The Iron
Marika Kotopouli / Best Actress Award Nomination for Mania Papadimitriou
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About
Rona Munro’s Iron is a psychological drama set in a women’s prison, in which a mother and daughter try to break through the barriers of time, memory and punishment which separate them. The play starts with the first visit by 25-year-old Josie to her mother, Fay, who has served 15 years of a life sentence for killing Josie’s father. Josie, a divorced and lonely career woman, wants to rediscover her past.
Credits
By: Rona Munro
Translation: Christina Mpampou-Pagkoureli
Direction: Elli Papakonstantinou
Performers: Giorgos Morogiannis, Mania Papadimitriou, Lamprini Angelidou, Sofia Kalemkeridou
Music Composition: Dimitris Kamarotos
Set and Costumes Design: Marie Semet
Lighting Design: Katerina Maragoudaki
Dates
Gallery: The Iron
Reviews
Kostas Georgousopoulos | Ta Nea | 05.04.2004
There is rhythm, controlled tension, unadorned emotional description, so that it’s clearly projected the silent passion…
Sotiria Matziri | Eleftherotypia | 12.02.2005
Elli focuses only in the speech and the speech is dense, subtle, deeply fond…
Ioanna Kleftogianni | Eleftherotypia | 2005
A punch in the gut,
a punch in our way of thinking…
They come hard on us and they take us down at the R. Munro’s hard “Iron” […]