War Correspondents

In a long corridor of a derelict building covered in graffiti on the walls and debris in the corners, around 10 people stand scattered across the space, facing us. Their bodies upright and their faces serious as they gaze into the lens.

Don’t miss War Correspondents on July 8, 2025, at the Athens Epidaurus Festival, featuring Accessibility Services for audiences with sensory disabilities provided by liminal.

What to Expect

War Correspondents: An Elegy on Loss, Violence and Memory

Directed by Christos Thanos, War Correspondents, draws inspiration from the growing number of armed conflicts worldwide and their devastating human cost, as well as from literary and historical texts that illuminate such moments of crisis. Like a Chorus, seven performers embody the shadowed voices of human history, moving through a constantly evolving set shaped by sound and physical expression. They narrate, sing, parody, defend, and ultimately reject humanity’s entanglement in war across the centuries — a visceral effort to understand human nature when pushed to its limits.

War Correspondents, in its simplicity and strength, is a powerful reminder that theatre endures as a space of resistance against forgetting — a living vessel of memory.

Nine individuals stand in a small, half-collapsed room. Chunks of debris cover parts of the floor, while the walls show significant damage. Dressed in shirts, trousers or skirts, they explore the corners as if they’ve just arrived.

Our Approach to the Performance

liminal designed the Accessibility Services for this performance in close alignment with its artistic form and content.

For audiences with visual disabilities

The piece’s precise musical rhythm inspired us to create an immersive Touch Tour for blind and low-vision audience members. This tour offers the chance to explore the set, meet the performers, feel the costumes, and learn the key movement patterns the War Correspondents use during their storytelling.

Additionally, we remained true to the piece’s austere and intense style by combining narration and descriptions from the performers themselves with a specially created Audio Description script.

For audiences with hearing disabilities

Music and spoken word are central in War Correspondents. When creating surtitles for Deaf and Hard of Hearing audiences, we closely followed the performance’s rhythm, making sure to leave space for both its humour and its more subtle emotional moments to come through.

Two Greek Sign Language interpreters will be on stage, occasionally signing simultaneously during scenes with overlapping dialogue or multiple voices. They conducted thorough research to ensure the terminology accurately conveys the meaning without compromising the emotional impact of the performance.

In the corridor of a half-ruined building with worn-down walls, the faint outlines of 8 or 9 figures can be seen. Dressed in costumes or dresses, they stand facing the camera. As it moves, their forms appear almost transparent, their edges blurred. They resemble ghosts—present for a brief moment, now gone.

Credits

Dramaturgical composition: Christos Thanos, Iro Bezou
Direction—Music: Christos Thanos
Set & costume design: Maria Karathanou
Lighting design: Konstantinos Bethanis
Sound design: Manos Georgakopoulos
Movement supervision: Lia Chamilothori
Assistant to the director: Vassia Zorbali
Production management: Korina Vasileiadou
Cast: Iro Bezou, Maria Chanou, Apostolis Psychramis, Fivos Rimenas, Sophie Lies, Fotis Stratigos
Live music performance: Stefanos Douvitsas, Panos Ghikas, Pinelopi Skalkotou, Christos Thanos

Accessibility Credits

Interpretation in Greek Sign Language: Anta Galani, Tonia Papantonaki
Audio Description: Maria Thrasyvoulidi, Alexandra Georgovassili
Touch Tour: Maria Thrasyvoulidi
Surtitling for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Grigoris Stathopoulos
Accessibility Services Quality Check: Andreas Plemmenos, Eva Gkritzali, Yiannis Vitsos
Accessibility Services Coordination: liminal

Useful information

Accessible performance – War Correspondents

Date – Time: Tuesday 8 July 2025 at 21:00

Venue: Peiraios 260, Venue B

Available services

  • Greek Sign Language Interpretation
  • Surtitling for Deaf and Hard of Hearing audiences
  • Touch tour of the set
  • Audio description for blind and low-vision audiences.

Touch Tour starts: 20:00

👉 Surtitling for Deaf and Hard of Hearing audiences will be available at all of the performances, from July 5 to July 8.

The venue is is wheelchair accessible.

The performance includes:
🔊 Loud sounds (e.g. banging, loud music, and speech).

Caution is advised for individuals with sensory sensitivities.

🎟️ Although these performances may appear as SOLD OUT, you can still make a reservation:

📩 Via e-mail: [email protected]

📞 By phone: 2104834913 (Monday – Friday 10:00-17:00)

When making your reservation, please specify which accessibility services you need.

For assistance with the reservation process, please contact us by email at [email protected].