Prometheus by Nikos Karathanos premieres on New Year's Day at Onassis Channel on YouTube

Nikos Karathanos’s “Prometheus” is coming to bring us nothing but a blast of freedom – this time digitally. This acclaimed artist gives us his take on this tragedy by Aeschylus, attempting, in his own words, to “mythologize daily life.” Karathanos himself, as a perceptive observer of transcendence through readings of the familiar, directs and performs as Prometheus. He recognizes each and every one of us in this character. Prometheus represents you and me and everyone, in that moment where we look upon the reality of life and it looks back at us. There is something so very ancient inside every human being that makes time bend away in shame,” he notes. Nikos Karathanos is turning his hand to ancient Greek drama for a second time, after tackling Aristophanes’ “Birds”; it is a source material that moves him because “it seems to be telling me constantly that ‘the opinions I have are my tomb, and justness is my resurrection’.”

“Prometheus Bound” is Nikos Karathanos’ second directorial engagement with ancient Greek drama, following his 2016 take on Aristophanes’ “The Birds,” which premiered at the Athens Epidaurus Festival and was produced by Onassis Stegi.

“The Birds,” directed by Nikos Karathanos, were first presented beyond Greek borders in May 2018, at the legendary St. Ann’s Warehouse theater in Brooklyn, New York. The work was included in “New York Magazine”’s online “Vulture” list of that year’s Ten Best Theater Productions. Two years later, “The Birds” were staged at the Santiago a Mil International Theater Festival in Chile, amidst major social and political upheaval.

Translation/Text: Yiannis Asteris
Adaptation: Nikos Karathanos, Yiannis Asteris
Set Design: Eva Manidaki
Costumes Design: Aggelos Mentis
Live Music: Angelos Triantafyllou