Donald Kitt returns once again to Athens’ most artisanal festival
Donald Kitt’s participation in the festival marks yet another encounter between Fabrica Athens and the tradition and contemporary research of Odin Teatret, creating a space for exchange among different generations, countries, and theatrical practices.
Monday, September 21, 2026 | 21:30
REKTIFIE THEATER – Center for Research in Mixed Performing Arts
The Starry Messenger | Solo performance | Donald Kitt
Tickets available at Ticket Service
THE STARRY MESSENGER – DONALD KITT
The Starry Messenger” is inspired by the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei and his famous and seminal book “Sidereus Nuncius”.
The book was published just over 400 years ago in 1610 in Venice. Galileo Galilei’s discoveries contradicted the Aristotelean cosmology – the earth being the centre of the universe with the sun and the planets circling around it – and caused something of a stir.
But in this version by Donald Kitt, the meaning of Galilei’s discovery (that the earth and thus the human beings are not the centre of the universe) is transformed from this undeniable fact into a lively, humorous and thought-provoking theatre performance.
In Kitt’s performance we are confronted with the modern human being, previously the Lord of the Universe, now suddenly finding himself small as a fly, alone in the space of infinity.
Text by Ulrik Skeel
A few words about Donald Kitt:
Donald Kitt was born in Canada in 1964, just a few days after the founding of Odin Teatret. After studying at the University of Winnipeg, he performed in numerous productions until 1989, when he co-founded Primus Theater in Canada, a company dedicated to original, interdisciplinary productions that toured throughout Canada, the U.S., and Europe. After the company ceased its activities in 1998, Donald Kitt moved to Italy, where he worked as a performer, teacher, and professor of clog dancing. He studied and performed Topeng dance in Bali (1996) under the guidance of Balinese master I Made Djimat. In 2006, he joined the Odin Theater, and now, in addition to acting, he directs, performs on stilts, teaches workshops, and trains young stilt walkers and performers who specialize in transformations and metamorphoses.
