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WALL OF BABEL

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Three bodies on stage, confronting each other’s tongue; mother tongue.
They are in a state of constant translation; until words are not enough, until movement is not enough, until taste, music, memories are not enough.

A multilingual piece interrogating identity, language, and translation. Taking the structure of the human cycle, the performance captures the challenges, humour and beauty of multilingual communication, venturing into non-verbal expression through movement and imagery.

 

The audience does not always understand what the three bodies say, but it is present throughout.

Language: English, Greek Cypriot, Spanish, Mandarin

Running Time: 40 mins​

Winner — Best Play Award
Chengdu–Chongqing International Theatre Festival, China

— 2025: Chengdu–Chongqing International Theatre Festival, CN​

— 2024: Voila Festival, The Cockpit, UK​  

— 2024: Sprint Festival, Camden People's Theatre, UK​  

— 2023: Artos House, CY​  

— 2023: Buffer Fringe Festival, CY​  

— 2023: Resolution Festival, The Place UK

"Wall of Babel is contemporary theatre at its finest.

A thought-provoking and daring piece."

Penelope Bao - Seen Anything Lately?

"There were moments in Kentoni’s Wall of Babel where I laughed out loud. [...]the Overhead Projector, was an inventive stroke of genius [...].

A rare – if not unique – credit in contemporary dance!"

Graham Watts

"The piece is densely layered, so much so that as I write, I continue to find more tidbits and clever details buried within the performance."  

Liam Woodvine

Writer/Director:

Nefeli Kentoni
Performers/Devisers:

Melina Koutsofta

Santi Guillamon

Pablo Temboury

Fatima Rodriguez

Kenny Lai

Nefeli Kentoni

Music Composition:

Manos Stratis
Live Musicians:

Elana Sasson

Manos Stratis
Production Assistant:

Marita Anastasi
Photography:

Justin Atkins

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© 2025 Nefeli Kentoni

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