The theater company’s annual summer festival continues at the Gis Theater with the plays “Farewell Anatolia” by Dido Sotiriou on July 1 and “Blood Wedding” by Federico Garcia Lorca on July 4.
ON STAGE
Noel Coward’s hit 1941 comedy “Blithe Spirit” – the tale of a novelist haunted by a ghost raised in a seance he held purely in pursuit of inspiration – is on stage at the Greek National Theater, with English surtitles.
Tennessee Williams’ three-act drama “The Night of the Iguana” is on stage at the Poreia Theater for a month-long run until the end of November in a production directed by Maria Manganari.
A group of more than 30 artists from a range of disciplines and students from the Greek National Opera Professional Dance School celebrate the 200-year anniversary of the Greek War of Independence with an installation/performance.
Greek director Katerina Giannopoulou imagines a not-so-distant future where the survivors of Western civilization’s extreme exploitation of nature rewrite their own history in “Paradise.”
Lebanese video artist Ziad Antar and writer Rasha Salti join forces again for a lecture/performance at the Onassis Cultural Center titled “The Bladder Diplomacy Project.”
Written and directed by Christoforos Christofi, “The Call of Prometheus” is inspired by the period of nation-building that followed the Greek War of Independence.
A year after the first sold-out run was canceled due to Covid, acclaimed Italian film actress Monica Bellucci is coming to Greece with her theatrical debut as the iconic Greek opera star Maria Callas.
Edouard Louis’ autobiographical novel “History of Violence” has been adapted for the stage by Berlin’s Schaubuhne, with powerful imagery and dialogue that underscore themes of class hatred, homophobia and xenophobia.
Award-winning Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo delivers an absorbing family drama centered around a woman in present-day Warsaw on stage at the Peiraios 260 venue.
Thomas Ostermeier is set to return to the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus with a new adaptation of “Oedipus Rex.”
Directed by Vassilis Papavassiliou, the National Theater of Northern Greece will present a new production of “Helen,” Euripides’ most famous work, noted for its anti-war sentiments and focus on the virtues of oath and intelligence.
The Greek National Theater presents a stage adaptation of “The Free Besieged,” by Dionysios Solomos inspired by the 1825-26 siege of Mesolongi during the Greek War of Independence.
The National Theater of Northern Greece presents an epic online production of the big epic itself, with 38 actors from its respected ensemble rendering Homer’s “Odyssey” in its respective rhapsodies.
Acclaimed Italian film actress Monica Bellucci has made her theatrical debut as the iconic Greek opera star Maria Callas in a production inspired by the late diva’s letters, memoirs, photographs and other memorabilia.
A man transformed into a hoopoe rallies his feathered friends behind the idea of creating a community that is free from corruption and the other ills of human society.
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