NIF24 - “Babybird Babybird”
Where: NICOSIA MUNICPAL THEATRE
When: 21/11/2024
Tickets: ΖONE A: €16 / €14 (reduced) | ZONE B: €14 / €12 (reduced) | ZONE C: €12 / €10 (reduced) | ZONE D: €10 / €8 | Reduced tickets are valid for: Kids, Students, soldiers, pensioners, large families, actors, disabled (free) with presentation of relevant ID
DISABLED : FREE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL WITH THE RELEVANT DISABLE ID AND REDUCED TICKET FOR ONE COMPANION (PLEASE CALL 22797979)
Duration: 60'
About the event:
“Why do we asks (not) have children?” asks the documentary theatre performance "Babybird Babybird" presented by the 5th Nicosia International Festival
Nicosia 2030, candidate city for the European Capital of Culture presents the Onassis Stegi production “Babybird Babybird” a documentary theatre performance about the complex relationship between love life and reproductive capacity. The performance forms part of the 5th Nicosia International Festival and shall take place at the Nicosia Municipal Theatre on 21 November 2024.
Event Dates:
| Event | Day | Date | Start Time | Venue | Tickets: | |
| NIF24 - “Babybird Babybird” | Thursday | 21/11/2024 | 20:30 |
NICOSIA MUNICIPAL THEATRE 
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More about the event:
Using interviews, statistics, personal testimonies and scientific studies, confidential off the record and humour prospective parents, a new mother, a midwife, a demographer, a sociologist, a neuroscientist and an anti-birth activist youtuber take a stand on a critical question "why (don't) we have children?"
In Europe in recent decades, fewer and fewer people are having children. Director Dimitris Babilis and four experts on the subject ask themselves: What do the numbers show? Have people stopped having sex? Are more and more people not having offsprings by choice? And if we do have a "population deficit," why are those who opt for a better life being persecuted?
The creative team at APARAMILON explores the concepts and issues of "underpopulation", "overpopulation", motherhood as a conscious personal choice, abortion, prenatal testing, state welfare policies, sperm banks and dating apps.
The title of the performance refers to Ken Loach's film "Ladybird Ladybird" (1994), about a single mother's conflict with social services regarding the care and custody of her children.
Credits
Directed by Dimitris Babilis
Dramatic director: Dimitris Babilis, Georgia Kanellopoulou
Sets & costumes: Daphne Adoni
Research Associate: Dimitra Loupi
Scientific advisor: Vasilis Lemonis
Assistant director: Georgia Kanellopoulou
Lighting: Eleni Choumou
Four experts on the subject appear: Salam Amboumogli, Lambros Grammatikos, Elektra Economidou, Rosa Prodromou
In the video: Daphne Moschou-Hatzokou, Alexandra Tragaki, Simone Surgeoner, Dana Wells
Production organisation: Katerina Kourtti
Technical tour manager: Stavros Kariotoglou (Stegi Onassis)
Coordination of tours/program "Extroversion": Christina Liata (Stegi Onassis)
Commissioning & production: Onassis Stegi
Support for the presentation at the Nicosia International Festival: Onassis Cultural Foundation's "Extroversion" Program
Photo credits: Andreas Simopoulos
Coordination of tours/ "Extroversion" program: Christina Liata (Onassis Cultural Centre)
Duration: 60΄
Tickets:
Sold Out Tickets: bit.ly/NIF24_tickets, at Stephanis stores and the Nicosia Municipal Theatre box office (Monday - Friday 10:00-13:00).
Ticket prices:
ZΩΝΗ A: €16/ €14
ΖΩΝΗ B: €14/ €12
ΖΩΝΗ Γ: €12/ €10
ΖΩΝΗ Δ: €10/ €8
Information: 22797979 (Monday - Friday 10:00-13:00) & bit.ly/Website_NIF2024
Festival identity
Organisers: Nicosia Municipality, Nicosia For Art
Institutional Sponsor: Deputy Ministry of Culture, Republic of Cyprus
Bronze sponsor: Onassis Stegi
Communication sponsors: DIAS Publishing House, SIGMA TV, DIESH 101.1 FM
