footsteps of Napoleon Soukatzides -where he had lived, acted was imprisoned and moved from one concentration camp to the other until his execution in Kesariani. This time our call for participation from the community was answered by 100 men and women from Kesariani, other neighborhoods of Athens and some traveled from the countryside to participate... In this performance, apart from the tragic chorus of the men representing the executed, a tragic chorus of women was created, representing the mothers, sisters, fiancees of the executed... The event was organized in collaboration with the festival "OCTOBER 12, 1944. FREE ATHENS" and the performance was filmed by the State Television that broadcast it on May Day 2019.

In this third visit to the community of Kesariani, we had the undivided support of the Asia Minor Association of Kesariani, in the organization but also in the participation, as its members from the choir, dance and theater departments participated in the creation and presentation of the performance.

Our rehearsals were hosted at the historical school of Venizelos in Kesariani. Our public schools, with all their problems, are a support for the creation of culture as throughout Greece they house cultural clubs and local organizations after the end of classes that would not otherwise have the opportunity to meet and create...

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