The historic Comedie-Francaise returns to the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus with “Hecuba, Not Hecuba,” a hymn to the avenging mother, written and directed by Portugal’s acclaimed Tiago Rodrigues.
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About 18,500 people braved the heat and long duration, of three and a half hours, on Friday and Saturday to watch the National Theater’s production of Aeschylus’ “Oresteia,” classical drama’s only extant trilogy, at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus, as part of the Athens-Epidaurus Festival.
Her life until the final year of high school was solely dedicated to track and field. An athlete specializing in middle-distance running events, she was ready for the Gymnastics Academy.
“Engaged Scenography,” presented by the French Institute of Greece and Goethe-Institut Athen, features public talks and performances highlighting modern scenography, fostering dialogue and exploration within the arts community.
The premiere of “Six Women in Greek Tragedy,” an arrangement of plays written by Greece’s major tragedians, Euripides, Sophocles and Aeschylus, is set for June 22, 2024.
On a stifling summer evening, the actors took to the stage: a grassy courtyard enclosed by towering prison walls, topped with barbed wire and lit by a floodlight.
The Petit Palais cinema in the hip downtown Athens district of Pangrati will be reopening its doors to the public in October after undergoing a transformation into a theater.
The journey from central Athens to Korydallos is a daily routine for Aikaterini Papageorgiou. As the director and facilitator at the Korydallos Prison Theater Workshop, she and 26 inmates are now preparing Sophocles’ “Antigone,” following last year’s presentation of “The Persians.” The performance is scheduled for June 11 and 12 in […]
Stage director Aikaterini Papageorgiou is set to open her second production with a theater workshop she helped set up at the Greek capital’s Korydallos Prison.
A musical tragicomedy written by Yoel Wulfhart and directed by Manos Tsotras with music composed by Ian Blunsdon, “The Last Lunch” is bound to make you think and laugh.
The Athens-based performers Dirty Granny Tales return after five years with “The Philanthropist” at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation (206 Pireos).
The PLYSIS team (3-7 Kyrinis) presents their latest production, “Black Dot,” a physical theater performance exploring the concept of the black dot within us, symbolizing beginnings and endings.
A novel addition to the city’s theatrical landscape has emerged, defying conventional norms. As the indoor Athens theater season draws to a close, the Theater of the NO offers a summer brimming with English-language productions, cerebral discussions and atmospheric music evenings.
Prepare for a riveting twist on ancient Greek drama with Australian director Simon Stone’s modern reinterpretation of “Medea,” as part of the 2024 Athens Epidaurus Festival (aefestival.gr) at the Pallas Theater (5 Voukourestiou).
The iconic Rex Theater on Panepistimiou Street in central Athens is inextricably linked to the development of the capital’s metropolitan identity as few buildings of the interwar era are. It will close for a while this year for restoration.
The Belgian city of Ghent is hosting a festival dedicated to ancient Greek drama, presenting the entire canon of 32 surviving plays in the streets of the city, free of charge, from May 1 to June 23. The All Greeks Festival is organized by the NTGent theater company and will be […]
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