In defusing the situation and other, milder methods of fighting the occupation in Rex Theater based currently open otherwise National Theater. Yesterday afternoon, a meeting of the board of directors of the theater took place, at which this issue was on the agenda. According to “K”the leadership of the organization still believes that a solution can come through ongoing consultation with the Occupation Rex governing body, while mediation by student art community for the spirit of flexibility to prevail. Other measures (such as out-of-court notification) to return the building to a normal state are not yet taken, in any case, as stated in “K” artistic director of the National Theater John Moschosin the measures under consideration “there is absolutely no thought of calling the police”.

Earlier Monday morning, a public invitation from the National Theater (March 23) to those who remain in Rex to end the occupation and hand over the building to those in charge went unanswered. The invitation emphasized that the administration of the National Theater respects the requests of the artists to complete their art education, but the people who remained in the Rex “have no relationship with the National Theater” and the occupation itself. no longer has “any moral legitimacy or practical effectiveness”.

The message also emphasized that if the building is not handed over yesterday morning, the theater management will stop its administrative support, which was taken yesterday by the decision of the board of directors. from the point of view of the security personnel working at Rex, and the building is now guarded by a pre-existing private security company.

Another financial burden comes from renewing contracts for those involved in delayed productions.

However, the costs incurred by the National Treasury professions in Chiller and Rex buildings (the first one was delivered to the agency since last Thursday) is growing day by day. “Calculating up to last week the revenue that could have come from tickets and the additional revenue from shows and box office, financial damage is more than 400,000 eurosand as long as Rex remains closed, the amount increases,” says Artistic Director Yannis Moschos. As he explains, another unavoidable financial burden comes from the renewal of the contracts of the actors involved in the postponed national productions, as well as the rent paid by the organization in the previous period in other places to perform their functions there. such as educational seminars.

public insecurity

It is also indicative that if the pre-sale of the play “The House is Bright as Day”, which will be staged from March 31 on the stage of “Nikos Kurkulos”, is encouraging, then Ibsen’s “Vampires”, which began performing on Friday on the Central stage of the Chiller building, they was, according to Yiannis Moschos, a “modest” monetary start. “Even though Chiller has opened, the public still has some uncertainty about what’s going on and needs time to understand that the theater is operating normally,” says the artistic director. Of the other productions, the show “Farewell Lindita” of the experimental stage will premiere tomorrow at Piraeus 260 B.

Finally, classes began yesterday at the National Theatre’s Drama School, which was also busy from the end of December until a week ago. In order to cover the material as effectively as possible, classes will continue throughout the summer, possibly even until early October. Drama school teachers who resigned on February 8 in support of students protesting Presidential Decree 85/2022 have accepted the National’s already worded offer to return to duty when possible, noting in a statement yesterday that the overall landscape has changed radically since the Tempe accident. as well as the fact that they will continue their claims in a new form.