Three women, three voices, live music and the spirit of Rebetiko

Rebetiko was more than a musical genre. It was a cultural watershed: a bold field of expression that emerged from the traumatic population exchange between Greece and Turkey in the 1920s and gave voice to class oppression, female emancipation and cultural diversity at a time when any form of difference was a stigma and meant living on the margins. It carries the experiences of those who were never meant to be heard — displaced, stateless, classed, gendered, culturally hybrid — and it did so through song, through defiance, and through a specific, irreducible style. It’s very sound was proof that cultures do not close in on themselves but are built at the crossroads. The performance draws on real stories, historical testimonies and the lives behind the songs bringing female voices to life through music, songs, movement, choreography, and storytelling transforming memory and fantasy into real action.

Performed by
Elena Hadjiafxendi, Anastasia Revi, Elena Michailidi

Venue
TheatroTechnis, 26 Crowndale Road, London, NW1 1TT.

Date and Times
Wednesday 2- Saturday 5 December, 7.30pm
Saturday, 5 December, 3pm, Sunday, 6 December, 3pm

Age Recommendation: 16+/ PG

Tickets: £25 (£22 concessions)
Online: https://www.theatrotechnis.com/whatson/a-frangosyriani