The play is based on Rina Katselli’s novel of the same name, Blue Whale, which won the national novel prize in 1978. The story revolves around the life of a removed family right after the Turkish invasion in Cyprus in 1974, who came as refugees to the free part of the island, as well as around the struggle and the thoughts of the protagonist as he reflects upon it.
The play earned an award by the Cyprus Playwrights Society in 1979. It was staged by the Cyprus Theater Organization under the title Blue Whale (Introspection) in 1980, by director Evi Gavriilidi, and was projected with subtitles in many European countries. It was staged unprofessionally by university students in Thessaloniki. In 2005, its English translation by Andreas Christodoulidis was presented in the Waterhouse Theater, which was at that time directed by Ted Craig.
PLAYS
The cousin, 1959
9 male - 3 female
The Iron Spoon, 1960
3 male - 4 female
And The Unworthy, 1961
5 male - 2 female
The Unworthy, 1962
8 male - 4 female
The three Wizards and Rehoboam, 1962
5 male - 1 female
Pitsillos, 1962
11 male - 6 female
Sunday Doxology, 1963
5 male - 3 female
35 Aeschylus St., 1963
8 male - 4 female
Dr Ahmet Alibey, 1964
5 male - 4 female
Ppevlianis, 1966
14 male – 7 female (and a few females singing)
Moribund, 1967
7 male - 6 female
What the Robot has put together, 1968
5 male – 5 female, and a robot
Τhe Goblins of the third Millennium, 2010
6 male - 3 female
Arkastos (La Graminia), 2001
4 male - 3 female
From Sunday to Sunday, 1999
5 male - 2 female
The Upper Neighborhood, 1998
4 male - 3 female
Going Strong..., 1994
5 male - 4 female
Foreign Land, 1988
9 male – 3 female
Crazy Grandma, 1986
5 male - 4 female
Dsas, 1982
1 female
The Reason why Valou left, 1981
5 male – 5 female
A Hideout in Cyprus, 1968
8 male - 1 female
I am whatever you wish, my Lord, 1968
4 male – 4 female
Old Lady Agathe, 1968
9 male - 5 female
The Roof, 1968
5 male - 4 female
Unslaved Olive Tree, 1981
8 male - 6 female
Ten days in Cyprus (An old cypriot wedding), 1968
6 male - 4 female
Suicide Documents, 1968
2 male – 1 female
Great problems and a personal incident, 1968
2 male - 2 female
A priestess, 1968
8 male - 8 female
Blue Whale, 1979
6 male - 7 female
The Slaves, 1968
5 male - 2 female
ESSAYS
RINA'S KATSELLI THEATRE
Undoubtedly, Rina Katselli is one of the most important figures in contemporary Cypriot dramaturgy. The representational strength, the plausibility...
