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"The tales of Karagiozis"
Karagiozis' theater is telling the world's truth. From the moment the lights are turned on, the great contrasts existing in our world are clearly visible. The shack and the palace, the barefoot and the rich, opposite one another.
We live in an unjust world, so it was, so it is, so it will be. The rich takes advantage of the poor, who usually does not stand up. But not Karagiozis, he speaks out. For this reason he is spanked, but he does not mind; he is used to that.
Each of us identifies him/herself with Karagiozis, because he/she can see in his face the weak, the wronged.
Each of us would like to resemble Karagiozis, because he is not afraid.
He denounces injustice, he criticizes, he ridicules everyone and everything. And he can do that because first of all he satirizes and ridicules himself, the average Greek.
That is why the Greeks have always loved the shadow theater and watched it joyfully. In order to forget any sufferings and laugh at any mess.
The Shadow Theater group "The Tales of Karagiozis" was born out of our love for the theater of Karagiozis. It is the theater what we used to watch as kids - mostly on TV - and that' s what charmed me years after, when I first stepped behind the shadow theater's white screen (berdès). The world of shadows is a magical one and our inspiration is to transmit this magic to young and old people alike.
Follow us into this world and we can promise you one thing for sure:
"We shall eat, we shall drink and we shall go to bed hungry!" (Karagiozis' line)
We live in an unjust world, so it was, so it is, so it will be. The rich takes advantage of the poor, who usually does not stand up. But not Karagiozis, he speaks out. For this reason he is spanked, but he does not mind; he is used to that.
Each of us identifies him/herself with Karagiozis, because he/she can see in his face the weak, the wronged.
Each of us would like to resemble Karagiozis, because he is not afraid.
He denounces injustice, he criticizes, he ridicules everyone and everything. And he can do that because first of all he satirizes and ridicules himself, the average Greek.
That is why the Greeks have always loved the shadow theater and watched it joyfully. In order to forget any sufferings and laugh at any mess.
The Shadow Theater group "The Tales of Karagiozis" was born out of our love for the theater of Karagiozis. It is the theater what we used to watch as kids - mostly on TV - and that' s what charmed me years after, when I first stepped behind the shadow theater's white screen (berdès). The world of shadows is a magical one and our inspiration is to transmit this magic to young and old people alike.
Follow us into this world and we can promise you one thing for sure:
"We shall eat, we shall drink and we shall go to bed hungry!" (Karagiozis' line)
Apostolos Domtzidis
