From "Hate Speech" to "Intolerance" in just 145 minutes

Hate and violence in our real and virtual worlds. Is it really so hard for us to accept one another? Will we ever manage to coexist? Are we just going to scream at each other until our opinions win out?

The works premiering on the Onassis Foundation YouTube Channel this Sunday, March 14, first deal with the power of hate speech on social media, in the online discussion “#Psofos: Hate Speech on Social Media” (at 20:00). This is followed directly by an unusual homage to blind, undying hate in the digital premiere of “Intolerance”, directed by Io Voulgaraki (at 21:00): a theatrical performance imbued with socio-political and existential self-knowledge, in which “human coexistence on earth is conveyed as ongoing civil strife”, as the director herself noted about the work presented on the Onassis Stegi Main Stage in January 2016.

How much have people changed over the last 105 years? The nature of a mob spewing hate about all things different unfolds in all its forms in this Onassis Stegi Sunday double bill, in a moment where we have all been left hanging, hoping for a better tomorrow – until the phrase “‘us’ or ‘them’ forever” has no place in real life.