The Science of CSI: Crime in the Laboratory

The Science of CSI:

Crime in the Lab

as part of the Crime Fiction Festival

Information

• Where: The Hub Events, 5 Alkminis, Athens (Metro Kerameikos)
• When: Saturday 13 May, 20:30–21:30
• Admission: Free

How is a DNA test done?

What are impressions and what do they have to do with fingerprints?

Why is a UV lamp always useful at a crime scene?

How does technology help in solving a crime, and what does a 3D… scanner have to do with it?

These are just some of the questions the scientists are called on to answer in their updated show. A researcher is found dead under strange circumstances... was it murder or a lab accident? The answer will come from an oddball crime-fighting duo (the hot-tempered police inspector and his “naive” assistant). In their efforts they call on the help of many sciences… from biology, forensics and computer science to nanotechnology.

“Crime in the Lab” is a show that, following the usual practice of Science Reactors, invites us to see science... differently! To discover it in our everyday lives, to combine it with art and to accompany it with original music. All of this delivered with humour by the young scientists who make up the team.

“All the participants are scientists; that is the basic condition for anyone taking part. And this usually surprises the audience — everyone assumes they are going to see an amateur show, since the participants are amateur actors and professional scientists. But it is an extremely carefully crafted, professional piece of work, with music written especially for the occasion, a distinctive visual intervention and a professional director, Kostas Vrettos,” says Ms Eleni Grammatikopoulou, the team's coordinator.

Crime in the Lab has been presented at major scientific events and festivals – as well as in performances at the Foundation of the Hellenic World. “The play has changed quite a bit since it was first presented. There are new roles, and, since the team's lineup has been renewed and there are quite a few who love experiments, experiments have been added on stage, but also off stage, that help solve the crime,” says Anna Christodoulou, who wrote the script.

Science and the important role of research behind our favourite crime TV series are revealed and invite us to an evening of humour and mystery. “Crime in the Lab” and... the show begins!

Although they are all amateur actors, they have nothing to envy in their professional counterparts. You will certainly enjoy them.

Credits

Script: Anna Christodoulou

Direction: Kostas Vrettos

Original music: Dinos Prassas

Show video: Antonis Lekopoulos, Kyriakos Makaronidis

Advisor: Katerina Chatzistamatiou

Art advisor: Chara Papatheodorou, art historian

Production Management: Eleni Grammatikopoulou, Science Communication

Show video operator: Thomas Pappas

Photos / Video from rehearsals: Timos Koniditsiotis

Chemistry lab/experiment: Dimitris Koniditsiotis, chemist (Science is fun)

Archive material: Museum of the Greek Nobel Collection

Cast:

Georgia Megariti/Anthoula Siachami: – Researcher (the link between beginning and end)

Christina Skoulikidou: Eva Pappa, corpse / video (the researcher while alive)

Stavros Dimitrakoudis: Miltiadis Argyros, Scientific Director

Kostas Karpouzis: Giorgos Doukas, researcher (video)

Chrysanthi Saliagkopoulou: Ada Zografou, researcher

Marina Papagiannaki: Mary Karra, cleaner

Athanasis Koustenis: Dimitris Sakellarios, police officer

Nikos Papadimitriou/ Konstantinos Antonaropoulos: Theocharis Nikolaou, deputy police officer

Show duration: 60’

Warm thanks to:

The Law Firm: KORINA FASOULI - GRAFANAKI & ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM

for its kind sponsorship

Some videos from the show: