Little Theater of Epidaurus - Performances programme 2021

The Little Theater of Ancient Epidaurus in 2021 holds many surprises. It breaks the time limit of July and extends until the end of August. The residency Parodos kicks off the programme, scheduled to take place during the first three weeks of June. Artists from a wide range of arts are given the opportunity to conduct research on the dramaturgy of ancient drama under ideal conditions and in situ. At the same time, a new thematic cycle is launched  entitled Contemporary Ancients. As so, in combination with the performances in the big Ancient Theater, the Little Theater of Epidaurus comes to offer the spectators strong emotions and a festival thrill of a wide artistic range, every week, for the whole summer!

At the base of the artistic planning for Little Epidaurus lies a special initiative. This is the assignment to modern Greek writers of authoring new plays inspired by ancient drama, to be performed specifically at the Little Theater. 
Four writers of completely different style, two men and two women, have each written a contemporary play, that is in dialogue with an Ancient Tragedy. In fact, the publication of these works is progressing, as part of a bilingual (Greek and English) theater book series newly launched in collaboration with Nefeli Publishing.

The programme also includes two fascinating concerts, a dance/performance piece and a new visual work, that will be exhibited at the Little Theater in the second half of August.

Performances
Residency / Contemporary Ancients Cycle
Parodos, Interdisciplinary research programme on Ancient Drama
Μusic
Petros Klampanis, Tora Collective 
Keyvan Chemirani & The Rhythm Alchemy, featuring Sokratis Sinopoulos
Theatre / Contemporary Ancients Cycle
Eleni Skoti, The House With the Snakes by Vangelis Hatziyiannidis
Yannos Perlengas, milk, blood, by Alexandra Κ* 
Giorgos Skevas, Carnage by Yannis Mavritsakis 
Sforaris Theatre Company - Yannis Kalavrianos, Phaedra on Fire, by Amanda Michalopoulou
Dance
Osmosis - Euripides Laskaridis, New Work 2021
Installation / Visual Arts
Aemilia Papaphilippou, Sacred Tales / Covid-19

Tips
All performances are played with Greek and English surtitles. 
Parking for private cars in the parking lot of Old Epidaurus (port). You need to walk about 10 minutes to get to the theater.
For any inconvenience and delay to be avoided, due to the current Covid-19 health measures, you are advised to arrive 90΄ before the start of each performance.
There is limited parking space; however cars transporting wheelchair users are allowed to park very near the theatre. Festival ushers will help with the transportation from the theatre car park to the venue.

Box office info
Τ. +30 210-7234567 (Monday to Sunday 09:00-21:00). Purchase online: aefestival.gr
E-mail: tickets@greekfestival.gr

Not permitted
Entry into the theatre after the start of a performance, except during an interval.
The attendance of children under the age of six.
Smoking, and the consumption of food and drink inside the theater.
The use of mobile phones during performances.
Entry into the theater in high heels.
Photography, with or without flash, and sound or video recording during a performance.
The tipping of staff.

Did you know that?
The Athens and Epidaurus Festival is Greece’s leading cultural Organisation and one of the oldest continuously running festivals in Europe, spanning now 65 years of vivid cultural presence.
Theatre director Katerina Evangelatos was appointed Artistic Director in September 2019.
The Small ancient theater of Epidaurus dedicated to Dionysus - which in fact is not small, since it can accommodate 6,000 spectators - was built in the 4th century BC. and until 1971 it was buried at a depth of 6 meters! 
From Nafplio by car, you can be there within 40 minutes tops (39.14 km).

Source
aefestival.gr