A world premiere, three public performances, two co-productions with the Athens Festival and two private performances make up this year’s Epidaurus program, which was announced online the day before yesterday due to the Tempi tragedy.

Artistic Director of the Volksbuhne Theater in Berlin Frank Castorf will stage Stefania Guliotis, Eneas Tsamatis and others. at the international premiere of Medea (July 21-22), and the artistic director of the festival Katerina Evgelatos, together with the National Theater, will present Hippolytus (July 7-8), in the distribution of which we find Maria Skulas, Giannis Tzortekis and Orestis Chalkias.

The comedy that will be staged in Epidaurus this year by the National Theater (which is rescheduling its Athens program from 1 April due to the occupation) is Aristophanes’ Wasps (14-15 July) directed by Lena Kitsopoulou with Todori Skiftuli. , Emily Coliandri and others.

KTHBE presents The Troads by Euripides (August 18-19) staged by Christos Sugaris and with performances by Roulas Paterakis, Antonis Kafetsopoulos and others, and in joint productions we will see Aristophanes’ Frogs (July 28-29). directed by Efis Birba, as well as Oedipus in Colon (August 4-5) directed by Giorgos Skevas and starring Dimitris Kataleifos.

Io Voulgaraki directs Euripides’ Ekavi (August 11-12) and Simos Kakalas directs Yannis Stankoglu in Oedipus the Tyrant (August 25-26). The full program of the festival will be presented on April 3rd.