With her other hand she was holding a star

The Archaeological Museum of Thebes hosts the musical puppet vaudeville show Lotus-Eaters or Responsibility, on 10 and 11 August 2026, as part of All of Greece, One Culture 2026.

Based on “Poems and drawings to young children”, by G. Seferis

There was a girl from Samos

who stuck her right hand in the sand

and with her other hand

she was holding a star

this girl from Samos

Seferis’s five-line poems, written in the style of limericks, create a world of their own, wonderful and funny, where the most bizarre things can happen naturally. Small, self-contained stories, starring unlikely characters from different parts of the world – girls, children, men, young and old, one in each limerick – come to life in a musical puppet vaudeville show. Shadow theater figures and two-dimensional puppets of various sizes come to life behind, on and around an original folding shadow puppet screen.

A double bass on stage comments, interrupts and develops the action. At the same time, electronic elements, loops and processed recordings function as soundtracks for each place: Beijing, Cairo, Congo or Brazil, a coast of Samos or the banks of the Ganges… Images, light and music, form a vivid and playful poetic universe, in full conversation with the surreal spirit of Seferis’ limericks.

Source: Official Website – All of Greece, One Culture

Ticket Details

• The performance begins at 20:00 and lasts 55 minutes 
• The event is offered free of charge by the Ministry of Culture
• Advance reservation is required
• For ages 6 and up

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**Please refer to the official website and/or the festival organisers for possible changes in times and dates.**