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Euripides Laskaridis: Relic

02–05 Apr Book tickets

Greek director, performance artist and world leading voice on the Theatre of The Absurd Euripides Laskaridis, returns to The Coronet with Relic, an outrageous and fearless solo performance.

“Anarchic physical theatre that will live long in the memory” – Graham Watts, DanceTabs

“Again and again, each amusing twist makes one feel more and more at home in Relic’s bizarre atmosphere.”— Clàudia Brufau Bonet, Aerowaves Review

Laskaridis plays with transformation and ridicule, constantly shifting between the peculiarly poignant and the utterly bizarre, creating audacious and mischievous work that taps into who we are. Marked by a sense of contained chaos, he breaks, distorts, reforms and manipulates commonplace materials and the detritus of everyday life to create the unexpected.

Relic is what survives from the past. A thing left behind, be it a memory, an object, a language or being: “I dreamed of a lonely, unbalanced creature in a world made of nothing, just living, existing among objects, sound patterns, daily routines, verbal and physical challenges. A creature within a work that sought to be experienced rather than explained, to be lost without inhibition or apology in paradox, grotesquery, ridiculousness, and tenderness.” – Euripides Laskaridis

Internationally successful, critically acclaimed and now embarking on its farewell tour, Relic is the first in a series that includes Titans, which sold out in record time at the Coronet in 2023.

Presented by Euripides Laskaridis and OSMOSIS.

Relic is presented with the support of Onassis Stegi – Outward Turn Program.

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Genre:

Physical Theatre

Performances:

Wed 02 - Sat 05 Apr; 7:30pm Auditorium

Tickets:

£40, £25 standard Concessions 25% off Available on selected days for those in Full-time education, Blue Light card holders and people in receipt of benefits A £2.50 booking fee applies to online and phone transactions

Running Time:

Approx 40 mins with no interval

Age Guidance:

16+

Content Warnings:

Please note that this show contains strobe lighting, loud noises, theatrical haze and the smoking of herbal cigarettes

Genre:

Physical Theatre

Performances:

Wed 02 - Sat 05 Apr; 7:30pm Auditorium

Tickets:

£40, £25 standard Concessions 25% off Available on selected days for those in Full-time education, Blue Light card holders and people in receipt of benefits A £2.50 booking fee applies to online and phone transactions

Running Time:

Approx 40 mins with no interval

Age Guidance:

16+

Content Warnings:

Please note that this show contains strobe lighting, loud noises, theatrical haze and the smoking of herbal cigarettes

Additional Information

Euripides Laskaridis, a Greek director and performer, studied acting in Athens at the Karolos Koun Art Theatre, and directing in New York at Brooklyn College on an Onassis Foundation Scholarship. Since 1995, he has been performing, collaborating with directors such as Dimitiris Papaioannou and Robert Wilson, while in 2016 he was awarded the Pina Bausch Fellowship and spent three months alongside director and choreographer Lemi Ponifasio, observing closely his work and practices. In 2000 he began directing his own work, which includes staged and site-specific performances, as well as award-winning short films. Euripides’ artistic universe is primarily inspired by the elements of ridicule and transformation, while his work and research may be met at the intersection of theatre, dance, and the visual arts. In 2009, he founded OSMOSIS, a performing arts company that offers him the space to collaborate with a diverse group of artists, that share a similar to his artistic vision. Euripides and OSMOSIS have been invited to present their work in major theatre venues and festivals around the world, including the Athens Epidaurus Festival in Greece, Théâtre de la Ville in France, Julidans in the Netherlands, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Festival TransAmériques in Canada, Lyon Biennale de la Danse, and more. Apart from his performing activities, Euripides has been invited by different institutions and drama schools around Europe to organize and lead workshops, sharing his artistic practices.

OSMOSIS
Founded by Euripides Laskaridis in 2009, the OSMOSIS performing arts company is a supportive pool of artists who come together in differing combinations from project to project.

osmosis [ɒzmˈəʊsɪs] // a process where liquid molecules push through a membrane to equalise both sides // the reciprocal influence of two opposed elements // a gradual spread – or unconscious assimilation – of ideas and knowledge // a subtle mingling // from the ancient Greek ōsmos – “a thrust through”

OSMOSIS explores everyday life – the little details, the collective subconscious, the imaginary, and the absurd – with the company’s gaze fixed firmly on unexpected slants of the human condition.

OSMOSIS works flirt with transformation – often into the ridiculous, the humorous and the grotesque – in the belief that this territory can offer startling insights into deeper truths.

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