9 July 2025 at 21:00
Minotaur – The Innocent Beasts
Description :
A contemporary take on ancient myth and tragedy
"Minotaur (The Innocent Monsters)" revisits the classic myth through a fresh, thought-provoking lens. Told from the Minotaur’s perspective, the play explores the creature’s inner world in a blend of existential, psychological, and philosophical reflection.
Is the Minotaur truly a monster — or a victim of human fear, power, and creation? Who defines monstrosity, and can different forms of life coexist within a human-centered world?
This work questions the moral boundaries between man and beast, guilt and innocence, reason and instinct. The Minotaur becomes both a thinker of existence and an antihero of society.
Rooted in ancient Greek tragedy, yet echoing the dilemmas of our times, this theatrical piece challenges our perceptions of the “other” — and ultimately, of ourselves.
Organizers :
heatrical Workshop of Messini (T.H.E.M.)
A cultural association for theatrical expression and education
The Theatrical Workshop of Messini (T.H.E.M.) is a cultural association founded in 2008 by a group of theatre and performing arts enthusiasts in the town of Messini. Its mission is to offer aesthetic and artistic education to the citizens of Messini and the wider region through theatrical performances, theatre workshops for children, teens, and adults, and participation in the city’s cultural events.
Its current home is the Messini Cultural Center "Stratigos Athanasios Daskarolis" (widely known as Daskaroleio) at 3 Papaflessa Street, where a fully functional theatre stage was created through volunteer efforts.
To date, the group has produced 32 theatrical performances, featuring amateur actors (both adults and children from the local community), and has collaborated with more than seven professional theatre artists, including Konstantinos Gekas, Vasileios R. Floros, Giolika Poulopoulou (A.M.K.E. Attaktous), Elena Strati, Olga Alexandropoulou, Periklis Albani, Eleni Eutaxopoulou, and Stavroula Dikaiou.
Other info :
Vasileios Riga Floros
Actor – Director – Author – Theater Educator
Vasileios Riga Floros was born in 1967 in Kalamata, Greece. He originates from Palaiokastro (Xirokasi – Markochori) in Messinia, where he spent his childhood years.
He studied political science, theatre, and theatrical play in Athens. A multifaceted artist, he is an actor, director, author, and facilitator of experiential creative action groups.
He has authored:
7 poetry collections,
3 essays,
1 novel,
18 plays, and
10 theatrical monologues.
Several of his theatrical works have been staged. He has also contributed to 11 poetry anthologies, with poems translated into English and Ukrainian.
As an actor and director, he has participated in 35 theatre productions, appeared in television series, and worked as a radio producer for ERA 4 (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation).
In 2022, he was awarded the Medal of Arts and Letters by the city of GRODEK, Poland.
He served as the organizing chair of the Panhellenic Poetry Competition of the Panhellenic Union of Writers (PEL) in Delphi (2016), and of the Panhellenic Literary Competitions in Athens (2017 & 2022).
He has been a jury member in numerous literary competitions across genres.
He is: a Board Member of the Panhellenic Union of Writers, a member of the Hellenic Actors’ Union (SEH), a Board Member of the Messinia Cultural Association, a Board Member of the Citizens’ Association “Symmetecho” and a Board Member of the Union of Messinian Writers.
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