The mother of the dog

The Greek National Theatre has invited the award-winning Serbian director, Nikita Milivojevic, to bring Matesis’s unique world to the stage.

Pavlos Matesis’s stage adaptation of his own novel, The mother of the dog, presents a view of modern Greek history that is both incisive and funny, dramatic and surrealistic. The iconic Raraou becomes a symbol of the human determination not to submit.

The life of Raraou, “the great star of theatrical revue” as she styles herself, is related through flashbacks of a society attempting to get by in the midst of poverty.

From the Occupation to the present day, Raraou’s story, like the story of the Greece about which she reminisces, is a battle for survival. Her struggle is unrelenting, and she will use every means at her disposal to emerge unscathed - even if she has to take refuge in her own reality.

Direction / Adaptation Nikita Milivojevic

Set - costumes Kenny MacLellan

Music Dimitris Kamarotos

Movement Amalia Bennett

Lighting Sakis Birbilis

Dramaturg Vivi Spathoula

Assistant to the director Xenia Themeli

Assistant to the set designer Irini Kontaxaki

Cast:

Father / Honest man Kostas Vasardanis

Kyria Kanello Angeliki Dimitrakopoulou

Father Dinos Vasilis Karaboulas

Salome Jenny Kollia

Mother of Roubini & Raraou (at an older age)/Chrysafaina/ Fani Ivonni Maltezou

Raraou Themis Bazaka

Roubini Iro Bezou

Disabled person Themistoklis Panou

Mother of Roubini & Raraou (Asimina) Theodora Tzimou

Fanis Giannis Tseberlidis

Alfio Antonis Fragakis

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