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Modern theatre
Directed by Konstantina Nikolaidi. Cast: Petros Apostolopoulos, Rafael Aristotelous, Manos Zacharakos, Nikolas Kalidonis and more.
In 1957, New York City: a 16-year-old immigrant boy stands accused of patricide. His life depended on the unanimous decision of 12 jurors, who were tasked with deciding his guilt or innocence. If found guilty, he would face the death penalty.
Trapped in a small room, the jurors clash and find common ground, revealing their social prejudices through their psychological profiles.
Credits: ...
Music performance
New music theatre production by Yannis Aggelakis, with sound at the center of the stage action, from the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera.
"Antichrist" by Giannis Angelakis is a new music-theatre production in which sound is placed at the centre of the dramaturgy as the force that generates the stage action.
Musicians and singers appear on stage, organically integrated into the choreography, the lighting and the electronic sound environment.
The performance unfolds as a sequence of symbolic tableaux exploring historical figu ...
Modern theatre
Award-winning New Zealand company The Barden Party in a folk musical about the man behind the myth of Heracles.
Theatre of the No welcomes to Athens for the first time the award-winning New Zealand company The Barden Party, with the new original music-theatre production Heracles: Of Men and Beasts. This folk musical leaves aside the familiar labours of Heracles and turns instead to the man behind the myth, his struggle with his own darker side and his difficult relationship with Hera.
Four characters me ...
Music performance
Multimedia music theatre inspired by Dante’s Inferno, where a machine gains consciousness and is driven to revolt.
"Kathodos" by Konstantinos Baras and Fanis Sakellariou is a multimedia music-theatre work for lyric singer, trombone, double bass and electronics.
Drawing inspiration from Dante’s "Inferno", the work explores the notions of power, resistance and freedom. At its core lies a moral paradox: a machine, built to obey, gains consciousness, led not towards freedom but towards judgement and its final ...
Modern theatre
Robert Icke presents his adaptation of Oedipus. Featuring a Greek cast, the production highlights political and family themes.
The story of Oedipus is reimagined through the lens of public image, responsibility, power and human limits. Expect intensity, dark humour and scenes that teeter between political thriller and family tragedy.
Robert Icke, known to Greek audiences for his work on The Doctor and his adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984, returns with an Oedipus that is sure to spark discussion.
Credits:
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Modern theatre
Ionesco's absurdist tragic farce, performed in English with Greek surtitles, directed by Yoel Wulfhart
THEATRE OF THE NO, the first English-language theatre in Athens, presents “The Chairs” by Eugène Ionesco, one of the landmark works of the Theatre of the Absurd, directed by American director and playwright Yoel Wulfhart. 
Written in 1952, the play follows an elderly couple preparing for the arrival of invisible guests, while an Orator is called upon to deliver the “great message” of life. As ...
Modern theatre
Multithemed festival with theater, dance, music, and other activities by Greek and foreign artists.
The multidisciplinary art collective Fabrica Athens is organising the 14th Handmade & Recycled Theatre Festival — Traces Edition, which is returning to Kerameikos for its fourteenth year.
The festival will feature theatre, dance, music, a bazaar, exhibitions, workshops, lectures, educational programmes, theatre awards, walking performances, site-specific events and DIY activities.
There wi ...
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Three-day festival of Balkan cinema, theatre, music and dance at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation
For the fourth consecutive year, the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation is organizing the Intercultural Festival "Coexistence" ("Synyparxi"), on September 18, 19, and 20, 2026. Titled "Balkan Land", this year's edition focuses on highlighting the shared history and experiences of the people of the Balkans, aiming to turn the neighborhood of Tavros into the hub of an international gathering that promote ...
Comedy
The Athens English Comedy Club, Greece's first exclusively English-speaking comedy venue, hosts both local and international comedians.
The Athens English Comedy Club, Greece's first exclusively English-speaking comedy venue, hosts both local and international comedians.
Doors open 20:40.
Upcoming Performances
• Sunday, April 26, 21:00 – Stand-Up Comedy in ITALIANO! (Tickets available from €15)
• Sunday 7 June, 21:00 – Wyatt Feegrado LIVE. (Tickets available from €12)
• Sunday 15 November, 21:00 – Žana Fejzić - ...
