Hecuba by Euripides (Canceled)

The organisers of the “2019 International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama” would like to inform the public that the production Hecuba by Euripides (Eros Ammochostos Theatre, Cyprus) is cancelled due to serious health issues of one of the production’s cast members. Therefore, the scheduled performances of the specific production in the framework of the Festival will not take place.

Spectators that have already purchased tickets for the three performances of this production, scheduled at Curium Ancient Theatre on July 2nd, at Paphos Ancient Odeon on July 4th and at “Skali” Amphitheatre on July 6th, are kindly requested to contact Sold Out Tickets (tel. 70007705 and [email protected]) to exchange or refund their tickets.

The organisers of the Festival, Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Cyprus Centre of the International Theatre Institute and Deputy Ministry of Tourism, express their apologies to the public for any inconvenience caused.

International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama 2019

Eros Ammochostos Theatre participates at the Festival for the first time, presenting Euripides’ Hecuba directed by Giorgos Mouaimis, with Annita Santorineou in the homonymous role.

After the fall of Troy, Hecuba has run out of tears. Her poignant adventures as she watches her glory vanish along with the looted city of Troy, and her children killed or enslaved by the conquerors, are not complete until she herself receives the ultimate blow, the murder of her two last children, Polydorus and Polyxena.

The tragedy probes into the limits of human endurance, which becomes superhuman only to end up inhuman. It narrates the tragic destiny of Priam’s wife, who from queen becomes slave, from mother becomes a childless woman and from victim becomes an avenger, by taking Justice into her own hands, when this seems to have been forgotten by both gods and human.

▪ With English surtitles

Adaptation/Dramaturgy/Direction: Giorgos Mouaimis

Set/Costume design: Stavros Antonopoulos

Music: Vasos Argyridis

Choreography/Movement direction: Machi Dimitriadou Lindahl

Lighting design: Carolina Spyrou

Video Art: Christoforos Larkou

Make-up design: Litsa Ioannidou

Producer: Rea Madella Ioannidou

Cast:

Hecuba: Annita Santorineou

Polydorus: Andreas Koutsoumbas

Polyxena: Varvara Christofi

Maid of Hecuba: Christiana Larkou

Odysseus: Fotis Apostolidis

Talthybius: Spyros Stavrinidis

Agamemnon: Giorgos Mouaimis

Polymestor: Neoclis Neocleous

Chorus: Christiana Larkou, Antonia Charalambous, Andri Kyriazi, Rafaella Kavazi

General Info:

Six productions of ancient Greek drama by distinguished theatre companies from Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Slovenia and Spain participate at the twenty-third edition of the “International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama”, presenting performances at Ancient Odeon in Paphos, Curium Ancient Theatre in Limassol and “Skali” Amphitheatre in Aglantzia, Nicosia.

▪ Performances start at 21:00

▪ Please arrive at the theatre before 20:40*

*Spectators attending performances at the Curium Ancient Theatre are advised to arrive at least 45 minutes before the performance.

►Tickets:

STEPHANIS stores in all cities

SOEASY Kiosks in Nicosia, Larnaca, Limassol

TIME OUT Kiosk in Paphos

In N Out Kiosk in Paralimni

Online: www.soldoutticketbox.com

►Ticket prices:

€12 regular

€6 reduced (Students, Senior Citizens, National Guard, Unemployed)

€45 Festival pass (per person for attending all six performances)

€10 group sales (over 10 persons per performance) at [email protected]

▪ Info: www.greekdramafest.com