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30 + Must See Highlights at the Athens Festival

[Lead] The 2022 Athens Festival’s programme line-up promises a provocative dialogue between art and social reality, underpinning the intractable role of artistic creativity in political engagement. From jazz diva Diana Krall to rock legend Patti Smith and techno whiz Jeff Mills, contemporary interpretations of Greek tragedies (German director Ulri...

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Plan ahead for the Athens and Epidaurus Festival

Spread across 5 months, the Athens and Epidaurus Festival has always marked the beginning of the summer cultural season. Expect an adrenaline-charged programme with 80 open-air performances, experimental theatre, contemporary dance, classical music, subverted operas and more in 2021's packed repertoire. Athens and Epidaurus Fest...

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Highlights of the Athens and Epidaurus Festival 2020

The Athens & Epidaurus Festival this year might not have the rich repertoire that was originally planned, but it still retains its promise of a culture-soaked summer. Highlights to mark your calendar. J’ai des yeux à la place des oreilles Francis Poulenc WHEN: 07-08/08 at 9:30 pm WHERE: Little Theatre of Ancient Epida...

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Athens Open Air Film Festival

WHAT: Few capitals do summer as Athens does, with over 60 open-air summer cinemas promising drama, romance, high-jinx action, and rip-roaring comedy. Timeless classics, indie gems and blockbusters are screened under the starry Athenian sky at iconic landmarks such as museums, squares, gardens, and archaeological parks. The philosophy of the open-ai...

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4th Athens Tango Week

WHAT: Athens Tango Week, now an annual festival that celebrates the passion and intricate dance steps that have come to define Argentinean culture in Greece, will run for a whole month, with lessons, milongas (organised evenings of tango dancing) and music to spread the universal language of tango to Athenians. WHEN: Until July 29 WHERE: Danz...

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Screen Magic: The 10th Athens Open Air Film Festival airs iconic films in epic settings

Sherri Moshman-Paganos recommends watching iconic films in epic settings as the perfect salve for our confusing times. If you’ve ever wanted to see Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film “Rebecca” against the backdrop of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, you can do that this summer. The 10th Athens Open Air Film Festival has officially started! One o...

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Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2020 highlights

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Sophocles’ Antigone

WHAT: The Athens Festival celebrates its 65th year by streaming Sophocles' Antigone directed by Lefteris Vogiatzis at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus.Watch the 2007 performance on the Athens Festival’s YouTube channel. WHEN: On Saturday, April 25, from 19:00, available online for 24 hours. WHERE: greekfestival.gr

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What you can expect to watch at the Athens Festival this year 

The Athens Festival, so central to the vibrancy of our city, promises to create a joyful, ambitious and celebratory cultural programme to at least get us dreaming of an action-packed summer ahead. Katerina Evangelatos, the new Artistic Director of the Athens Festival hopes that this year’s Festival will be realised towards the end of May,...