FFF1 | No Man’s Land | Dries Verhoeven

In the streets of Athens

The distinguished Dutch director and visual artists Dries Verhoeven stages a peripatetic performance / political act in the streets of Athens. Twenty viewers and twenty economic immigrants / political refugees come together in a downtown Athens station. There, equipped with iPods to provide audio information, each ‘watcher’ listens to the biography of one of the immigrants, who could be their guide through the streets of their home city. The pairs of viewers and guides become neighbors of a unique kind as the latter show the former a side of Athens they may never have seen before.

Following on from performances in the Netherlands, Germany and Spain, "No Man’s Land" has been specially adapted for performance in Athens where, according to its creator, “conditions are urgent enough to demand a moving, poetic and meaningful response to the question: “What can a multicultural environment mean?”

Instructions for the performance

The performance takes place at an open-air location.
The audience is advised to wear comfortable clothes and shoes, as they will walk for about 40 minutes.

The performances start exactly at the above mentioned hours.
Please be sure that you arrive at the starting point 15 minutes prior to the performance scheduled start time. In case you will not be able to attend a performance for which you have purchased a ticket, please make sure to inform us at Τ. 213 017 8036. The performances can take place only with a specific number of viewers.

Credits

Concept
Dries Verhoeven
Curated by
Katia Arfara
Co- direction
Marjolein Frijling
Artistic Assistance
Bart van de Woestijne
Technique
Roel Evenhuis
Guides
Echia Elisha, Manzo pee Kanu, Barke Salum, Ally Salum Ally, Christopher Katambo, Mustafa Ali Zada , Mohammad Abbasi, Said Mohammed, Fode Badara Sylla, Francis William Salum, Okundigie Ioanna, Alsin Ba του Souleiman, Saleh Hassan, Mustafa Demirkol, Duraid Abbas Ghaieb, Fifamè Clarice Awunou, Sedqi Al-Saadi, Nasrin Ghasemzadeh, Ahmed Kamal Jalil Jawad, Soheila Hadipour, Setareh Fatehi Iran, Ali Khoshkhabari Khamene
Voices by
Kostis Kallivretakis and Katerina Pavlou
In collaboration with
ASANTE non-government organization
Scientific advisor and talks’ co-ordination
Kostis Papaioannou
Dramaturgic team
Stavros Yagoulis, Kostis Kallivretakis, Panagiota Konstantinakou, Prodromos Tsinikoris
Routes
Antonas Office
Production
Maria Dourou, Pericles Papadimitriou
We wish to thank
STA.SY. S.A., AGRIPAN S.A. and the Greek Archaeologists Society for their kind hospitality.
Co-production with
Stadsschouwburg Utrecht and Call of the Mall (2013).