Women Reclaiming the Arts

"Women Reclaiming the Arts" is an annual Festival that takes place every Fall, with a view to offering the stage to women artists and helping them find their voice.

It made its debut in 2024 offering women artists a stage of freedom of expression and a channel of communication with audiences.

The festival emerged from our aspiration and our need to reach out to other women be they artists, aspiring artists or arts industry people.

Our 2027 edition attempts to explore women's approaches, perspectives and narratives as they are expressed in the genres of theatre, spoken word and performance. An artistic residency will bring all participants together and raise questions that are at the core of women's challenges in the arts. A channel of artistic and cultural dialogue between the hosted artists and the community will be a primary objective. 

Our 27-29/11/2026 edition lays emphasis on our opening the festival up to European artists, attempting collaborations that will result in invaluable networking, cultural exchanges and freedom of artistic expression. In this frame, vocalist and spoken word artist Selini K. will perform and also lead a voice improvisation workshop which will be open to both festival participants and the local community. Moreover, vocal ensemble Dilgerudi with the accompaniment of bayan instrumentalist Maria Dafka will appear at a live concert (with live broadcast) funded by Anna Lindh Foundation to celebrate the day of the Mediterranean. Desislava Pancheva from Sofia, Bulgaria will give a performative lecture and finally, local researcher Lemonia Psaridou will present her case study on traumatic memory. 

As always, our commitment to the environment will be respected as the festival's carbon footprint will be kept to minimum levels by making use of existing reusable resources and keeping our activities small scale.