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SYSTEMA: A New Platform Bringing Greek Performing Arts to the International Stage

Three of Greece’s leading cultural institutions, the Athens Epidaurus Festival, the National Theatre of Greece and the Kalamata International Dance Festival, are joining forces to launch SYSTEMA – For the Greek Performing Arts, a new international platform dedicated to promoting contemporary Greek theatre, dance and performance beyond national borders. The inaugural edition will take place from 20 to 26 July

“A Streetcar Named Desire” directed by Benedict Andrews at Megaron the Athens Concert Hall: Recorded broadcast from London’s Young Vic Theatre

Megaron the Athens Concert Hall continues its collaboration with National Theatre Live, presenting on Thursday, September 29, at the Alexandra Trianti Hall, one of the greatest American plays of the 20th century: Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Benedict Andrews. The production, filmed live in 2014 at London’s

“Oresteia” by Aeschylus – A landmark production in the history of the Greek theater returns for the a second year to the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus

The first collaboration of internationally acclaimed Greek director and teacher Theodoros Terzopoulos with the National Theatre of Greece, Aeschylus’ emblematic Oresteia, returns for a second year on August 22 and 23 to the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus – the very place where its thrilling journey began – bringing the Epidaurus

“The Oath of Europe” by Wajdi Mouawad

With eyes on the upcoming world premiere at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, the creative team of “The Oath of Europe”, written and directed by Wajdi Mouawad, met online with members of the Greek press during a media event hosted at the French Institute of Greece. The discussion marked the

Ulrich Rasche spoke about the “Antigone” that will open the Athens Epidaurus Festival: “Perhaps it is important to also listen to Creon’s arguments.”

The first encounter with Ulrich Rasche’s world of Antigone took place during the press conference held by Katerina Evangelatou and Argyro Chioti, in the presence of the German director and the cast. The Athens Epidaurus Festival opens this year with a political reading of Sophocles’ tragedy, directed by German director

Romeo Castellucci talks about “Berenice” coming to the Le Corbusier: “It’s a wonderful play about the annihilation of language … a kind of monument to loneliness”

Βy Eleni Koutsilaiou “On one side, Berenice, and on the other side, Isabel, piercing the stage like a flame. It’s like a fire. A great fire in the middle of the stage.” A monumental writer of classicism, a colossal director, an iconic actress, an international production of the Onassis Cultural
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