Three women, three voices, live music and the spirit of Rebetiko.
Rebetiko was more than a musical genre. It was a cultural watershed: a bold field of expression
that emerged from the traumatic population exchange between Greece and Turkey in the 1920s
and gave voice to class oppression, female emancipation and cultural diversity at a time when
any form of difference was a stigma and meant living on the margins. It carries the experiences of
those who were never meant to be heard — displaced, stateless, classed, gendered, culturally
hybrid — and it did so through song, through defiance, and through a specific, irreducible style. Its
very sound was proof that cultures do not close in on themselves, but are built at the crossroads.
The performance draws on real stories, historical testimonies and the lives behind the songs
bringing female voices to life through music, songs, movement, choreography, and storytelling
transforming memory and fantasy into real action.

Directed by Anastasia Revi
Performed by Elena Hadjiafxendi, Anastasia Revi, Elena Michailidi
Music by Sevdalides Music Band
Produced by Theatre Lab Company and Theatro Technis
Anastasia Revi

Elena Michailidi

Elena Hadjiafxendi

USEFUL INFORMATION
Estimated running time
2 hours, including an interval
Performance times
7:30pm, 3pm
Ticket prices
£25/£22
Concession
Full-time students, those aged under 16, senior citizens, the unwaged, members of Equity and BECTU
Access
Theatro Technis is fully wheelchair accessible. Guide dogs and hearing dogs are welcome in the auditorium. There is a Loop system fitted in the main auditorium. If you have any questions or specific requests, please email boxoffice@theatrotechnis.com.
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