Wednesday July 18

MEDEA by Euripides – SPECTRUM THEATER, ROMANIA

Ancient Odeon

Time: 9.00 p.m. (Please arrive at the theatre before 20:45)

Euripides’ Medea, a tragedy that combines moral complexity with overwhelming emotional impact, is presented by Spectrum Theatre, a Hungarian theatre company based in Transylvania, Romania. In this superb tragedy, which deals with the last act of the passionate affair between Jason and Medea, Jason decides to leave his wife in order to marry the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth. Medea takes the cruelest revenge: she kills their two children. With a minimal scenography, the director Viola Török focuses, through speech, on the inner world of the dramatic persons, highlighting their soul. The use of music, inspired by traditional Hungarian folk songs, aims to combine the old with the contemporary, the diachronic values of morality, justice and Medea’s fight for revenge in a deceiving, unfair and cruel world.

Tickets prices:

€10 │ €5 (Students, Senior Citizens, National Guard, Citizens with unemployment benefits)

Free admission to persons with disabilities. Please show proof at ticket gate.

Free admission to the members of CCOITI. Please show the updated International ITI Member Card for 2018 at ticket gate.

Ticket Sale: TIME OUT Kiosk in Paphos

7000 2414 (General Info)

7000 7705 (Ticket Buying Info)

Organizers: Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Cyprus Centre of the International Theatre Institute, Cyprus Tourism Organisation

Wednesday, July 18│ Paphos Ancient Odeon

Euripides’ Medea, a tragedy that combines moral complexity with overwhelming emotional impact, is presented by Spectrum Theatre, a Hungarian theatre company based in Transylvania, Romania. In this superb tragedy, which deals with the last act of the passionate affair between Jason and Medea, Jason decides to leave his wife in order to marry the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth. Medea takes the cruelest revenge: she kills their two children. With a minimal scenography, the director Viola Török focuses, through speech, on the inner world of the dramatic persons, highlighting their soul. The use of music, inspired by traditional Hungarian folk songs, aims to combine the old with the contemporary, the diachronic values of morality, justice and Medea’s fight for revenge in a deceiving, unfair and cruel world.

Performances start at 21:00

T.: 7000 2414 (9:00 – 13:00 and 15:00 – 20:00)

T.: +357 2267 4920 (offices)

Email: info@ccoiti.org.cy

Website: https://www.greekdramafest.com/

Wednesday, July 25

ELECTRA by Sophocles – THE RUSTAVELI THEATRE, GEORGIA

Ancient Odeon

Time: 9.00 p.m. (Please arrive at the theatre before 20:45)

The Rustaveli Theatre, the largest and one of the oldest theatres of Georgia, presents a gripping and suspenseful adaptation of Sophocles’ tragedy Electra, directed by Robert Sturua, Artistic Director of Rustaveli Theatre and renowned stage director, Grigoris Karantinakis and Nikoloz Heine-Shvelidze.

Robert Sturua’s visionary production promises a story that is as old as time and as shocking as today’s headlines. Electra, which represents the last and the most mature creative period of Sophocles, recounts the murder in the palace of Atreides, which reaches its peak with the matricide of Orestes. Focusing on the power of women trapped in a patriarchal system, on the complex family and gender dynamics relevant to today’s world, on the political activism dictating us to raise our voices tirelessly in the name of justice alongside with the sorrow, humor and political intrigues, the Georgian production manages to create a landscape of suspense and tension that propels the play to its inevitable conclusion. The passion and precision of the ancient writing is still in action during the show – a wonderful integrity.

Tickets prices:

€10 │ €5 (Students, Senior Citizens, National Guard, Citizens with unemployment benefits)

Free admission to persons with disabilities. Please show proof at ticket gate.

Free admission to the members of CCOITI. Please show the updated International ITI Member Card for 2018 at ticket gate.

