The theatrical monologue by award-winning prose writer Dimitris Economou about the life and work of Fleury Dantonaki, directed by Manos Karatzogiannis and featuring Eleni Kokkidou in the title role, comes to the Rialto Theatre on 14 May.
The audience is nothing more
than our parents and ourselves
a defenceless child before them
1985. Roman Agora.
Fleury Dantonaki’s final major concert. The event becomes a cultural phenomenon, with an enormous crowd—so large that people cling to the railings just to watch. Moments before the show begins, Fleury suffers a severe bout of agoraphobia and refuses to go on stage. She spends some time alone, trying to recover and summon the courage she needs. How was she feeling? Where did she search for strength? What were her guiding values—and…
