Theatre
Life of Galileo
(2015-2016)
directed by Kostas Kazakos
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Life of Galileo, also known as Galileo, is a play by the twentieth-century German dramatist Bertolt Brecht.
Synopsis
The play is about Galileo Galilei, the seventeenth century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter. He supported Copernicus' theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun. This brought him in conflict with the Catholic Church. By threatening him with torture, the Church forced him to recant his views in front of a tribunal, and sentenced him to house arrest. However, Galileo's trials and theories inspired others like Sir Isaac Newton and Johannes Kepler to prove that the Earth was not the center of the universe. Some years ago, the Pope accepted that Earth does revolve around the Sun and issued a rare apology for what the Church had done to Galileo. The Catholic Church recanted.
Cast & Crew
Director: Kostas Kazakos
Translation: Odysseas Nikakis
Set-Costume design: Thaleia Istikopoulou
Sound Design and Composition: Dionysis Tsaknis
Choreographer: Marw Galani
Lighting Designer: Nikos Sotiropoulos
Assistant of Director: Elena alexandraki
Advisor in Brecht's Epic Theatre: Michael Seibel
Photography by: Vasilis Spyrou, Panagiotis Moulinos
Actors: Kostas Kazakos, Dionysis Voultsos, Ilias Giannakis, Fanis Diplas, Antreas Thanasoulas, Dimitris Kalantzis, Spiros Kouvardas, Giorgos Markou, Petra Mavridi, Gerasios Ntavaris, Thanassis Sarantos, Dorothea Stergioti, Dimitris Vamvakas, Spiros Kallivokas, Anastasios Lekkas, Giannis Charkoftakis, Konstantinos Christopoulos, Tasos Chrysopoulos
Kids: Manos Mpalaskakis, Alexandros Papoulias
Singing: Maria Routsi
Mandolin: Giorgos Georgiadis
Accordion: Tasos Schizas
Guitar: Nikos Skeparnias
Contrabass: Michalis Darmas
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