Euripides

Poland's Teatr Zar company and director Jaroslaw Fret have been invited to stage "Medeas: On Getting Across," a music-based performance that draws from Euripides' "Medea" as a figure of exile to comment on the migrant crisis, at the Dasos Theater Festival in Thessaloniki. The show will take place on July 10, 11 and 13 at the theater of the Macedonian Studies Society, starting at 9.15 p.m.

Three male performers question, re-examine and attempt to provide answers to the legend of Euripides' Medea from a male perspective in a performance at the Little Theater of Ancient Epidaurus directed by Dimitris Karantzas and starring Giorgos Gallos (Medea), Christos Loulis (Jason, Creon, Tutor, Aegeus) and Michalis Sarantis (Chorus, Messenger, Nurse).

On November 19th Intelligence Squared hosted the ultimate clash of civilisations: Greece vs Rome. But it was also the ultimate clash of intellectual titans.

English subtitles for Epidaurus ancient theater festival events last year went down well with foreign crowds whose enjoyment was maximized through understanding. This year, there will also be subtitles for the performances:

July 3-4:  National Theatre of Greece – Sotiris Chatzakis “The Trojan Women” by EURIPIDES

July 10-11:  Yiannis Kakleas “The Acharnians” by ARISTOPHANES  

Greek Festival director Giorgos Loukos was surrounded by fresh faces at a recent press conference in Athens where he took the opportunity to introduce two new, albeit long-awaited, initiatives.