As part of Stages Network’s Theatre Talksseries , actor Alekos Sissovitis discusses the play “High Heels in the Marsh” by Akis Dimou, which opens on June 2 at the Lambeti Summer Theater—Taratsa, directed by Manolis Dounias and Aimilios Cheilakis. As part of a tour running concurrently with the Lambeti Taratsa, the production will visit major cities throughout Greece.
He spoke about his role, in which he plays a former minister and current member of the Official Opposition. He explains why this role has excited him. Speaking further about the character he portrays, he concludes by saying: “Governments always make big promises but end up failing to do what’s right for the people.” The conversation concludes with the historically proven fact that: “Whoever sits in the seat of power dips their hand into the honey pot.”
A minister, his wife, and a leading figure in the Official Opposition. An eccentric, ambitious writer and a rising, equally ambitious journalist. A passionate (so they say) love affair that some cannot forget and others do not want to remember. A wedding anniversary that turns into a farce, a pile of dirty laundry that comes to light (but there’s no water to wash it), and the public life of a country that, in other is at risk of other things as well It’s burning. And all this while everyone is waiting for the Prime Minister to arrive at the reception any moment now.
A colorful pop comedy about the gray areas of politics (and beyond).
