// Pyrotechnics is the science of using materials that can decompose by autonomous and self-sustaining exothermic chemical reactions to produce heat, light, gas, smoke and/or sound. Pyrotechnics includes not only the manufacture of fireworks, but also the construction of safety systems in the airbag of a car containing explosive material. //

Through the industrial history of the workers in Elefsina and the setting of the PYRKAL Industrial Complex, the project attempts to create a metaphor of everyday life inspired by the production process of explosives and the dangerous working conditions. The notion of danger and urgency runs through the work, and the dynamics of people’s relationships are constantly affected by a potential threat until they manage to overcome their fears. The power of friendship, the tragic nature of life, the importance of hope and the paradox of life and death form the main themes of the play. In a world that lives amidst explosions its people manage to survive, create their own nucleus and cope with the unexpected. Through an environment that contains fear, hope, irony and the comic elements of life, a universe is created that feeds off the explosions and finds a way to exist.

Courage in the face of fear. The transformation of fear into strength or even victory.