{"id":45233,"date":"2025-10-13T17:39:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/portfolio\/marika-that-s-what-they-called-me-marika-that-s-what-they-made-me\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T17:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:10:42","slug":"marika-that-s-what-they-called-me-marika-that-s-what-they-made-me","status":"publish","type":"cpt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/portfolio\/marika-that-s-what-they-called-me-marika-that-s-what-they-made-me\/","title":{"rendered":"MARIKA\u2014that&#8217;s what they called me; MARIKA\u2014that&#8217;s what they made me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"45233\" class=\"elementor elementor-45233 elementor-42477\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ce013f3 e-flex e-con-boxed sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7ce013f3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ee2fa5 e-con-full e-flex sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ee2fa5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00e8fd8 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00e8fd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">* The performances have ended<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57908032 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57908032\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">at the Embassy Theater<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;\">Music Composition and Arrangement: George Andreou<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Playwright: Odysseas Ioannou<br\/>Director: Asterios Peltekis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Performed by: Giota Nega, Korina Legaki<br\/>Narrator: Nikoletta Karra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The musical theater production <strong>\u201cMARIKA\u2014That\u2019s What They Called Me, MARIKA\u2014That\u2019s What They Made Me\u201d<\/strong> based on texts by Odysseas Ioannou, with music composed and orchestrated by Giorgos Andreou, and directed by the artistic director of the National Theater of Northern Greece, Asteris Peltekis, following a highly successful run at the Lazarist Monastery of the National Theater of Northern Greece last winter, it will also be presented in Athens, starting November 3 at the Embassy Theater for a limited run, in co-production with the National Theater of Northern Greece, every Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The two important female figures\u2014the two legendary Marikas of rebetiko music \u2014 <strong>Marika<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong> Papagika<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>and<strong> <\/strong><strong>Marika Ninou\u2014will come together for a few performances at the <\/strong><strong>Embassy<\/strong> <strong>Theater<\/strong> in Athens, to recount, perform, and bring to life events they experienced\u2014as well as others they did not experience but that could have happened during those wildly romantic times when anything was possible.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>It all happened back then, in the first half of the<sup>20th<\/sup> century, when the world suddenly changed and went from black-and-white \u2014 to color, when societies \u201copened\u201d their windows to new ideas and new artistic standards, while at the same time giving rise to new and exciting social and artistic conditions and perspectives. The Greek female singers of our music fought for their private and public images, for women\u2019s dignity, for their right to self-determination, \u201crose from their chairs and stood upright on stage\u201d (it is said that Marika Ninou was the first to do so). <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The director writes in his director\u2019s note:<em>\u201cI was delighted to take on the direction of this challenging project, when I was honored by the proposal from these two great artists, and I am grateful that everyone involved in this production is giving their very best on stage.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMarika from Athens and Marika from America have never met. We\u2019re going to fix that tonight. Tonight, Marika from Athens will find a daughter and a mother. Tonight, the two women will each tell their own story<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Two Marikas. The \u201cSaints\u201d of our folk songs, mythical female figures\u2014in a performance where the man \u201cshines\u201d through his absence\u2014light up the stage and historic nightclubs in Greece and abroad, unraveling the thread of their story through narratives and beloved songs that have become part of our collective unconscious\u2014Smirna songs, traditional songs, rebetika, folk songs, as well as original songs by Giorgos Andreou and Odysseas Ioannou. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Starting Monday, November 3, for a limited number of performances, at the Embassy Theater.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>%%GALLERY%%<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-bd-color-color has-text-dark-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color\"><strong>Performance Dates &#038; Times<\/strong>: Monday &#038; Tuesday: 8:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-bd-color-color has-text-dark-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color\"><strong>Group Reservations Department: 2111026277 &#038; 210 2117240 ext. 305 ( <\/strong>weekdays from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.) \u2013 email: reservations@a-th.gr<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* The performances have ended at the Embassy Theater Music Composition and Arrangement: George Andreou Playwright: Odysseas IoannouDirector: Asterios Peltekis Performed by: Giota Nega, Korina LegakiNarrator: Nikoletta Karra The musical&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","cpt_portfolio_group":[466,480],"class_list":["post-45233","cpt_portfolio","type-cpt_portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cpt_portfolio_group-2025-2026","cpt_portfolio_group-embassy-theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio\/45233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45233"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio\/45233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45293,"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio\/45233\/revisions\/45293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cpt_portfolio_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio_group?post=45233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}