We are in the Army Now by Elias Adam | Available until Sunday May 9, 2021 at 21:00 (UTC+3)

Forget the Upper Stage you once knew: it has been transformed into a hybrid social medium, something between an Instagram account and an iPhone screen. Forget theater as you knew it too. Everything here sparkles with an ultrapop cyberspace aura.

The four performers are reminiscent of Power Ranger superheroes, Pokemon, and the sexy being that is Cardi B. Everything unfolds in a camp atmosphere, filled with snapshots from the lives of borderline millennials, TikTok-style choreographies, and Britney Spears music videos, all set alongside deeply confessional selfies and memes on the controversial relationships between socio-environmental justice and social media platforms. Except that what’s posted here is the collective rage and urgency of an entire generation, coupled with the fierce humor that pervades it.

Credits

Text & Stage Direction: Elias Adam

Set, Costumes & Digital Space Design: Sita Messer

Collaborator for set and costumes: Elektra Stampoulou

Collaborators to the Dramaturgy & Text: Chris Vrettos, Christina Mavrommati

Dramaturgy workshops coordination: Chris Vrettos

Music: Gary Salomon

Choreography: Panos Malactos

Lighting Design: Panagiotis Lambis

Performers: Styliana Ioannou, Jeo Pakitsas, Sofia Priovolou, Gary Salomon

Production Management: Cultόpια

Commissioned & Produced by Onassis Stegi

We are grateful to the following, for taking part in performance development’s dramaturgy workshops: Lydia Antoniou, Nadia Argyropoulou, Dimitris Babilis, Olga Deli, Sandy Fameliari, Eva Giannakopoulou, Nikos Haralampidis, Vicky Kyriakoulakou, Eva Papamargariti, Eva Pliakou, Michalis Prodromou, Nora Ralli, Leto Skopeliti, Kostas Stasinopoulos, Anastasia Vaitsopoulou, Pasqua Vorgia, Niovi Zarampouka

Filming Credits

Director: Alkis Papastathopoulos

Production: Christos Giannakopoulos

Director of Photography: Petros Goritsas

Editor: Alkis Papastathopoulos

Sound Design: Daphne Farazi

Production Manager: Eleni Molfeta

Sound Recording: Daphne Farazi

Assistant Director: Eleni Molfeta

Assistant Camera: Eleni Lola

Color Grading: Areti Papaioannou