Comedy
Dylan Moran returns with a new comedy show that comments on modern life and our daily habits.
BAFTA and Perrier Award-winning comedian Dylan Moran, known for the series “Black Books,” presents a new show at the Athens Conservatory, which humorously explores everyday habits and existential anxieties, offering a unique perspective on modern life.
Written and performed by Dylan Moran.
This show is performed in English language.
Suitable for people 16 years of age and older. ...
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A diverse theater and music program at the Ilioupoli Festival 2026.
The Ilioupoli Festival 2026 presents a diverse program combining performances of ancient Greek and European drama, Greek revue with a contemporary approach, tributes, and concerts featuring various genres of Greek music, including folk, rebetiko, artistic, and hip hop. Two concerts are offered with free admission to the public.
On August 31st, the opening event "Lucky Star" with Thodoris Vout ...
Ancient theatre
Theatre performances and concerts with Giannis Kotsiras, Pyx Lax, Nefeli Fasouli and Panos Vlachos.
The "Ionikes Giortes" cultural festival of the Municipality of Nea Smyrni has been running for many decades and is one of the country's most significant open-air festivals.
The programme combines theatre performances and music concerts at affordable ticket prices, with an emphasis on quality without disregarding broad appeal.
This year's succession of the Mikis Theodorakis Festival and Io ...
Music performance
The iconic dance-theatre performance by Pina Bausch with 22 Greek performers, in collaboration with the Pina Bausch Foundation.
Thirty-seven years after its first presentation in Greece, at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in September 1988 by Tanztheater Wuppertal, Kontakthof is presented at the National Theatre with 22 performers from Greece, aged 21 to 55, specially selected for this production.
It is a staged revival of one of Pina Bausch's most iconic works, in collaboration with the Pina Bausch Foundation, a perform ...
Comedy
American comedian Matteo Lane in Athens for the first time.
Matteo Lane comes to Greece for the first time as part of his "We Gotta Catch Up" tour, combining stand-up comedy with musical talent and artistic versatility.
Hailing from Chicago, his first international tour "The Al Dente Tour" reached over 100 cities, while his "Can't Stop Talking Tour" culminated at Radio City Music Hall and in a stand-up special on Hulu. He has been named by Variety as ...
Other theatrical plays
Pussy Riot bring the acclaimed Riot Days, blending concert, performance art and political manifesto
Pussy Riot, the legendary feminist and political art collective, come to Athens with the acclaimed Riot Days, a piece somewhere between concert, theatre, performance art and political manifesto, at gazarte ground stage.
Based on the book by Maria 'Masha' Alyokhina, Riot Days tells the band's story through live music, spoken word, video and intense theatricality. Since its 2017 premiere it has ...
Other theatrical plays
Festival dedicated to queer art featuring exhibitions, film screenings, discussions, and performances.
Queer Con 3 returns to the Hellenic American Union with free admission, co-organized by Comicdom Press and the Hellenic American Union.
The program includes music, exhibitions, film and animation screenings, discussions, workshops, stand-up comedy, drag cabaret, and book presentations.
Exhibitions: The main audiovisual exhibition "From The Closet, to the Stars" is curated by Ilias Katirtzi ...
Modern theatre
The myth of Antigone told through puppets, figures and a suitcase that becomes a theatre
The performance is based on the myth of Antigone, the foundational figure of ancient Greek tragedy who defies Creon's ban on burying her brother Polynices and pays for it with her life.
On a deliberately bare stage, the narrative unfolds through a suitcase, a symbol of displacement and memory, that turns into a miniature theatre. There the pieces of Antigone's life are replayed through everyda ...
Other theatrical plays
The 69th Philippi Festival meets the Alternative Stage in a three-day event of ancient drama, contemporary theatre, opera and a visual installation.
The 69th Philippi Festival travels from ancient Kavala to Athens and meets the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera, in a three-day collaboration that brings five festival productions to the SNFCC. Co-produced with the Municipal Theatre of Kavala (DIPETHE), the programme combines ancient drama, contemporary theatre, opera and a visual installation, in a dialogue between historical memory ...

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