Rialto Theatre December Programme

Rialto Theatre, Limassol, presents its upcoming diary of events for December 2009, featuring a broad range of cultural events, from ballet to plays.

Tuesday 1 & Wednesday 2 - Festen

THOC’s central stage presents David Eldridge’s play on child abuse in the family. It was first presented as a film directed by Thomas Winderberg (Dogma ’95), a film that shocked but also received many awards. The theatrical adaptation was first presented in 2004 in London’s West End to high acclaim

Translation: Aliki Danezi-Knutsen & Manolis Dounias
Direction: Neophytos Taliotis
Sets/Costumes: Aggelos Aggeli
Musical selection/Dramaturgical Analysis of text: Demitris Taliotis
Light design: Giorgos Koukoumas

Cast (in order of appearance):
Christodoulos Martas, Haris Kkolos, Ermina Kyriazi, Nicholas Stylianou, Stela Fyrogeni, Annita Santorineou, Stavros Louras, Christina Christofia, Andreas Tsouris, Giorgos Mouaimis, Thanasis Drakopoulos, Theodoros Michaelidis, Stavros Kalligas, Kleopatra Pittaka

Tickets: € 12 - 15

Friday 4 - Thanos Mikroutsikos  and Ypogia Revmanta

An audiovisual concert where Ypogia Revmata adapt and interpret in their own particular way socio-political songs from the wide repertoire of Thanos Mikroutsikos and works of great poets such as V.Mayakovsky, N. Hikmet, B. Brecht, Y. Ritsos, A. Alkeos, M. Eleftheriou, M. Anagnostakis, Fr. Bigion, K. Tripolitis, N. Kavvadias, B. Bierman and others.

Thanos Mikroutsikos on the piano and vocals,
Direction, projections: Aris Spyratos

Tickets: € 20 - 15

Tuesday 8 - A music tribute to the poet Yiannis Ritsos

“Blooming again, flourishing for ever!”
 Presented by Kostas Thomaides and EMMELEIA choir
Conductor Eleni Kyprianou
Manolis Neofytou-piano, Theodoros Krasides-flute, Korina Vasiliou-cello  

Tickets: € 16 - 11


Wednesday 9 - Whose life is it anyway?

THOC’s new Stage presents Brian Clark’s play that touches sometimes even with humour on the sensitive topic of euthanasia. When, after an accident, Ken Harrison remains completely paralyzed he decides to fight for the right of a dignified death and finds himself confronting society and state

Translation: Varnavas Kyriazis
Direction: Athanasia Karagiannopoulou
Sets/Costumes: Andis Bargilis
Musical selection: Athanasia Karagiannopoulou
Video: Emilios Avraam
Light Design: Giorgos Lazoglou

Cast (in order of appearance):
Neoklis Neokleous, Zoe Kyprianou, Mara Konstantinou, Giorgos Tzortzis, Elena Papadopoulou, Xenios Xenophontos, Elena Efstathiou, Sotos Stavrakis, Michalis Moustakas, Andreas Vassiliou, Demitris Konstantinidis, Elena Christofi

Tickets: € 12 - 6


Saturday 12  - Carl Palmer

The legend of the international rock scene comes to Cyprus. One of the three prominent musicians of the famous Emerson Lake and Palmer, a group that sold over 35,000.000 discs, Carl Palmer never ceased to play leading part in contemporary rock music making recordings and touring throughout the world, being for years the best drummer ever.

Tickets: € 18 - 12
 

Sunday 13 - Marinos Mitellas – A life of Songs

Epilogi Cultural movement, with this concert of choral music, pays tribute to Marinos Mitellas, the teacher and maestro. Participating are the Komlo Teachers’ Choir from Hungary, Aris Choir and the choirs of Epilogi

Contactors: Marinos Mitellas – Aris Lemesou
                      Dr. Szabolcs Szabo – Komlo Hungary
                      Angelina Nikolaidou Spanou - Epilogi

Free Entrance


Tuesday 15 - Seven Tenors

A magical combination of the seven soloists Alexander Bogdanov, Alexander Zakharov, Maxim Paster, Edward Semyonov, Alexander Skvarko and Michael Urusov who are members of the top opera theatres of Moscow presenting a programme of songs that were initially made popular by Mario Lanza, Placido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti

Within the framework of the European Limassol Festival

Tickets: € 25 - 15


Thursday 17 - THOC’s Experimental Stage

Based on Ovid’s wonderful myths of his Metamorphoses, the performance tries to present with tenderness, humour and directness the stirring ancient stories where each one of us recognises ourselves through love and loss

Translation/Adaptation/Direction: Magdalena Zira
Sets/Costumes: Elena Katsouri
Music: Giorgos Kolias
Choreography/Movement: Pascal Caron
Video Art: Emilios Avraam

Cast (in order of appearance):
Konstantinos Gavriel, Andreas Koutsoumbas, Irini Konstantinou, Marios Konstantinou, Katerina Loura, Lea Maleni, Niovi Charalambous

Tickets: €12 - 6


Friday 18 - Christmas Gala

The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra presents great moments from the musicals: My Fair Lady, Les Misérables, Cats, Cabaret, Chicago, Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story, Man of La Mancha

Soloists: Katerina Andreou – soprano, Tsveta Christoforou – mezzo soprano
             Can Tufan - tenor , Andreas Aroditis - baritone

Conductor: Spyros Pisinos

Tickets: € 12 - 7


Saturday 19 - The Sleeping Beauty

The Russian State Ballet consisting of 40 excellent dancers presents this 19th century masterpiece of the Russian Imperial Ballet. This work combines the ingenious choreography of Marius Petipa and the great work of Pyotr Tchaikovsky.

The Russian State Ballet was established in 1993 by the much awarded artist Valery Lantratov, a dancer well known for his exceptional technique and pleasant personality.  He was one of the dancers in the troupe of Rudolf Nureyev and in the ballet companies of Maya Pliseckoj, Vladimira Vasilieva and Ekaterina Maximova.

Tickets: € 30 - 15

Within the framework of the European Limassol Festival