Life In Low Flight Mode

About the show

ΑΛΜΑ Theatre Group presented for the first time in Brussels the play "Life In Low Flight Mode" by Arkas, in a theatrical composition by Dimitris Agoras.

Lifer and Montecristo, the sparrows, Lucretia and Castrato, the Angel, the Deadman, the Devil and the girls at the hair-salon, along with the other beloved characters of Arkas, jumped out of the pages of his comic books and came to life on the stage of De Lijsterbes, offering the audience plenty of laughter!

Part of the proceeds of the show was donated to the charity organization "Panos & Chrysiida – Help for Children".

Creative Team

Directed byChrysa Baltzaki & Kyprianos Moutevelis

Set / Costume / Make-upKyprianos Moutevelis

Original Music / Sound EditingThe Kraken Studio

TranslationKyprianos Moutevelis, Chrysa Baltzaki, Corina Hamilton-Fowle

SurtitlesEmilia Kitsiou

PosterFotis Dorkofykis

Program PhotosMarina Koukoulanaki

Stage ManagerElena Antoniadou

Box OfficeSpyros Mylonas, Elena-Maria Drouvi

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Christos Aivaliotis Smaro Gaitana Fotini Gavali Eirini Digka Christos Drouvis Apostolos Ioakeimidis Vicky Karkani Kostas Keramaris Marina Koukoulanaki Stamatis Kythraiotis Christina Lambri-Gaitana Alexis Megalos Kyprianos Moutevelis Spyros Mylonas Maria Papoulia Eleni Pechlivanidou Apostolos Sarantidis Konstantina Slakoni Yolanda Stoumpou Giorgos Fotinidis-Rethemiotakis

And the littleLoukas Xenakis

About Arkas

Arkas is a Greek cartoonist and writer. He started in his early twenties posting series in magazine Babel and then in other publications. His work mainly consists of series with specific themes — protagonists published in magazines and newspapers and then collected in albums.

From the works of Lifer, a puppet series has been made for Greek television. His works have been translated into many languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Serbian and Bulgarian).

The real name of the author is unknown, as he has not revealed it. The name Arkas is believed to originate from Arcadia.

Director's Note

Finally... It's been more than two years since this show started its journey! And here we are at last on the stage of the theatre.

Arkas' "Life After Low Flights" is full of the well-known humor — smart, caustic, unorthodox — which for 40 years has been delightfully demonstrating the bad texts of our society. Bringing some of Arkas' beloved heroes to life on stage has long been a burning desire of our team. That is why we owe a big thank you to the initiator of this theatrical idea, Dimitris Agoras, who allowed us to make this dream come true!

Forced cast changes after the long period of compulsory confinement were inevitable. But even if Iulia, Giannoula, Stella, Antonia, Panos, George, Marios, Giannis and Nikos are not with us on stage tonight, they will always be part of those low flights we embarked on together.

Covid-19 may have made it very difficult for us, but it didn't manage to prevent us from enjoying creative moments throughout our journey and reaching that wonderful and magical "togetherness" that happens in a theatre performance.

So we dedicate this show to all of you, to our beloved team and to those who helped in various ways to complete this effort — and especially to the bright star that beautifies our lives every day!

— Chrysa & Kyprianos