The International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama is an annual event which attracts professional theatre companies from various parts of the world. Over the years it hosted companies from Greece, Britain, U.S.A., Germany, Russia, Romania, Sweden, Croatia, Bulgaria, Italy/Austria, Korea and Cyprus. This wide international participation in the Festival helps to bring out the universality of ancient Greek drama and underline its living presence in today’s world. The Festival is held in the summer and specifically in July when Cyprus attracts visitors from all over the world. Thus with its performances it brings ancient Greek drama into contact with a multicultural audiences.
Programme:
Alcestis by Euripides
“Free Space” State Theatre for Youth, Orel, Russia
Thursday 1 July, Paphos Ancient Odeon
Friday 2 July, Curium Ancient Theatre Limassol
Saturday 3 July, Makarios III Amphitheatre Nicosia
Oresteia by Aeschylus
Patra Municipal Regional Theatre, Greece
Wednesday 7 July, Paphos Ancient Odeon
Thursday 8 July, Curium Ancient Theatre Limassol
Friday 9 July, Makarios III Amphitheatre Nicosia
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Cyprus Theatre Organization
Thursday 8 July, Paphos Ancient Odeon
Wealth – Triumph of Poverty by Aristophanes
Theatro Technis Karolos Koun, Greece
Wednesday 14 July, Paphos Ancient Odeon
Thursday 15 July, Curium Ancient Theatre Limassol
Agamemnon by Aeschylus
Slovene National Theatre Drama, Ljubljana
Saturday 17 July, Paphos Ancient Odeon
Sunday 18 July, Curium Ancient Theatre Limassol
Thesmophoriazusae by Aristophanes
People’s Art Theatre, Wuhan, China
Wednesday 21 July, Paphos Ancient Odeon
Thursday 22 July, Curium Ancient Theatre Limassol
Friday 23 July, Makarios III Amphitheatre Nicosia
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
National Theatre of Greece
Friday 30 July, Curium Ancient Theatre Limassol
Saturday 31 July, Curium Ancient Theatre Limassol
Info: +357 22674920
All performances start at 9:00 p.m.
Entrance:
€17 / €8 for National Guard, Students and Senior Citizens
Tickets:
Paphos:
Moufflon Bookshop 26934850
Stokkos 26947037
Time Out 26949522
Limassol:
Jmz Copy Centre 25355123
Nicosia:
Ticket Sales Centre Th.O.C.77772717
