2nd Ancient Theater of Larissa

The Grandfathers is about six young people who are conscripted into the army. Guided by their stern commander, the conscripts train for war, they go to a foreign country, and they die. However, the story is told backwards, starting with the moment of their death and ending with their first day of training. The first scene shows a dying soldier, Kol, talking to her comrades about jokes and references we the audience do not understand. Every scene after this shows a key moment in the conscripts’ lives which shaped their friendships, rivalries, and set them on this path towards their final moment. This funny and emotional story contains swearing, replica firearms, and references to violence and death.

Cast :

Lila Battel (woman)

Elyas Yusuf Meekcoms

Jack Rudman

Arthur Faustino

Matilda Nulf

Juliette Roux

William West

Director-   Designer:

 Thomas Vallely

Music:

Muhammed El-Beik

Stage Manager:

Weronika Brudzinska

Duration:

60′

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SarmaTY/JA is a soundrama based on the poem by Belarusian writer Maryja Martysievič. Blending folk and hip-hop influences, the performance unfolds as a dark, rhythmic, and sensual journey through love, exile, and the search for belonging. At its centre is a young woman who has moved to Sarmatia — a legendary, semi-mythical version of Belarus, at once foreign and deeply familiar. From this unstable borderland, she writes letters to a “sister”, trying to describe a place whose language, customs, landscape, and emotional codes she is still learning to understand.

Gradually, Sarmatia reveals itself not only as a territory, but as a symbolic world shaped by memory, history, and desire. Rooted in the old Sarmatian myth and the layered legacy of Eastern Europe, it becomes a poetic space where private experience and collective identity intersect. The heroine moves through it as both insider and outsider, suspended between attraction and estrangement, intimacy and distance. Her voice carries longing, irony, and sharp observation, revealing a land marked by resilience, beauty, and contradiction.

Suspended between rave and theatre, SarmaTY/JA combines live music, movement, visuals, and spoken word into an immersive stage language. Structured in 12 parts, the work unfolds as both a narrative journey and a sequence of autonomous musical tracks, creating a powerful portrait of displacement, borderland identity, and the emotional cost of trying to belong.

Author:

Maryja Martysievič (author of the poem), adapted by Palina Dabravolskaja

Director – Stage design- Music:

Palina Dabravolskaja

Costumes:

Nastya Ryabava

DJ set:

Stas Chechovski

DJ Set:

Stas Chechovski

Video:

Palina Dabravoĺskaja

Animation:

Yulia Ruditskaya

Duration:

52’