Synopsis

Ivan Viripaev's Genesis No. 2 is a “tragedy of meaning” that manages to combine humor and realism, with deep questions about meaning and existence. It talks about freedom and imposition, loneliness and connection between people. He talks about God and with God, who is one of the persons of the work.” If you believe in God, it does not mean that God believes in you, too.” But it is a humanized, rebellious God who defiantly declares that he does not exist, forcing man to look for what may exist beyond him. Is there anything else?” Within everything that exists around us, there is something else, something else beyond what we see.” Through the text, worlds and characters, current and eternal, are born, who have the flexibility to transform through the eyes of the viewers. Thus, thoughts and feelings come to the surface that we all have, but perhaps we do not know how to turn them into words. The polyphony of the text is also reflected in the staging, which tries an innovative approach to the work. Five actors alternate in the roles of the project, changing characters in each performance, spontaneously, without any prior agreement as to which role each will take on each scene. So, through this game of self-determination, each performance will be different, unpredictable and truly “alive”. The ETÚTI Theatre Group, directed by Kali Voiklis and with the original musical composition of Viki Kapetanopoulou and Alexis Demoulea, creates an alternative performance, where Viripaev's text emerges as the “main person of the play”.