The Iran Conference

“Christos Theodoridis’ direction and all of the ten exquisite acting performances come to show how a
performance so “static” can, at the same time, be utterly storming.”

Tonia Karaoglou, Athinorama

‘’Christos Theodoridis skillfully brought to the stage a play hard to -appealingly– handle, getting to its
core, primarily with the contribution of his actors, since they are the ones to put across all issues touched
on by Vyrypaev. Xenia Themeli’s choreography and the way it is incorporated into the performance
becomes a breath, a liberation, a “freedom from one’s self”.
A contemporary, relevant, profound and stochastic play, a performance that showcased it with simplicity,
directness, passion -in the best way.”

Olga Sella, O Anagnostis

“The performance manages to be riveting through its simplicity, thus demonstrating how the power of
theatre does not lie in extravagance, but in a substantial communication of ideas and sentiments.”

Georgia Oikonomou, News24/7

“An intellectual/performative gamble, which has proved absolutely successful. A performance that shakes
you, obliging you to consider your own views on the topics it touches and remaining with you for a long
time afterwards.”

Giorgos Mitropoulos, Euronews

“Considering the very contemporary repertoire, it would not be an overstatement to say that this is the
most timely theatrical text of the current season, at the least; a text that is deeply political, reflective and
at the same time existential, with a sagacious philosophical basis and an overall wide-ranging viewpoint,
capable of X-raying our current reality, life in our times, our own selves, our planet.”

Grigoris Bekos, To Vima

“Christos Theodoridis achieves an inspired handling of -yet another example of- Viripaev’s distinctive
political writing, further elevated by his revolutionary ensemble of actors and actresses.”

Stella Harami, Monopoli

“Both Vyrypaev’s excellent play and the astonishing performance directed by Christos Theodoridis begin
with a fully simulated, in image and likeness, version of a scientific symposium, with unpredictable
extensions and an unexpected climax. The reader/auditor/ spectator is constantly alert, identifying with the speakers, agreeing, disagreeing, being outraged, desperately searching for answers.”

Nektarios – Georgios Konstantinidis, I Epochi

“[…]the performance “The Iran Conference” is exemplary, with well-tuned direction, actors, speech.
Nothing excessive in its set design (Tina Tzoka), lighting design (Tasos Palaioroutas) or dramaturgy
(Isabella Konstantinidou). It shook me up as a person and as a spectator…”

Dina Karra, OnlyTheatre

“[…]in its last few minutes, the performance suggests its own, pulsating, answer: the speakers (and along
with them the conference coordinator), aroused by the poetic outburst of the religious female poet, forget
all about their roles, their conflicts, their differences and come together in a coordinated wave of dance,
which rhythmically takes over the hall, carrying us to that Land, where bodies discover their freedom,
beyond jabbers and ideologies, into the pure pleasure of coming together and into contact with each
other, of a collective pulse that stirs us. ”

Louisa Arkoumanea, LiFO

“Vyrypaev’s play prospers through Christos Theodoridis’ – once again- creative direction, accompanied
by fascinating acting, thus finding its theatrical essence and opening an urgent discussion, which begins
from a political scope to reach -as it should- a personal one.”

Iro Kounadi, In2life

At the end of the formidable performance, all of the speakers will rise, one after the other, to join in a
feverish dance, beautifully choreographed by Xenia Themeli, transforming the play’s questions into the
sheer hallucinogen of a bacchanalian festival and allowing for the audience to applaud, relishing the
aftertaste of fine spiritual enjoyment and admiration.”

Nikos Xenios, Bookpress