September 2020,
Benaki Foundation, Athens.
Adaptation and staging:
Ismini Vlavianou
Masks, costumes:
Anne Meriaux
Supertitles in Greek:
Antigone Vlavianou
Inter-establishment project
with the Joan of Arc high school in Piraeus,
with 20 young French and 10 young Greeks
Oedipus or the Lame King,
by Jean Anouilh
Link to the Facebook page of the French Embassy in Greece, where some photos of the meeting with the French Ambassador to Greece Mr. Maisonnave appear
Embassy of France in Greece - Πρεσβεία της Γαλλίας στην Ελλάδα
"Œdipe ou le roi lame", play by Jean Anouilh, inspired by the tragedy Œdipe-Roi by Sophocles, performed by French and Greek pupils:
The play brought together twenty French students 🇫🇷" from the Lycée Louise Michel in Bobigny and six Greek students from the Franco-Hellenic School "Jeanne d'Arc" in Piraeus. produced together on September 24, on the stage of the Benaki Foundation theater in Athens, in a special atmosphere since without spectators due to sanitary measures.
The piece was nevertheless broadcast live online and is still available for those who want to see it or see it again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG6Z4HcHW6k
On this occasion, Colombe Anouilh d'Harcourt, the daughter of playwright Jean Anouilh, gave an interview which will soon be broadcast on the parliamentary channel "Vouli Tileorassi".
While attending the final rehearsals, Patrick Maisonnave, French Ambassador to Greece, was delighted to meet the students, Mrs Ismini Vlavianou-Cogne, literature/theatre teacher (adaptation and staging), Mrs Anne Mériaux, history teacher- geography/theatre (masks and costumes), Mrs. Colombe Anouilh d'Harcourt, daughter of the author and Mrs. Antigone Vlavianou (translator of the text).
This project was supported by the French Institute of Greece and the International Organization for La Francophonie (OIF).
French Institute of Greece - Γαλλικό Ινστιτούτο Ελλάδος
International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF)
Ελληνογαλλική Σχολή Joan of Arc
theater course in Mandres-les-Roses:
The 42 students from Première Spécialité Théâtre as well as from Première and Terminale Option Théâtre met at the PEP in Mandres-les-Roses from February 26 to 29, 2020, to rehearse together Œdipe ou le roi lame by Jean Anouilh, a modern and poetic rewriting of 'Oedipus King by Sophocles. The 42 students were to stage the piece during the “11th Festival of Schools”, at the MC93, on May 8 and 9, but the pandemic canceled everything.
However, we were able to perform the play at the Benaki Foundation Theater in Athens on September 24, 2020 with 20 young French people and 10 young Greeks from Piraeus.
The student of TES1 Ehsan KHAN shot and edited on his own initiative a video which retraces in 4min34 the moments shared during the February theater course, at the time when, carried away by the project, we were all making great strides in its accomplishment...
invitation
invitation translation
Diploma
Hippocrene Prize 2020
