CLEAN CITY

ANESTIS AZAS & PRODROMOS TSINIKORIS (GRE)

The word ” cleaning ” has, since Nazi times, a sinister connotation. The far-right party Golden Dawn wants to cleanse, to “purify” Greece of migrants and refugees. These expressions have taken on a new dimension with the crisis in Greece, which has resulted in strong pressure against the immigrant community.
Greek filmmakers Anestis Azas and Prodromos Tsinikoris reciprocate this rhetoric with the question, “Who does the cleaning in this country?” Their docu-theater gives voice to five women of different ages. Cleaners from various generations of migrants tell in Clean City about a country where social contradictions collide daily and what solidarity is in times of crisis.
They are migrants from South Africa, Bulgaria, Russia, the Philippines and Albania who arrived in Greece to try their luck as cleaners. With humor and nerve they describe what it means to clean up Greece.
“Tsinikoris and Azas collect with dedication, over time, the life stories of five women, and compress everything into a great show, presenting a text about globalization, the concept of home, desire and family, the disappearance of the middle class that still nurtures so many dreams in Europe.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung). Clean City is an example of political theater that is widely believed to be dead. This show is proof that the theater, the stage, remains the best “forum” for which everything can be thought of and invented with wit and vitality.

CLEAN CITY with Mabel Matchidiso Mosana, Rositsa Pandalieva, Fredalyn Resurreccion, Drita Shehi, Valentina Ursache
research, text & direction Anestis Azas, Prodromos Tsinikoris
dramaturgy Margarita Tsomou
set design & costumes Eleni Stroulia, Zaira Falirea (Assistenz)
lighting design Eliza Alexandropoulou
music Panagiotis Manouilidis
videos Nikos Pastras
assistant directors Ioanna Valsamidou, Liana Taousiani
production director Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos
videos Nelly Kambouri
puppets Yiannis Katranitsas
make up Eveline Boeckx
sopratitoli Patrizia Poretti (traduzione), Prodromos Tsinikoris (operatore)
coproduced Onassis Cultural Centre Athen, Goethe-Institut (Europoly-Projekt) in cooperazione con Münchner Kammerspielen, Onassis Cultural Centre Athen, Sirenos – Vilnius International Theatre Festival, Teatro Maria Matos Lissabon e Tiger Dublin Fringe
tour support Onassis Cultural Centre Athen
collaboration in the production Onassis Cultural Center Athen e Mladi levi Festival Ljubljana

SUN 07.10.2018 | 20.30
PALCO SALA TEATRO LAC – LUGANO

22.00 After-show meeting with the audience
moderator Francesca Serrazanetti
translation Carina Kaiser