Hotel Éternité
by Yannis Kalavrianos
21th-25th June 2023 | 20:00-21:30
Theater stok, Zürich
In Greek with german & english supertitles
Hotel Éternité is not an ordinary hotel. It’s a place of eternal youth and happiness, a place where you arrive and never leave, a place where all dreams can come true. Everyone has a reason to be there: some seek an utopia, some a place to hide, and some a place to live forever. Everything has a set routine: Mary, the owner of Hotel Éternité, and the staff are fully dedicated to their mission. There are no clocks or watches in this hotel and words like time and death are forbidden. Time doesn’t matter anyway in this paradise. Until the arrival of a new staff member that brings out old stories and new reactions. Can things ever change or do they stay the same in timeless oblivion?
“Humanity needs eternity!”
Hotel Eternité by Yannis Kalavrianos was first staged at the National Theatre of Greece in Athens in 2020. Terrasse Ensemble brings this modern Greek theatre play to Theater Stok in Zurich in Greek, with German surtitles. The plot, which unravels before the audience is presented from the perspective of the hotel staff: their relationships, affairs, and fights reveal the secrets behind the façade of this “Hotel”. Eight performers and one musician on stage and eight recorded performers present the incredible, surreal, and surprising story of Hotel Éternité.
This staging of Hotel Éternité incorporates the inspiration and collaborative creation that characterises the works of Terrasse Ensemble: all assets of the performance (costumes, music, setting etc) are original and innovative. At the same time, the potential that the ensemble has for an all-inclusive, collective commitment, results to the creation of a surreal, magical and yet fragile world on stage.
“We are all young in our dreams.”
Regie: Anna Tsichli - Boissonnas
Author: Yannis Kalavrianos
Scenography: Apostolis Tsikas, Georgia Vlassi
Costumes: Anastasia Alamanou, Sophia Symeonidou
Music: Anastasia Alamanou
Movement: Eleni Mylona
Translation: Esther Menet (German), Eirini Kasioumi (English)
Τechnical support: Lorenzo Demenga
Production support: Lilika Mylona, Zoe Schegaj, Dimitri Tombros, Vasiliki Vasilopoulou
Graphic design: Grigoris Grigoriadis, Sophia Symeonidou, Apostolis Tsikas
Make-up and hair styling: Mira Shegaj
Photography: Evi Fragolia
Performers: Anastasia Alamanou, Grigoris Grigoriadis, Lilika Mylona, Sophia Symeonidou, Dimitri Tombros, Apostolos Tsikas,
Vasiliki Vasilopoulou, Georgia Vlassi
Piano: Nassia Vlachou
Voices: Eirini Kasioumi, Zoe Shegaj, Maria Skiada, Stavros Samouridis

