Intensify consultations on P.D. 85/2022, as well as the legislative process that will resolve the issues that have arisen since its publication, the National Theater offers the state yesterday’s announcement, signed by members of the board of directors and its artistic director Yannis Moschos. In a statement establishing that “the solutions that have been provided by the state to date are insufficient and do not cure the moral discrediting of higher art education”, the administration of the National Theater proposes, on the one hand, an immediate amendment to the controversial P.D. so that higher art education falls into the category of higher than secondary education (for example, by creating a new level of “art education” equivalent to the technological education that artists claim), and on the other hand, medium-term framework legislation to maximize the expansion of art research beyond through the creation of additional university performing arts departments.

Yesterday’s resignation of teachers from the National Theater School of Drama has been described as a “courageous decision” that reinforces the sector’s reasonable demands, noting that once the school (which remains occupied by its students) is reopened, relations with teachers will be restored. As for the occupations, the administration of the National Theater notes that as long as they remain peaceful, it will not “disturb the unity of the theater community by any action” and will enter into a dialogue with students with the aim of restoring the smooth operation of the institution.

In the meantime, the example of the teachers of the National Drama School was followed last night by their colleagues from the State Theater School of Northern Greece, who also resigned. As they stated in their statement, “we ask all responsible persons to help that the conditions of PD 85, which discredit the degree of artists, but also the provision (ss: which was recently adopted by the government) that separates artists from performing artistic and educational work and offends their collective agreements.