The Greek German Theater of Cologne, under the direction of Greek expat Costas Papacostopoulos, will be presenting the ancient Greek tragedy Eumenides by Aeschylus, in Brussels.
The show will be staged on June 7 at the prestigious Royal Museum of Fine Arts (Palais des Beaux-Arts) in Brussels, with the support of the Greek Presidency of the European Union, the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture of the State of Rhineland-Westphalia, Germany, under the six-month term of Greece’s EU Presidency.
“We are righteous judges” exclaim the Furies chasing Orestes furiously, who with the help of Apollo will resort to the city of Athens, where he will be acquitted by the first court of ancient Greece. Then the Furies transformed into Eumenides.
Two thousand years later, the play deals with the issues of how a modern man can live free of remorse, guilt and all forms of moral inhibitions. While he can be a rationalist, he is also trapped in the most unbridled individualism, evolving with his actions in a threat for modern Europe’s democracy.
The play will be performed in German with Greek and French subtitles.
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