Golfo, written by Spyridon Peresiadis

Directed by Nikos Karathanos 

Main Stage - Opening night: 18 October

 

Linked with the historical tradition of travelling theatre troupes, Golfo is almost synonymous with this aspect of Greek theatre. Romantic rivalries, moral dilemmas and heartrending choices run through this important example of Greek theatrical heritage.

 

Mourning becomes Electra  written by Eugene O Neill

Directed by Yannis Houvardas

Main Stage - Opening night: 7 November 

 

Eugene O Neil reworks the myth of Orestes and updates it into a modern trilogy, revealing the corrosion of the bourgeoisie hidden by a flawless facade. The expansive material of the trilogy has been adapted and condensed into a single play by its director. 

 

Ζ written by Vassilis Vassilikos

Directed by Efi Theodorou

Ziller Building – Stage Nikos Kourkoulos, Opening night: 20 September

 

Z, a fictionalised account of the assassination of Greek PM Grigoris Lambrakis, was first published in 1966. Adopting a variety of narrative techniques, the writer highlights both the human and the political dimension of the events, focusing on individuals and situations that have played a defining role in the creation of present-day Greece.

 

Spectators  written by Marios Pontikas

Directed by Katerina Evangelatos

Kentriki (Plagia) Skini – Opening night: 21 September

 

Written more than 40 years ago the play’s clear, acerbic eye gives it an explosive power that makes it highly topical in today’s society of estrangement, emotional cruelty and political apathy.

 

 

The Miser written by Molière

Directed by Yannis Bezos

Main Stage – Opening night: 6 December

 

Molière with his play satirizes one of the most important human passions: money. In the fast-moving plot of the play this passion is revealed as a disease that turns people pathetic while at the same time Moliere makes fun of certain theatrical conventions.

 

Neighborhood of Angels written by Iakovos Kambanellis

Directed by Kostas Tsianos

Rex Theatre  - Opening night: 25 October

 

Kambanellis, one of the most important Greek playwrights of the 20th century, with this play enlivened the Greek society of the 1960s. Presents the new era that is founded on the rubbles, the ideological conflicts and the aspirations for a better future. 

 

The Plant Carer  written by Pavlos Matesis

Directed by Ectoras Ligyzos

Ziller Building – Stage Nikos Kourkoulos, Opening night: 19 October 

 

With a sharp tongue, explosive imagination and intelligent theatrical situations Matesis delivers an excellent metaphor for the human condition and a farce about life and death. The direction is undertaken by one of the most aspiring directors of the new generation.

 

Flantro written by Pantelis Horn

Directed by Lydia Koniordou

Ziller Building – Stage Nikos Kourkoulos, Opening night: 11 December

 

A bold for its time play, written in 1925, that raises ethical issues and approaches with cruelty and humanity at the same time the passion of love.

 

A Hatful of Rain written by Michael Gazzo

Directed by Yorgos Kordellas

Youth Stage, Rex Theatre – Opening night: 7 November

 

With a sharp tongue, fast action and very modern heroes, the play raises the problem of drug addiction. The solution can only be reached with sincerity, strong will and the support of our close friends and family.

Directed by Fotini Baxevani

Children’s Stage, Rex Theatre – Opening night: 15 October

 

A free adaptation of the fictional book The Jungle Book written by Rudyard Kipling.