“RELIC” is an international co-production that had its world première in Barcelona in
2015 before going on to appear at another 30 international venues and festivals. A
journey of many transformations, it is a path towards poetry opened up by means of
an otherworldly cabaret that ends up somewhere disarmingly human. An acclaimed
performance created by Euripides Laskaridis and the OSMOSIS performing arts
company.
The performance tests the limits of both audiences and the performer. The Latin
root of the word “relic” (“relinque”) denotes that which is left behind; the raw
ingredients of this world might appear random and insignificant, but they are
transformed – through the use of all that is ridiculous and exaggerated – into a work
that takes you by surprise.
— Sanjoy Roy (“The Guardian”), “Writing on Dance” – sanjoyroy.net
“He is the most ridiculous of impossible bodies, and so, on some level, the most tragic of Frankensteinian monstrosities. Your own brain keeps thinking what the fuck? and then: what the hell, just go with it. It’s worth it.”
— Graham Watts, “DanceTabs”
“Anarchic, physical theatre that will live long in the memory. Euripides Laskaridis is a Greek exponent of the theatre of the absurd, without inhibition and possessing enormous charisma.”
— Clàudia Brufau, “Aerowaves Review”
“Laskaridis masters simple but effective movements and a colorful range of vocal sounds. His sharp imagination messes with our expectations of any familiar gesture or attitude he undertakes, transforming them into dreamlike connections. Again and again, each amusing twist makes one feel more and more at home in “RELIC’s” bizarre atmosphere.”
Credits
Direction, Choreography & set design: Euripides Laskaridis
Performed by: Euripides Laskaridis
Directorial consultant: Tatiana Bre
Dramaturgy consultant: Alexandros Mistriotis
Costume design: Angelos Mentis
Sound design & live operation: Kostas Michopoulos
Lightning consultant: Eliza Alexandropoulou
Music consultant: Kornelios Selamsis
Lightning installation: Miltos Athanasiou
Lightning technicians: Konstantinos Margas & Giorgos Melissaropoulos
Sound installation & Live operation: Nikolas Kollias & Kostis Pavlopoulos
Assistant director: Ioanna Plessa
Special constructions: Marios Sergios Eliakis, Ioanna Plessa & Melina Terzakis
Creative assistants: James Konstantinidis & Natasa Kouvari
Set assistant on tour: Tzela Christopoulou
Production & tour managers: Aristea Charalambidou (2016), Maria Dourou (2017-18),Zoe Mouschi (2018), Simona Fremder (2018-2019)
Technical director: Konstantinos Margas
Tour production assistance: Nikos Mavrakis, TooFarEast Productions (2019)
Photography: Miltos Athanasiou & Evi Fylaktou
Camera operators: Anouk Arra, Marios Sergios Eliakis & Dimitris Triandafyllou
Video trailer edited: Euripides Laskaridis
Coproduced by: Athens & Epidaurus Festival & OSMOSIS performing arts company
Presented in collaboration with: EDM Productions – RIAL & ESHELMAN