Paranoia 

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Paranoia

Inspired by The Horla by Guy de Maupassant

Directed and performed by Nikolas Vagion

An autobiographical story, presented
worldwide for the first time as an irrational tragedy.
(Also described as a horror/ghost story)

Inspired by Maupassant’s The Horla, and thought to have been based on his experience of deteriorating mental health due to syphilis, the narrator drifts into a surreal everyday life, in an unexplored world shaped by anxiety and existential crisis. Presented in the form of a diary, he explores in a dramatised format, his life and travels over several months as his sanity declines and he is increasingly disturbed by delusions and hallucinations.

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a French author, master of the short story and representative of the naturalist school. His stories often portrayed a very pessimistic picture of life and destiny. In his later years he developed a fear of death and paranoia of persecution caused by syphilis, which he explored in some of his writing.

Disclaimer: this performance includes the portrayal of scenes of mental illness that some may find disturbing.

The performance will be in Greek with English surtitles.

Trailer: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AVbm7053NKo