5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche
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- 2021 & 2024
author:
Andrew Hobgood, Evan Linder
date of production:
2021 & 2024
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creative team
- Director: Evita ioannou
- Cast (in alphabetical order): Nagia Anastasiadou, Elena Kallinikou, Loukia Pieridou, Niovi Charalambous, Yolanda Christodoulou
- Translation: Anna Demetriou
- Artistic Collaborator: Konstantina Peter
- Set Design: Eleni Ioannou
- Costumes: Alexandra Petsetakis
- Lighting Design: Martinos Thalassetis
- Graphics: Andonis Moushis
- Make-up Design: Melani Christou
- Hair: Sofia Demetriou (riahairdesign)
- Assistant Producer: Diego Armando Aparicio
- Photography: Nefeli Papadaki
- Production Management: MITOS Performing Arts Centre
description
The play 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche by Andrew Hobgood and Evan Linder was presented for the first time in the Greek language, directed by Evita Ioannou, as part of the theYard.Residency.21 programme of MITOS Performing Arts Centre. The production premiered in December 2021 and completed a run of 42 sold-out performances in Limassol, Nicosia, and Athens.
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The play is set in 1956 at the annual meeting of the Susan B. Anthony Society of the Gertrude Stein Sisterhood, gathered in a church basement to host their quiche competition. These women adore quiche. They love quiche more than anyone in the history of the world has ever loved quiche. “No men, no meat, just good manners” is their motto. However, when a nuclear explosion devastates the outside world, the long-awaited competition is interrupted, and the heroines are forced to confront their secrets and sexual identities.
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What People Said
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“What performances, what movement, what humour, what an intelligent expression of the absurd without ever losing the thread! Congratulations, Evita, and to your immensely talented actresses… I am still laughing when I think about the production and would gladly see it again. The scene in which the lesbians are ecstatically worshipping the quiche under the founder’s gaze is a monument of choreographic precision.”
Elena Christodoulidou
Cultural Services, Ministry of Education & Culture of Cyprus
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“The play successfully and effortlessly immersed us in its atmosphere, making us part of the action. The female voice emerges powerful and resonant, reaching into the depths of the soul, posing questions, overturning assumptions, and challenging patriarchal norms.”
Elli Diakogianni
Theatro.gr
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“Ioannou, as in her previous works, remains in close proximity to her material-both textual and human. She is not interested in crafting beautiful images but is drawn to the emotional force of ‘dirty’ situations where the actors’ bodies matter more than words… With this well-written yet non-generic anarchic comedy, she seems to have found her element. Her attention to detail-in gestures and movement-gave the production a sweeping rhythm through to its triumphant finale.”
Giorgos Stogias
Author
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“At a time when gender and sexuality issues began to be addressed in performances that identified themselves as social, Evita Ioannou saved the theater. She tore apart singularity and restored duality… The translation achieved a lot. So did the direction: organic.
Dr. Zelia Gregoriou
Assistant Professor, Department of Gender Studies and Department of Education Sciences, University of Cyprus
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