..thus, with a kiss I survive

By Maria Gregoriou

The idea of changing a classical story and flipping it around in a post-modern attempt to breathe new life into it is nothing new, but what happens when you assume that a main character lived beyond the end of the story?

The play …and Juliet by Akis Dimou asks just that by having Juliet live after Romeo poisons himself.

On a stage alone, Juliet speaks of the loss of love and the solitude of having to now live a life knowing that she has lost the love of her life – now a life of existing in that love’s shadow.

…and Juliet
Performance of the play by Akis Dimou and performed by Midea Hanna. Until November 18. Art Space Kat’oikon, 47 Perikleous Street. 8.30pm. €12. In Greek. Tel: 99-666382

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