When you think of theatre and stage production, you think of big sound, big lights, scores of actors and props, and an evening full of entertainment overwhelming the senses.

It may shock you to learn that over the past few years Greek actor Yiannis Simonedes has been entering otherwise empty stages alone, and 90 minutes later, leaving audiences stunned and standing in ovation.

At the turn of the millennium, Yiannis was approached to perform a dramatic reading of Plato’s famous work, The Apology.

Already an established dramatist, academic and stage actor, Yiannis was eager to participate in the project.

As a graduate of Western philosophy, I can tell you it is difficult to overemphasise the importance of Plato’s plays. Historically accurate or not, 2,400 years ago they immortalised a quizzical little character whose method of inquiry and thought shaped every major thinker to follow.

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