Despoina Giannouli for "Angelos & Lito" Performance
The Katakouzenos House preserves the spirit and intentions of people who deeply influenced Hellenic identity in the 20th century. Its importance lies not only on its collection of paintings, books and furniture. It is the spirit of the people that have inhabited it, its invisible side that makes it so important.Leto Katakouzenou showing foreign friends around the temple of Poseidon in Sounio, near Athens, in the 1940s.
Agelos and Lito is a tour/performance that tells the story of the house owners guided by the actor and director Despoina Giannouli.
Marinia
The actors Despoina Giannouli and Vangelis Pitsilos performing and act in a 100 years old taverna in Aegina. Marini’s Taverna opens again just for a few shows to give us the feeling and the meaning of Tavernas for the Greek community from 1910 to 1960. Some of the residents of the Taverna was great greek artists like Kapralos, Kazantzakis and Moralis that they produced part of their artistic work living in Aegina and visiting Taverna daily. The following photos are produced for the performers at the yard of the historical Marini’s taverna.
Despoina Giannouli in Idrima Katakouzinou Performance
Despoina Giannouli in Idrima katakouzinou Athens for Grande Bretagne Magazine. A performance about the Katakouzinos Family life in Athens during 30's modern artists.
