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The ones that annoy us, suit us, bring us together, and make us who we are. <\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why in Greece:<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s the little things, the everyday things, the &#8220;that&#8217;s how we always do it.&#8221;<br\/>It&#8217;s the oil under the sink.<br\/>These are the orphaned dolmades.<br\/>It&#8217;s the ferry ticket we&#8217;re booking at the last minute.<br\/>It\u2019s customary to make the sign of the cross when a hearse passes by\u2014even if we\u2019re riding a motorcycle.<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is, after all, <strong>the Greek psyche in its most concentrated form<\/strong>.<br\/>And Sofia Moutidou deconstructs it\u2014not to ridicule it, but to understand it. And to laugh along with it. And with us.  <\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And with these very same values, you can rebuild the entire nation.<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A MIRROR-LIKE PERFORMANCE<\/strong><\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The performance <strong>doesn\u2019t simply list habits<\/strong>. It interprets them, lays them bare, and\u2014above all\u2014sheds light on them in a way that helps us see them differently. Not as \u201cflaws,\u201d but as pieces of a collective identity that, if nothing else, unites us.<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With sharp prose, hard-won truth, and a sense of bittersweet recognition, Moutidou calls on us to choose: <strong>\u201cHougia or Death?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because, as the saying goes:<br\/><strong>\u201cFirst the soul leaves\u2014and then the body.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>%%GALLERY%%<\/em><\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"has-bg-color-color has-text-dark-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d7dfac87c9d73a3653fc4327430ea18d wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Performance Dates &amp; Times<\/strong>: Every Saturday at 9:00 p.m.<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"has-bg-color-color has-text-dark-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-e6dad1284768c3d8b2d8834430bc8e26 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Group Reservations Department: 2111026277 &amp; 210 2117240 ext. 305 ( <\/strong>weekdays from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.) \u2013 email: reservations@a-th.gr<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>&#13;\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; at the Mikro Pallas Theater &#13; &#13; COMPLETED &#13; &#13; Following its huge success, the hilarious and deeply meaningful stand-up comedy show \u201cHougia or Death, \u201d by Kostas Toulakis&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","cpt_portfolio_group":[466,511],"class_list":["post-46001","cpt_portfolio","type-cpt_portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cpt_portfolio_group-2025-2026","cpt_portfolio_group-mikro-pallas-theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio\/46001","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=46001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio\/46001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46003,"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio\/46001\/revisions\/46003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cpt_portfolio_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-th.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio_group?post=46001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}