Athens Epidaurus Festival 2024

Athens Epidaurus Festival 2024

Artistic Director’s Note

The Athens Epidaurus Festival raises the curtain this year in a world ablaze. With 93 productions in 85 days and the contribution of approximately 2,500 performers and creators from around the globe; with a programme that is multivocal, feisty, consoling, political but also full of true beauty; with stars of international renown from the realms of Theatre and Music, along with new names at the cutting edge of contemporary avant-garde; with Dance productions, concerts, performances, screenings, discussions, educational programmes, publications, parties, free admission events, honorary tributes, new collaborations, a special showcase for art professionals and much more, we invite you to see the world in a new light, and to expand the time within you over the evenings you will be joining us.How do we lead our lives? How do we bear our lives?This year’s performances take on a political perspective, in the sense that they focus around the challenges of coexistence in contemporary societies: the demand for Democracy, Justice, and Inclusion, as well as the urgent need to engage in public life. This thread that runs through this year’s edition from Peiraios 260 to the Odeon of Herodes Atticus and all the way to the ancient theatres of Epidaurus.

Katerina Evangelatos

Artistic Director

Athens Epidaurus Festival