After a sold-out run last year, The Land of Wanting More returns to the stage in a renewed and expanded version, premiering on January 14, 15 and 21 at PLYFA, one of Athens’ leading multidisciplinary cultural spaces. Reimagined as a mixed-media performance, the new iteration places a liberated exploration of female sexuality at its core, inviting audiences into an intense, immersive and constantly evolving live experience.

Originally developed as a stage work before being adapted into a short film, The Land of Wanting More has already traveled internationally, with screenings at festivals such as the Beijing International Short Film Festival, Filmfest Düsseldorf, the Rome Independent Film Festival and Balkans Beyond Borders, among others. Now, the project comes full circle, returning to the stage in a performance that blends speech, movement, electronic music, video and a heightened focus on the body as a site of memory, desire and resistance.

Drawing on personal testimonies, improvisation, film material and theoretical references, the dramaturgy unfolds as a mosaic rather than a linear narrative. Desire is not presented as a fixed or stereotypical concept, but as a fluid, political and existential act.

Live electronic music by Stratos Sterianos functions as an active body within the work, creating an environment where sound, intensity, movement and desire merge. Theatricality is transformed, allowing rhythm and vibration to guide the experience as much as language or gesture.

The Land of Wanting More raises questions around exposure, trauma, pleasure, violence and the power of self-determination. Female sexuality is approached not as a subject to be explained, but as a field of lived experience—one marked by conflict, vulnerability and emancipation. It is both a celebration of desire and a deep dive into its darker, contradictory and fragile dimensions.

Content warning: The performance includes references to and descriptions of sexual violence.

The Land of Wanting More will be presented on January 14, 15 and 21 at PLYFA (39 Korytsas Street, Votanikos, Athens).
For tickets and more information please go here.