Resistance In A Time Of Peace • Focus Group 

^{(New Writing at the NO: A double-bill of the plays Resistance in a Time of Peace and Focus Group performed in English)}
Directed by Chara Lianou

Resistance In A Time of Peace • Focus Group 
Opening: Friday 9^th August

1. Resistance In A Time Of Peace  

A woman gets stranded in her car, somewhere in the great void. What has brought her here? The escape from reality and the threatening routine of a flimsy and meaningless love affair, the despair because she let events and people decide for her, the regret of not having taken matters into her own hands, fear of tomorrow.

Resistance In A Time Of Peace is a powerful monologue about how difficult it is to resist decisions that are in line with the expected course of events. Whether or not you dare, at least once in your life, to colour outside the lines, to listen and respond to the impulse, first to act and then to think, to ignore inhibitions, to resist in a time of peace.

2. Focus Group

Today is Carla's first day at work. She finished her training and is now ready to lead a Focus Group. A well-paid, secure job. After all, this is just a team doing market research. What could go wrong? For the members of this particular focus group, almost everything.

In this controversial and provocative work that explores the relationship between companies and consumers, supply and demand, truth and falsehood, reality and fantasy, the product under evaluation confronts the group members with perhaps the most basic existential question of man. The choice between life and death. A choice that is always pending.

PERFORMANCE DATES:

• August 9^th – September 16^th
• Every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday at 20.00
• ΤICKETS: 15€
• Duration: 90 min

Background:
The Theatre of the NO is a brand new English-speaking theatre opening April 2024 in the centre of Athens.  We are proud to feature both international artists, famous figures and emerging talents in Greek theatre and culture in our opening productions.  The theatre will bring new plays, new writers and creators from Greece and around the World to the stage, along with classics of Modernist, Absurdist and Experimental Theatre.  We will also offer Music, Poetry and Performance Art, and a welcoming centre for the artistic community of Athens.

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