Chryssa Tsampazi

The starting point for the performance was the Greek folksong "Menussis". It is about the man Menussis, who cries because he killed his wife in alcohol intoxication because she is said to have talked to another. The name of the woman is unknown - only Menussis is named and regretted. During my research, I found many songs with similar content, also popular in Germany. I finally developed the performance based on the song "My Delilah" by Tom Jones (1968), written in English. In the song, the singer stabs his wife Delilah to death because she had cheated on him with another man. In the performance, a group of young people interprets the lyrics of the song, transforms them in part, and opens up a new and liberating view of the narrative of the song, which is still powerful in this country, and which bears witness to heteronormative claims to power and ownership as well as subliminally to misogynous ideas. Quiet scenes alternate with scenes in which the lyrics are shouted during a physical action between the participants.