As Fates Would Have It – What We Learn From Minor Players In Greek Tragedies And Hollywood Films
Many will be familiar with the looming presence of Oedipus or Antigone in Classical Greek tragedy....
Read MorePosted by Elodie Paillard | 26th Feb 2020 | Essay, Greece, Theatre and Film
Many will be familiar with the looming presence of Oedipus or Antigone in Classical Greek tragedy....
Read MorePosted by Antigoni Gaitana | 21st Feb 2020 | Acting, Greece, Review
She is in her eighties when we meet her and shares with the audience the story of her life which began in a tiny Russian village, took her to Warsaw’s ghettos and a ship called The Exodus, and finally to the boardwalks of Atlantic City, the Arizona canyons and salsa-flavored nights in Miami beach.
Read MorePosted by Antigoni Gaitana | 23rd Nov 2019 | Greece, New York, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America
It was a devouring mouth or a generative source. The whole performance was a dystopian collage of subconscious associations of the creator. Some of them were personal and some of them were direct references to archetypes and well-known artworks. The non-verbal narrative was constituted by very inventive imagery which was underlined by an ever-present black humor.
Read MorePosted by Yalena Kleidara | 6th Oct 2019 | Adaptation, Greece, Review
“Heroism is to this decision that you make by yourself, to stick to it until the very...
Read MorePosted by Angeliki Spiropoulou | 7th Jun 2019 | Greece, News, Theatre and Art
OUT SCORE: Χω/ορικές Σημειογραφίες I is a research program that generates encounters between...
Read MorePosted by Armand D'Angour | 7th Jun 2019 | Essay, Greece
“Research into ancient Greek music is pointless”—Giuseppe Verdi “Nobody has ever made head or tail...
Read MorePosted by Sozita Goudouna | 14th May 2019 | Greece, News, Theatre and Art, Theatre and Politics
In the theatre, the front curtain is drawn open from both sides of the proscenium to reveal a...
Read MorePosted by Katalin Trencsényi | 15th Nov 2018 | Dance Umbrella 2018, Festivals, Greece, Review, Theatre and Dance, United Kingdom
A curved, declivitous, dark-grey hill, built from large, rectangular vinyl blocks–reminiscent of...
Read MorePosted by Dimitris Tsatsoulis | 7th Nov 2018 | Greece, Review
Euripides’ Ion – Director: Ioli Andreadi – “Alfa Idea” Theatre – Athens Staging...
Read MorePosted by Dimitris Tsatsoulis | 3rd Oct 2018 | Festivals, Greece, Review
A big tribute to the director and Euripides’ The Trojan Women at the Ancient Theatre of Delphi. Of...
Read MorePosted by EPIDAURUS LYCEUM | 1st Oct 2018 | Festivals, Greece, News, Transcultural Collaborations
Theme 2019: Reinventing Ancient Drama on the contemporary stage July 2- 16, 2019 The Epidaurus...
Read MorePosted by Maria Sikitano | 20th Sep 2018 | Greece, Review, Russian Theatre Abroad
What is it like to get on a bus that does not follow a regular route through the city but remains...
Read MorePosted by Katerina Leoudi | 17th Sep 2018 | Festivals, Greece, Review
The Little Theatre of Epidaurus is placed near the port of Palea Epidaurus in the Argolis...
Read MorePosted by Katerina Leoudi | 14th Sep 2018 | Adaptation, Greece, Review
What is expected from theatrical adaptations of literature? Why have they become so popular...
Read MorePosted by Athens-Epidaurus Festival | 10th Sep 2018 | Festivals, Greece, News
What is it about: Greece’s foremost cultural festival and one of the oldest performing arts...
Read MorePosted by Rie Hammer | 3rd Sep 2018 | Directing, Greece, Interview, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Opera
The Greek-born opera director Rodula Gaitanou has made a name for herself internationally. She is...
Read MorePosted by Annita Capousizi | 16th Mar 2017 | Greece, Theatre and Disability
When I tell people that I do theatre with actors who have neuromuscular disorders, their outward...
Read MorePosted by Asimina Xyla | 3rd Dec 2016 | Greece, News
What a surprise it was back in 2014 when Adam Szymczyk, Artistic Director of documenta, Germany’s...
Read MorePosted by Elpida Komianou | 2nd Dec 2016 | Greece, Puppetry, Review
The Greek puppet theatre company, Prassein Aloga, meaning “to act irrationally” in ancient Greek,...
Read MorePosted by Maria Sikitano | 28th Nov 2016 | Greece, Review
“I was Hamlet. I stood on the coast and spoke with the surf BLABLA at my back the ruins of Europe”...
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