The Challenging Tide
by Stavros Lillitos
directed by George Eugeniou
Tickets £8 Concs £6
15th - 30th January at 7.30
Matinee: Sunday at 4.00
No Monday performances
This UK world premiere by Greek Cypriote writer Stavros Lillitos, (1919-1972)
depicts an epic tale set in the 1930’s and last unstill the German occupation
in WWII. Here we experience Greek Tragedy at its best.
A cruel family betrayal leads to the death of both Uncle and Nephew and
neither finds comfort in the Church nor in the State. "The Challenging Tide
is a depressingly beautiful tale of a family torn apart by political events in
Greece" (Barbie Papalios)
The Challenging Tide is not only about how Greek people suffered unfair
treatments and were arrested or shot to death for their beliefs, it deals with
more than Metaxas' dictatorship in 1936, the German occupation (1941-44)
and the civil war that followed. Lillitos questions man’s relationships with
himself and the world around him while highlights the hypocrisy of, “might
is right”.