• Pavlos Vrellis founded a museum in Ioannina and in some way he feels skeptical,
  • 2020
Playwright: Eugenia Dagla
  • A study of revolution. The text consists of five scenes between Pavlos Vrellis and the Figures. The five scenes reflect the troubled reality of our time like distorting mirrors at a funfair: the image they reflect may be warped, yet it is rendered with boldness and honesty. Vrellis embarks on a journey in search of the Revolution — “of the banners and the swords / of the schoolbooks” — so that he may invite it to the opening of the Museum he is creating in its honour. The Figures move fleetingly and lightly through the text and, together with Vrellis, bring its central theme into focus, briefly but powerfully illuminating it from different angles. In the course of his search, Vrellis passes through a series of different “landscapes of life.” The text approaches revolution from multiple perspectives — like a cut diamond with many facets. It reflects on the passivity of the contemporary citizen; the conditions of repression that surround us; our weakened social reflexes; the paralysis of collective thought and action; our alienation from our own selves; a conservatism that restricts our values and horizons; and our fear of change…
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