As part of the Athens & Epidaurus Festival’s program titled “Fall – ECHOES,” which focuses on reviving/presenting some of its productions that still have untapped potential, Peiraios 260 once again welcomes Stefania Goulioti with the play The Murder around Izabella Molnár.

“Sculpture is the art I love.” With this phrase, Dimitris Hatzis opens his eponymous short story . In it, in an attempt to describe sculpture, he defines it in an unforgettable way as “rational organization within the irrational world.”

The necessity of art for the “orderly” viewer, its connection to the irrational and chaotic world where all instincts find their legitimacy, the theme of the artist’s relationship with his creation, as well as the very mystery of the art of sculpture and its materials, served as the catalyst for this performance. Here, sculpture is not merely a theme but becomes the protagonist on stage. The journey of the material—from the pursuit of perfection and the question of what that ultimately means, to decay and disintegration—emerges as a vivid metaphor for the heroine’s inner journey.

What is the relationship between the living body and the raw material? Here, clay is not a prop but a living body. The sculptures—through the work of sculptor Ismini Tsofidou—are positioned between the narrator and the figure of Isabela. They come to life and transform to reveal the delicate and often painful relationship between the creator, the creation, and the observer.

The performance is a theatrical exploration of sculpture as a response to chaos—an examination of the threshold where art becomes an existential necessity—and, at times, dangerous. Once again, the author’s words reveal its gifts without, however, undermining its mystery: “And the statue then, standing there complete on a human scale, on a human scale, is a victory of man’s defiance against his own random nature.”

1 to 5 October 2026

Peiraios 260, Venue Η