The International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama is a theatre festival that takes place every summer in Cyprus. It is organised by the Cyprus Centre of International Theatre Institute, the Deputy Ministry of Culture and the Deputy Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Cyprus. It began in 1997 and it's an annual event which attracts professional theatre companies from various parts of the world. It has hosted companies from Greece, Britain, United States, Germany, Russia, Romania, Sweden, Croatia, Bulgaria, Italy, Austria, Korea, Slovenia, China, Cyprus, and many more. This wide international participation in the Festival helps to bring out the universality of ancient Greek drama and underline its living presence in today's world. The Festival is held in July and early August when Cyprus attracts visitors from all over the world. Thus with its performances, it brings ancient Greek drama into contact with a multicultural audience.Cyprus Centre of International Theatre Institute site The performances take place at various venues around Cyprus including the ancient amphitheatre at Kourion, the Paphos Ancient Odeon and the Makarios III Amphitheatre in Nicosia.
16th International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama 2012 participantsCyprus Centre of International Theatre Institute site play author company base country Electra and Orestes, the Trial based on Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides Cyprus Theatre Organisation Nicosia Cyprus Agamemnon's Children based on Sophocles and Euripides Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden Germany Assemblywomen Aristophanes Neos Kosmos Theatre Athens Greece The Bacchae Euripides Mitos Theatre Group Limassol Cyprus Electra Sophocles Morphes Ekfrasis Theatre Athens Greece The Frogs Aristophanes Magdalena Zira Theatre Nicosia Cyprus The Eumenides Aeschylus Ruth Kanner Theatre Group Tel Aviv Israel Antigone based on Tommaso Traetta and Sophocles Skull of Yorick Productions London United Kingdom
15th International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama 2011 participantsCyprus Centre of International Theatre Institute site play author company base country Cyclops Euripides Amphiktio Theatre Nicosia Cyprus The Trackers Sophocles Anagnosis Cultural Society Athens Greece Oedipus the King Sophocles Zhejiang Beijing Opera Beijing China Prometheus Bound Aeschylus Compagnie José Besprosvany Brussels Belgium Medea Euripides Buzz Productions Theater Nicosia Cyprus Prometheus Bound Aeschylus Attis Theatre Athens Greece Antigone Sophocles Theatre Lab Company London United Kingdom Dionysia excerpts from various plays Northern Greece State Theatre Thessaloniki Greece
14th International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama 2010 participants play author company base country Alcestis Euripides Free Space Theatre for Youth Oryol Russia Oresteia Aeschylus Municipal and Regional Theatre Patras Greece Lysistrata Aristophanes Cyprus Theatre Organisation Nicosia Cyprus Wealth - Triumph of Poverty Aristophanes Theatro Technis Karolos Koun Athens Greece Agamemnon Aeschylus SNG Drama Ljubljana Slovenia Thesmophoriazusae Aristophanes People's Art Theatre Wuhan China Lysistrata Aristophanes National Theatre of Greece Athens Greece
13th International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama 2009 participants play author company base country Antigone after Sophocles State Ballet Mecklenburg Germany La Passione delle Troiane after Euripides Cantieri Teatrali Koreja Lecce Italy The Libation Bearers Aeschylus Thessalian Theatre Mecklenburg Greece Medea Euripides Teatrul National 'Marin Sorescu' Craiova Romania Thebaid after Sophocles and Euripides Anerada Theatre Nicosia Cyprus The Clouds Aristophanes Cyprus Theatre Organisation Nicosia Cyprus Electra Euripides Dance Theatre Roes Athens Greece Alcestis Euripides National Theatre of Greece Athens Greece Iphigenia in Aulis Euripides Herzliya Ensamble Herzliya Israel
12th International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama 2008 participants play author company base country Electra Euripides Radu Stanca National Theatre Sibiu Romania Plutus Aristophanes Cyprus Theatre Organisation Nicosia Cyprus The Birds Aristophanes Theatro Technis Karolos Koun Athens Greece Medea Euripides Teatro Instabile Aosta Italy The Persians Aeschylus Astràgali Teatro Lecce Italy Medea Euripides Semeio Theatre Athens Greece Ajax Sophocles Attis Theatre Athens Greece Antigone Sophocles Habima Theatre Tel Aviv Israel
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