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The Last Apology of Nikos Koemtzis
by Vangelis Gettos

Nikos Koemtzis, who went down in history as the man who in 1973 killed three people on the dance floor of the Neraida folk club in Athens, makes a last wish: that he be given the opportunity to tell his story one last time. Not to judges and policemen, but to everyday people.

The audience, through Koemtzi's narration, is invited to a subversive view not only of the murder and what followed, but also of the entire turbulent period in which the life of the anti-hero unfolds: Nazi occupation, resistance, civil war and the subsequent turbulent years of the junta. 

Nikos Koemtzis's Last Apology is the only play to date about the case that shook Greece. Why has this story been made into a film, a song and now a theatrical performance?

How is Koemtzi's crime different from modern criminals whose deeds are so quickly forgotten? What is the story of the violence of a crime? 

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Creative team

Text: Vangelis Gettos
Director: Alexandros Nikolaos Balamotis
Set - costume desing: Alegia Papageorgiou
Music - sound desing: Dimitrios Hatzizisis
Lighting design: Lampros Papoulias 
Movement director: Augustinos Koumoulos
Social media: Ideation

Official photos: Manos Xyrouhakis
Promotion: Evangelia Skrobola
Teaser-Trailer: Makis Matsoukas, Konstantinos Kalavrezos, Alexandros Masmanidis Production Company: The Prodigy Theatre Company

 

Performer

Markos Gettos  

 

Premiere date 23 September 2024

and every Monday and Tuesday at 21:00

 

Stathmos Theatre, 55 Victor Hugo Street, Athens, 2105230267