As part of Stages Network’s Theatre Talksseries , actress Marianna Toumasatou 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 season, the play will visit major cities throughout Greece.
At the start of the discussion, she mentioned the show’s beautiful set design and then spoke about her role. She described the character she plays as “a grumpy” writer. She described the “expected chaos” found in all comedies and emphasized the fact that the playwright Akis Dimou “has woven everything together beautifully and addresses in the play the hypocrisy of politicians and the way they think only about their own pockets.” Finally, she added that she loves comedy very much, as she is very familiar with this particular genre of theater. Nevertheless, she was quick to point out that she also has a special love for drama, because it allows her to let off steam and find catharsis.
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).
