Christos Thanos
War correspondents
The atrocity of war is laid bare with chilling precision as War correspondents trace its nature through historical, literary, and original texts—woven into a broader musical universe.
Within a timeless environment, six human figures—remnants of the most abhorrent historical memories—stand on stage to recount the horrors they have endured, guided by the deafening pulse of time, the unceasing observer who stands relentless in its course.
Here, theatre and music co-exist on stage as an organic whole, their boundaries obscured. What distinguishes war between two packs of animals from war between two nations? What drives human beings toward conflict? Why does humanity resort to violence when, unlike animals, they don’t need it to survive? To what extent is the information we receive about an event faithful to that event? What factors mediate between an event and its documentation, and how do they influence the historical record— one that ultimately becomes the collective memory of humankind? These and other questions take center stage in War Correspondents, at a time when more and more conflict zones remain dangerously open.
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