Sparta Stage-Bloody Wedding

The Cultural Association "Scene Sparta" presents Federico García Lorca's play, "The Bloody Wedding". It is a play written in 1932. The author was inspired by a true story he read in the newspaper. His poetic language, and indeed the translation by Nikos Gatsos, bring to the stage something more than a play. They bring a song. A song of the earth with notes made of blood and memories. Every face a symbol; every word a knife. The world of family, honour, and blood collides on a path towards love and death, leaving behind a profound sense of life's truth.

The play was first performed in 1933 and is one of the three main plays of the Spanish countryside trilogy, along with "Yerma" and "The House of Bernarda Alba."

In our version of the play, you will watch the participants in the adult workshop of the cultural association "Skeni Sparta" give voice to this song. Children from the children's and teenage theatre workshops held at the "Skeni" also participate in the performance.

Performance dates and times

31/5/2025 Gytheio Cultural Centre (9:00 PM)

13 & 14/6/2024 Sparta Cultural Centre, central library (9:00 PM)

Creators/Playing

Mother: Maria Morfoniou

Groom: Ioannis Drakoulakos

Neighbour: Zoe Tzanetou

Wife: Ifigenia Xanthi

Leonardo: Konstantinos Kafetzopoulos

Father: Marilena Theofilakou

Girl: Mariatzela Kakourou

Servant: Ioanna Bogdanou

Father: George Tselios

Bride: Iria Hadjikonstantinou

Moon: Eleni Daraki

Beggar/Death: Maro Vouloumanou

Voice: Penelope Dounia

Violin: Dimitra Remidianaki

Director: Chrysanthi Kotsafti

A few words about the Sparta Stage theatre workshop

"Stage" is a theatre workshop that began in the spring of 2019 in Sparta. It is a place that aims to highlight the expressive means of those who attend it through the theatrical practices of expression and improvisation. In 2021, it presented the theatrical performance "Simultaneously" in Laconia, an adaptation of Elias Canetti's play "The Numbered", and in 2022, the theatrical performance "Just..." Pinter, a series of one-act plays by Harold Pinter.