Symposium
by Plato
- Translation: Uliana Holovach
- Director: Volodymyr Kuchynsky
- Costumes: Olga Baklan
- Set Design: Oleksandr Overchuk
- Dramaturg: Julie-Anne Franko
- Musical consultant: Natalia Polovynka
The Kurbas Theatre’s vibrant production of The Symposium is a delightfully provocative acknowledgment of Plato’s chararacter’s contemplations on Love. The performance celebrates the rhyme and reasons of the ancient Greeks through a modern Ukrainian theatrical sensibility of grasping and grappling with Eros.
IN PRAISE OF EROS (I PART)
CAST IN ORDER OF PRAISE:
- Phaedrus: Oleh Oneschak, Andriy Vodychev
- Pausanias: Marianna Podoliak
- Eryximachus: Oleksiy Kravchuk
- Aristophanes: Oleh Tsiona
- Agathon: Mykola Bereza
- Socrates: Oleh Stephan
- Flautist: Olena Krylova
- Eros: Vladyslav Kyschun
SILENUS ALCIBIADIS (II PART)
- Socrates: Oleh Stephan
- Diotima: Tetiana Kaspruk, Maria Kopytchak, Natalia Parkhomenko
- Alcibiad: Andriy Vodychev
- Phaedrus: Oleh Oneschak
- Pausanias: Marianna Podoliak
- Eryximachus: Oleksiy Kravchuk
- Aristophanes: Oleh Tsiona
- Agathon: Mykola Bereza
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:Musicians, major gods, historians, sophists, philosophers, hermaphrodites, guests, poets, muses, Gorgons, heroes, minor gods, playwrights, revelers, doctors, satyrs, tragic heroines, actors, corybantes, servants, lovers and beloved: actors, students, friends and audience of The Les Kurbas Theatre.
- Running time of every part: 1:30
- Setup time: 2 hours
- Rehearsal time: 3 hours
- Dismantle time: 1 hours
- Lights: 20 overhead
- Number of Actors: 11
- Technical and Artistic Staff: 3 (total number of participants 14)
- Theatre Space requirements: Italian Theatre with good acoustics
