The Greek National Opera is launching its collaboration with the Municipal Regional Theatre of Kavala, strengthening the network of partnerships with institutions from all over the country and supporting new artistic creation. As part of this action, and through the new joint initiative “The Philippi Festival travels to the National Opera”, the four new productions of this year’s 68th Philippi Festival will travel to Athens, under the auspices of the GNO, from 12 to 16 September 2025. These are commissions from the institution, organized by the Municipal Theatre of Kavala, to new creators.
(All) that we leave for a tomorrow that will never come...
15 and 16 September 2025
the performance will be presented on board, on the Piraeus - Aegina route, transforming the ship into a stage and the journey into an experience.
Departure time: 18.15 (Gate E8, Port of Piraeus, ship "Antigone" of the Saronic company)
Arrival time for boarding: 17.30
Duration: 70 minutes
Inspired by the work and life of Chronis Missios, a writer and resistance fighter from Kavala, to whom the Philippi Festival is dedicated, and guided by the paradoxical equation of generosity 8-3=11, the performances develop in an open dialogue with the theme of the institution, connecting speech, music and performance with the space and the audience.
(Everything), what we leave for a tomorrow that will never come...
"We have divided the day into corpses of moments, into dead hours that we will bury within ourselves, within the caves of our being, in the caves where the freedom of desire is born, and we fill them with all kinds of shit and garbage that pass us off as "values", as "morality", as "civilization". We have made our bodies an immense cemetery of murdered desires and expectations, we leave the most important, the most essential things...Everything, we leave everything for a tomorrow that will never come..." H.M.
On the ship connecting Piraeus to Aegina, a performance takes place inspired by truths expressed by Chronis Missios, an ode to what we did not dare: to the desires that remained half-said, to the words that never found a mouth to be spoken, to the gazes that were turned elsewhere. To all that we did not experience - but also to what we can still experience.
It is not just a familiar journey, but an experience. For a Movement. For a Transition. For a return. For a Departure without a destination. A journey that is not always made to arrive, but to get lost a little. There we will meet a self that has taken another path, that is in another phase, that lives another life, that is illuminated under another light.
The director of the performance, Marios Kakoullis, notes: “The stage (and its world) becomes a fluid space, suspended somewhere between ports, memories and fantasies. Phrases, texts and images from the life and work of Chronis Missios will feed the core of the performance, will illuminate the unspeakable, will stand next to what was not said, but persisted. And the performance, a gesture towards the elusive.”
*Warm thanks to the Philharmonic of the Municipality of Aegina and Saronic.
*We warmly thank the conductor of the Philharmonic of the Municipality of Thassos, Ms. Evi Schinaki, for the kind permission to orchestrate the musical theme of the performance and the song “The Ballad of Ouri”.
Concept, direction: Marios Kakoullis
Text, associate dramatist: Eri Kyrgia
Music: Andreas Valachis
Production organization: Marion Allagioti - HausCompany Theatre
Production execution on the Piraeus - Aegina route: Anastasia Georgopoulou
Performers: Symeon Kostakoglou, Anastasis Georgoulas, Giorgos Ziakas, Thodoris Vrachas, Spyros Bosgas, Georgia Zachariadi (Plastelíne)
Live music on deck:
15/9 • Kostis
Kostas Christou, Thomas Papathanasis, Stefanos Keranis (bouzouki), Zisis Mezilis (keyboards)
16/9 • Kalogerakia
Michalis Kalogerakis (guitar, voice), Pantelis Kalogerakis (voice)
Useful information:
1. The ship "Antigone" of Saronic will depart from Gate E8 of the port of Piraeus at 18.15 (strictly). Arrival for boarding is recommended at 17.30.
2. The total duration of the performance on board (Piraeus - Aegina - Piraeus), including the stay in the port of Aegina, is three and a half (3.5) hours.
3. The performance will be presented on the Piraeus - Aegina route, while on the return to Piraeus there will be live music on deck.
4. As the performance involves movement to different parts of the ship, the audience is asked to wear comfortable clothes and shoes.
Ticket price for the performance on board (Piraeus-Aegina-Piraeus): €20 (of which €8 corresponds to the performance ticket and €12 to the discounted ferry ticket, which are paid separately).
Pre-sale starts: 01/09
By purchasing the performance ticket on board, the reservation for the discounted ferry ticket is guaranteed, which can be picked up from the central Saronic ticket kiosk, within Piraeus.
Buy your ticket for the performance here
