Focus Group • Resistance In A Time Of Peace
August 9th through September 16th 2024
Four performances per week.
Fridays through Mondays at 20:00
Audience is requested to arrive one hour before performances.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Mondays at 20:00
Social Hour
We encourage the audience to come one hour before the show, introduce themselves to five people they never met before, talk of theatre, ideas or the weather.
Discussion
After each show there will be a discussion with the audience about the play and its significance to our lives. The discussion will be alternately with the director, actors, artistic director or a playwright if available.
(double-bill) by Marco Di Stefano / Jibbe Willems.
Focus Group
A Double Feature of Works by Contemporary Creators
THEATRE OF THE NO, Athens’ premier English-speaking theatre, presents a unique double bill featuring two contemporary plays: “Focus Group” by Marco di Stefano and “Resistance in a Time of Peace” by Jibbe Willems. Under the direction of Chará Lianou, these plays explore both the personal and political, taking the audience on a thought-provoking and poetic journey of discovery and revelation.
The evening opens with “Resistance in a Time of Peace”, a solo piece that follows a woman abandoned in her car in the middle of nowhere, sparking reflections on the course of her life to this point. As she considers an escape from reality, and from the stifling routine of an unfulfilled romantic relationship, she embarks on an inner quest. This powerful monologue gives voice to the choices that can take us from the expected path and to “the road less travelled”.
The closing performance is “Focus Group”, a topical and provocative drama with a satirical, dystopian edge, examining the mutually exploitative relationship between multinational corporations and consumers. The plot centers on Carla, who starts her new job leading a product focus group. The group of disparate and desperate personalities soon become aware they are part of a study that reveals their secret fears and desires. As conflicts and revelations escalate, Carla and the group confront an existential dilemma that all of us will face at some point.
