Some are preparing to make small or big changes to their programs. cultural organizationsfollowing the announcement by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis that national elections will take place on May 21st.

It is characteristic that National Opera will reschedule all four performances of the Carmen ballet to the next creative season, as the original work schedule for May 18-21 risks being only half completed, given the permission given to those who voted against their place of work.

The National Theatre, whose program would have ended May 7-14 had it not been interrupted by the occupations at Chiller and Rex, is expected to present new productions around May 21, the exact dates of which will be announced shortly. “Obviously, cinemas will not work on Sunday after the elections. However, this will not significantly affect our performances.” says “K” artistic director of the National Theatre, John Moschos.

The second round of elections may push back the premiere of “Trojans”, scheduled for July 5 at the Forest Theatre.

The possibility of a repeat pre-election competition, likely to take place on July 2, does not affect the summer program of the National Theatre, which will present Hippolytus at the Athens-Epidavros Festival on the 7th and 8th of the month. Since the first – and rather “election” – weekend of July will find Epidaurus without a performance, the dress rehearsals of “Hippolytus” and the installation of its scenery in the Argolic Theater may be affected, which may be shifted by one day. However, the first vote will not affect the program of the Athens Festival, as the events will start later. During the same period (24/5) the Pritzker Prize will be presented in the Ancient Agora.

The calculations of the State Theater of Northern Greece that the elections will take place in May turned out to be correct, so the first rounds will not greatly affect the programming: most of the performances of KTNBE will be completed gradually from May 14 to 20. The second round of elections may push back the premiere of “Trojans”, scheduled for July 5 at the Forest Theatre. “It is possible that the re-election will affect the dress rehearsals of the play, so the premiere may be postponed to July 6,” notes the artistic director of the Greek Theater of Contemporary Art, Asterios Peltekis.

Elsewhere, the State Orchestra of Athens may revise its program for May 19th, Yiannis Houvardas’ performance “Don’t Look Back” at the Old Olive Mill in Elefsina will take a break on May 21st, and the institution “All Greece is One”. culture”, which is run by the National Opera and the Ministry of Culture (and which is reportedly in the process of evaluating proposals), will adjust its program based on the re-elections – it usually starts on 1 July.

The Ministry of Culture, in addition to the regulatory framework to combat uninsured rehearsals and support artistic creativity and cultural workers (which is expected to be voted on tomorrow), has two important legislative unresolved ahead of the elections: the creation of a new book corpus and the merger of EKOME, EKK and OPI. According to the information, these two issues will be included in the bill, which, however, has not been determined when it will be adopted by the current parliament and whether it will be adopted.