[Theater] Euripides' 'Helen' by the Thíasos Cultural Association

Dear friends,

We - the Choir - are the confidants, shadows and voices who accompany Helena with every sigh, every memory and every doubt. We are the ones who know her true laughter and her deep silence.

Today, we write not as mere witnesses, but as companions who have seen up close the injustice, deceit and strength of a woman who was much more than a legend.

We invite you to watch Euripides' “Helen”, a tragicomic and human version of the story that everyone thinks they know.

Who doesn't know Helen of Troy?
The Greek queen whose beauty was responsible for launching a thousand ships towards Troy.

What if we told you that Helen was never there?

In this tragicomedy by Euripides, the gods deceive mortals by creating a copy of Helen, who is kidnapped to Troy, while the real Helen is sent to Egypt, under the tutelage of the king. But when he dies, his son, Theoclimus, decides to take the most beautiful woman in the world for himself.

Seventeen years after the start of the Trojan War, Menelaus, believing he had rescued Helen, is shipwrecked in Egypt.

Now, in this strange and hostile land, Helen must tell her truth to defend her name, while the gods laugh at mortals. Her cleverness will be her only weapon to escape the king - and this divine farce.

Now, in this strange and hostile land, Helen must tell her truth to defend her name, while the gods laugh at mortals. Her cleverness will be her only weapon to escape the king - and this divine farce.

14 June
Workers' Guild
18h

Come and listen to this ancient story that still pulses with today's truths. Sit with us, like old friends, and let yourselves be touched by a Helen who resists, who loves, who hopes and who lies - not in Troy, but in Egypt, among mirages and silent gods.

With affection,
The Chorus
Helen's friends