{"id":3136,"date":"2018-06-02T18:44:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T18:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greekdramafest.com\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2018-06-02T20:08:56","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T20:08:56","slug":"what-to-see-in-this-years-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greekdramafest.com\/what-to-see-in-this-years-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"What to see in this year\u2019s Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
6<\/strong> productions Stefi Productions, Roads & Oranges Films, Municipal and Regional Theatre of Kozani and the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Veria, presents in co-production, the Aeschylean tragedy Agamemnon<\/em>, directed by the internationally renowned Cezaris Grau\u017einis for two performances at Curium Ancient Theatre.<\/p>\n The Hungarian theatre group Spectrum Theatre presents at \u201cSkali\u201d Amphitheatre, Aglantzia and at Paphos Ancient Odeon, Euripides\u2019 Medea<\/em>, directed by Viola T\u00f6r\u00f6k.<\/p>\n Returning to the Festival, the National Theatre of Northern Greece (NTNG), presents Euripides\u2019 tragedy Orestes<\/em>, directed by the artistic director of the NTNG, Yannis Anastasakis, in a new translation by the Greek poet Yorgos Blanas, for two performances at Curium Ancient Theatre.<\/p>\n The second Cypriot production is Alcestis<\/em> by Euripides, in a production of the Fresh Target Theatre Ensemble and directed by Paris Erotokritou, taking place at the \u201cSkali\u201d Amphitheatre, Aglantzia, at Paphos Ancient Odeon and at Curium Ancient Theatre.<\/p>\n The State Drama Rustaveli Theatre of Georgia presents Sophocles\u2019 tragedy, Electra<\/em>, directed by the artistic director of the Rustaveli Theatre and internationally famous Robert Sturua, by Grigoris Karantinakis and Nikoloz Heine-Shvelidze, at Paphos Ancient Oden and \u201cSkali\u201d Amphitheatre, Aglantzia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 6 productions 14 performances 3 venues 1st \u2013 30th of July 2018 Trojan Women by Euripides, directed by Andreas Christodoulides and produced by Theatro ENA, marks the opening of this year\u2019s Festival, on the 1st of July at Paphos Ancient Ode\u03bfn, while more performances of the production will be held at Curium Ancient Theatre and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n14<\/strong> performances
\n3<\/strong> venues
\n1st \u2013 30th of July 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTrojan Women<\/em> by Euripides, directed by Andreas Christodoulides and produced by Theatro ENA, marks the opening of this year\u2019s Festival, on the 1st of July at Paphos Ancient Ode\u03bfn, while more performances of the production will be held at Curium Ancient Theatre and at \u201cSkali\u201d Amphitheatre, in Aglantzia.<\/p>\n