The Little Prince Blues
Giannis Aggelakas returns at Onassis Stegi with The Little Prince Blues, a performance-experience directed by the award-winning creator of “Magnetic Fields” Yorgos Goussis.
The new performance of the legend of the Greek rock scene becomes accessible to people with sensory disabilities at March 26, 27 and 28 by liminal.
All grown-ups were once children… but only a few of them remember it.
An electrified ode to the prince we all once loved
“The Little Prince Blues” began back in Aggelakas’ teenage years, when he first discovered Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s “The Little Prince”. A book he kept on his shelf with the cover always facing outward. To remember. To not forget that “all grown-ups were once children… but only a few of them remember it.”
A world cut off from its childhood is lifeless, frightening, and bleak.
-Giannis Aggelakas
Aggelakas envisioned the stage version of the famous 1943 book as a kind of blues, a long, resonant pulse, at times melancholic, at times celebratory, paying tribute to Pavlos Sidiropoulos and his iconic album “The Prince’s Blues”.
Like an electromagnetic wave of words, music, and songs that move through soul and body, through earthly wars and interplanetary journeys, through the Pilot and the Little Prince, through the musicians and performers on stage, and the audience itself.
With Aggelakas himself in the leading role and award-winning filmmaker Yorgos Goussis (“Magnetic Fields”) directing, the stage becomes a universe made of words and thoughts that flash with light—a performance that affirms life, love, and friendship.
You can only see well with your heart. The essence of things is invisible to the eye.
Accessibility at The Little Prince Blues
On March 26, 27 and 28 the performances of The Little Prince Blues become accessible to audiences with sensory disabilities with:
- Interpretation in Greek Sign Language and
- SDH Surtitles for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing people
and with
- Guided Touch Tour and
- Audio Description for people with visual disabilities.
Credits
Based on the text by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Translation into Greek: Stratis Tsirkas
Concept, Original Music & Artistic Supervision: Giannis Aggelakas
Directorial Oversight: Yorgos Goussis
Free Adaptation & Original Lyrics: Giannis Aggelakas, Theodora Kapralou
Arrangement: Giannis Aggelakas, Coti K.
Dramaturgical Editing: Yorgos Goussis, Andonis Tsiotsiopoulos
Set Design: Loukas Bakas
Lighting Design: Eliza Alexandropoulou
Narration & Vocals: Giannis Aggelakas, Nadia Baiba, Irini Bountali, Nikolas Papoulias
Accessibility credits
Surtitling for the D/deaf and Hard of Hearing: Grigoris Stathopoulos
Audio Description Script: Vanessa Kalpia, Maria Thrasyvoulidi
Audio Description Narration and Guided Touch Tour: Maria Thrasyvoulidi
Interpretation in the Greek Sign Language: Androniki Xanthopoulou, Tonia Papantonaki
Quality Check: Eva Gkritzali
Surtitling software: supertitles.gr
Accessibility Services co-ordination: liminal
Useful information
Days of accessible performances: Thursday 26, Friday 27 and Saturday 28 of March
Time: 20:30
Guided Touch Tour: 19:30
Location: Main Stage, Onassis Stegi
Duration: 65 minutes
Tickets for disabled people – Companion: 10 euros
ℹ️ Strobe lights are used during the performance.
* For audience members with visual impairments who wish to participate in the Touch Tour, the meeting point is the foyer of the Onassis Foundation Cultural Center at 19:30.
Please contact [email protected] or call 213 017 8036 to book accessibility tickets.
For assistance with the reservation process, please contact us by email at [email protected].
🔗 For more information, visit Onassis Stegi page.
Accessibility services are provided with the support of the Europe Beyond Access network, co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme.