From 10 to 17 September, for a thrid year, the National Theatre of Greece is jointly organising Cypriot Theatre Week with the Department of Contemporary Culture of Cyprus's Deputy Ministry of Culture and the Cyprus Centre of the International Theatre Institute (CCITI), with the support of the House og Cyprus Culture Centre in Athens. Three hit productions seen in Cyprous in 2004 will take to the stages of the Ziller Building, with the aim of promoting contemporary Cypriot theatre in Greece, encouraging Cypriot producers to be more outward looking, and creating a fruitful artistic dialogue between the two countries. 

This year's event kicks off with Satiriko Theatro’s production of From My Mother’s Womb by the award-winning Cypriot writer Costas Mannouris. Directed by Varnavas Kyriazis, who also performs the play alongside Despoina Bebedeli, it can be seen on 10 and 11 September on the Main Stage of the Ziller Building. 

Next up, on 12 September, is The Royal Game, from Audere Productions, at the Nikos Kourkoulos New Stage. Based on Stefan Zweig’s powerful novella of the same name, the play is adapted and directed by Andri Irakleous and Sofia Mavromichali, and performed by Antreas Koutsoftas.

Cypriot Theatre Week concludes on 17 September at the Nikos Kourkoulos New Stage with a dramatisation of Georgios Vizyenos’s classic autobiographical short story, My Mother's Sin, adapted and directed by Marina Vrondi and produced by the Limassol Theatre Development Company (ETHAL). Giorgos Evagorou, Nectarios Theodorou, Thanasis Ioannou, Konstantina Xenofontos and Panagiota Papageorgiou perform the work as an ancient Greek chorus. Live on-stage music is provided by Giorgos Kalogirou.

 

| Programme |

Wednesday 10 & Thursday 11 September
FROM MY MOTHER’S WOMB by Costas Mannouris

Directed by Varnavas Kyriazis
Produced by Satiriko Theatro
Ziller Building Main Stage

For further information see here

* Suitable for 12 years and over

 

Friday, 12 September
THE ROYAL GAME by Stefan Zweig

Adapted and directed by Andri Irakleous and Sofia Mavromichali
Produced by Audere Productions
Nikos Kourkoulos New Stage

For further information see here

 

Wednesday 17 September
MY MOTHER’S SIN by Georgios Vizyenos

Adapted and directed by Marina Vrondi
Produced by the Limassol Theatre Development Company (ETHAL)
Nikos Kourkoulos New Stage

For further information see here

 

Time: 9pm
Ticket prices: €15 general, €10 concessions (students, pupils, unemployed, over-65s, disabled)

Tickets from: Ticketservices | By phone (210 72 34 567) or online at www.ticketservices.gr

The National Theatre of Greece box office at the Ziller Building
 

* Suitable for 12 years and over

 

 

Latest updated: 27/08/2025