JOURNEY INTO THE DESERT By Elpida Amitsi

2026 February 13

JOURNEY INTO THE DESERT By Elpida Amitsi

War rages in a Third World country. A glamorous and ambitious news anchor delivers the reports with icy detachment.

Her husband, a photojournalist stationed in the war zone, disappears. An enigmatic diplomat takes charge of the investigation. He summons her to identify a body.

She travels to the heart of darkness. Along the way, excerpts from her missing husband’s recovered diary intertwine with her own journey.

The descent into the underworld becomes the starting point for the characters’ path to self-discovery—far from the comfort of Western affluence and the safety of televised images.

The road to escape from the slaughterhouse leads through the desert.

A metaphysical thriller with anti-war undertones and a psychological game played on the edge of an Ibsenian triangle.

Bleeding memories.Guilt.The glitter of vanity.The red thread running through History.

Elpida Amitsi

She was born in Patras and started her studies at a young age learning piano. He graduated from the Hellenic Conservatory, from the monody class of G. Di Tasso with a degree of "Excellent Pampsifei". She attended seminars with K. Ludwig and continued her studies with J. Modinos. He holds degrees in harmony, counterpoint and fugue. He has participated as a soloist in the National Opera, in the Herodeion, in the Municipal Theater of Piraeus, etc. and has organized solo concerts on Mount Parnassos, the Palace of the Duchess of Plakentia, the Goethe Hall, the Hellenic American Union as well as at festivals and various concert venues. At the Dithyrambos, Ilisia and Fournos Theaters he organized a series of concerts related to contemporary Greek music as well as performances with Negro songs and musicals. Her repertoire includes works of all times (arias, liders, etc.). Most of the performers of works of the 20th century gave special emphasis to Greek composers, presenting works in early performances. He collaborated with the Union of Greek Composers and K.E.S.Y. He created the performances: "Let the strings change", "Greek sound", "Greek composers", "Days of contemporary Greek music", "With exquisite music and with 5 senses for a guide", "Voice of Hope", "The crystal of silence the music cracks ”and“ Greek works ”where he performed contemporary Greek composers of the word music and works in first performance. In the performance "With exquisite music" he performed contemporary Greek music based on poems by K. P. Cavafy. In the musical performances "In anticipation" and "Narratives in black" directed by M. Zografidis, he sang Negro religious songs. In the musical performances "Life-giving water" and "An angel traveler" he sang songs by M. Hadjidakis and in the performance "Get back" rock songs. Songs of Lower Italy performed songs in the play "Zephyrus blew" while in "Lighting the music" with the composer and pianist M. Archontidis he interprets works from the world repertoire of cinema and theater. Created and presented the performances "2 woman's songs" and "Sounds of Images".  She has also presented the play "O Simigdalenios" by A. Adamopoulos directed by him, in which she plays 22 roles and has starred in the play by L. Bikas "Thales and Thalia go to the theater" directed by A. Bass. He has been involved in the production and presentation of radio shows on classical music and has taught orthophony and singing at vocational training seminars in the European Union. Created and taught a series of Music Theatrical seminars on the aesthetics and the era of various authors aimed at the emotional expression of their works as well as a series of seminars for actors, singers and performers aimed at recognizing the "inner voice" and its dynamics. body. He has created and presents a series of seminars and performances on "Body-Voice-Reflection-Expression-Interpretation", "Development of psycho-cognitive skills aimed at self-knowledge and successful communication", "Relationships-relationship", "Recognition and manipulation of human voice through the mental and physical state "," Expressive ability, integrity-intention & strength "," Melodrama "," Breaths and vital energy "," Theater in Music and Music in Theater ", in the context of which he presented the performances: "Persians", "Lysistrata", "Of the Moorish and his sister", "Parodies", "Erotic", "Now and then", "A free couple", "Laughing wildly". She teaches song at the ENTECHNON Conservatory.
Created the theatrical group EN-A. She directed the works: "Homo Normalis the model of" normalcy "" in a text inspired by the "Listen Human" by V. Reich, "The little brother" by Marielli Sfakianaki-Manolidou, "The Simigdaleni" by Alexandrou Adamopoulou "PEER GYNT" IBSEN + GRIEG by Erik Ibsen, "Once upon a time a shot" by Giannis Papazoglou, "Did the stranglehold become a lamb?" by Kostas Papapetrou, "Journey in the desert… to the North" by Giannis Papazoglou,  She directed the feature films "WAYFARER" scripted by Maria Brilis-Kaloutas and " My grandfather's treasure chest " scripted by Alexandros Adamopoulos and “Voyage in the desert”  scripted by Giannis Papazoglou, “Once a gunshot” scripted by Giannis Papazoglou, and “Monique” scripted by Alexandros Adamopoulos. She created the EN-A Theater.