Director: Tish Howard
Musical Director: Ewan Ritchie
Choreographer:

Attic Theatre is well known for introducing new shows to the audiences of Aberdeen and “Zorba” was one such production.  With a strong cast, wonderful music and a comical script, this was a superb show and a joy to watch.  Directed by Tish Howard, with Ewan Ritchie as Musical Director.

Nikos has inherited a mine which he plans to resurrect to its working state.  With his new friend, Zorba, he travels from Piraeus and lodges with a French woman, Hortense.  Zorba and Hortense soon become romantically involved and Zorbra then tries to get Nikos interested in a young widow but Nikos treads wearily.  Nikos gives Zorba some money with which to buy supplies to enable them to re-open the mine but Zorba goes off and spends it on a belly dancer.  Meanwhile, Nikos plucks up his courage and goes to visit the widow but unfortunately their meeting is witnessed by Pavli, who is mentally unbalanced, and as a result, Pavli throws himself into the sea.

Next morning, the village celebrations are stilled when Pavli’s body is washed up onto the shore.  Zorba returns with no supplies and no money.  Nikos tells the Widow how much she means to him but their love comes too late.  A member of Pavli’s family stabs her to death, blaming her for Pavli’s suicide.  The bad news does not stop – a survey of the mine shows that it has been closed too long and that it will be impossible to re-open.  Zorba, a philosophical man, explains to Nikos that one must accept death as one accepts life, all there is left to do is dance.