Following highly successful presentations at the ancient theatre of Epidaurus and throughout Greece and Cyprus, it has been revised for indoor theatre performances. Dimitri Tarlow directs a play that has become extremely relevant in a world plagued by totalitarianism and social injustice, when violence and revenge are often portrayed as a “necessary evil.” Far from being merely a tale of vengeance, this tragedy becomes a mirror that reflects the eternal conflict between justice and morality. Historically, music and cabaret have been spaces where arts meet politics, where night, song, satire, and irony become tools for protest. In a Europe that often presents itself as a realm of rationality and order, the figures of the ancient Greek tragedy in the guise of Kabarettists, simply stranded just there, come on stage to remind us that beneath the surface of power smolders the conflict between justice and violence. In this dark European cabaret, the tragedy of Electra returns not as ancient myth but as political allegory.
