The full programme for the highly anticipated Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2019 has been announced and the Greek capital’s annual arts festival will again feature great music, theatre, dance, and visual arts. The event will kick off on June 5 and run right through to August 10.
Greek and international productions, partnerships and shows by foreign artists will be included in the 2019 Athens and Epidaurus Festival program, announced artistic director Vangelis Theodoropoulos on Tuesday at the Athens Conservatoire.
Theodoropoulos said that the programme that will be staged in the summer of 2019 at Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, Pireos 260 and many others spaces around Athens and Piraeus, will be pluralistic, with social sensitivities and centered on diversity.
He also stressed that, for the first time, director Bob Wilson will be part of the Festival with a production of Oedipus at Epidaurus theatre.
One of the highlights will include a performance by British rock band, Jethro Tull.
For those lucky enough to be in Athens over the summer, make sure that you check out the Festival, which really is a magical experience. And below we have the entire list!
Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2019
ANCIENT THEATRE OF EPIDAURUS
21 & 22 June
Oedipus
Directed by Robert Wilson
Co-production: ConversAzioni - Teatro Olimpico Vicenza - Pompeii Theatrum Mundi - Teatro Stabile di Napoli
28 & 29 June
NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREECE ORESTEIA by Aeschylus
Agamemnon
Directed by Io Voulgaraki
The Libation Bearers
Directed by Lilly Meleme
The Eumenides
Directed by Georgia Mavragani
5 & 6 July
NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREECE - CYPRUS THEATRE ORGANISATION
The Suppliants by Euripides Directed by Stathis Livathinos
12 & 13 July
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Directed by Konstantinos Markoulakis
Co-production: Athinaika Theatra - Municipal and Regional Theatre of Crete
19 & 20 July
NATIONAL THEATRE OF NORTHERN GREECE
Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides Directed by Yannis Kalavrianos
26 & 27 July
COMÉDIE-FRANÇAISE
Electra/Orestes by Euripides Directed by Ivo Van Hove
2 & 3 Aug.
The Clouds by Aristophanes Directed by Dimitris Karantzas
9 & 10 August
MUNICIPAL AND REGIONAL THEATRE OF PATRAS
Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus Directed by Stavros Tsakiris
LITTLE THEATRE OF ANCIENT EPIDAURUS 22 June
9TH ATHENS OPEN AIR FILM FESTIVAL Surprise screening
28 & 29 June
GREEK NATIONAL OPERA - ALTERNATIVE STAGE
Kassandra by Iannis Xenakis Anaparastasis I: The Baritone by Jani Christou Directed by Alexandros Efklidis
The Day Will Come... by Giorgos Koumentakis Directed by Ektoras Lygizos
5 & 6 July
Theogony by Hesiod Directed by Sofia Paschou
12 & 13 July
GRIFFÓN DANCE COMPANY
KAOS
Choreographed by Ioanna Portolou
19 & 20 July
Daphnis + Chloe by Longus Un amore bucolico Directed by Dimitris Bogdanos
26 & 27 July
Phèdre by Racine Directed by Efi Theodorou
2 & 3 August
Danaids by Andreas Kalvos Directed by Natasa Triantafylli