Ticket Sale: TIME OUT Kiosk in Paphos

7000 2414 (General Info)

7000 7705 (Ticket Buying Info)

Organizers: Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Cyprus Centre of the International Theatre Institute, Cyprus Tourism Organisation

Wednesday, July 25│ Paphos Ancient Odeon

The Rustaveli Theatre, the largest and one of the oldest theatres of Georgia, presents a gripping and suspenseful adaptation of Sophocles’ tragedy Electra, directed by Robert Sturua, Artistic Director of Rustaveli Theatre and renowned stage director, Grigoris Karantinakis and Nikoloz Heine-Shvelidze.

Robert Sturua’s visionary production promises a story that is as old as time and as shocking as today’s headlines. Electra, which represents the last and the most mature creative period of Sophocles, recounts the murder in the palace of Atreides, which reaches its peak with the matricide of Orestes. Focusing on the power of women trapped in a patriarchal system, on the complex family and gender dynamics relevant to today’s world, on the political activism dictating us to raise our voices tirelessly in the name of justice alongside with the sorrow, humor and political intrigues, the Georgian production manages to create a landscape of suspense and tension that propels the play to its inevitable conclusion. The passion and precision of the ancient writing is still in action during the show – a wonderful integrity.

Performances start at 21:00

T.: 7000 2414 (9:00 – 13:00 and 15:00 – 20:00)

T.: +357 2267 4920 (offices)

Email: info@ccoiti.org.cy

Website: https://www.greekdramafest.com/

Saturday July 28

ALCESTIS by Euripides – FRESH TARGET THEATRE ENSEMBLE, CYPRUS

Ancient Odeon

Time: 9.00 p.m. (Please arrive at the theatre before 20:45)

Fresh Target Theatre Ensemble participates at the Festival for the first time and presents one of Euripides’ most intriguing and enigmatic tragedies, Alcestis.

With Apollo’s assistance, Admetus, King of Pherae, has secured an unusual privilege: when his time comes to die, he will be spared, provided he can find someone to take his place in the Underworld. But who loves Admetus enough to give up their life for him? In the end, no one volunteers to die on his behalf except for his young wife, Alcestis, who bids farewell to life and embarks on a journey to the Underworld. Everyone in the palace mourns the loss of their devoted queen, who only one hero can bring back to life, by taking on Death and besting him.

Euripides’ oldest surviving play is characterized as a tragicomedy that rejects physical determinism and challenges deaths dominion, leaving many unanswered questions.

Tickets prices:

€10 │ €5 (Students, Senior Citizens, National Guard, Citizens with unemployment benefits)

Free admission to persons with disabilities. Please show proof at ticket gate.

Free admission to the members of CCOITI. Please show the updated International ITI Member Card for 2018 at ticket gate.

Ticket Sale: TIME OUT Kiosk in Paphos

7000 2414 (General Info)

7000 7705 (Ticket Buying Info)

Organizers: Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Cyprus Centre of the International Theatre Institute, Cyprus Tourism Organisation

31 August, 1 and 2 September

The 20th Pafos Aphrodite Festival opens its curtain with Gioachino Rossini’s masterpiece Il barbiere di Siviglia (The barber of Seville) on 31 August, 1 and 2 September at the Square of the Medieval Castle in Pafos in a production by the Italian organisation C.I.A.L.M. – Teatro Lirico Italiano in collaboration with the Ventidio Basso Ascoli Piceno Theatre and the participation of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra.

Telephone number: 26 822218

Email: info@pafc.com.cy

Website: http://www.pafc.com.cy

Sunday, 23^rd September 2018

11.00 am – Until late

During the festival the following events will take place:

• Exhibition of traditional tools, equipment and professions
• Traditional plowing with oxen
• Planting of vines
• Threshing with doukani (traditional threshing machine)
• Presentation of local wineries and industries

Exhibition and demonstration of the preparation of local traditional products such as:

• Zivania distillation
• Preparation of ppalouze and shoushouko
• Preparation of trachana, halloumi cheese and anari
• Preparation of village bread
• Tsamarella (dried meat)
• Resi (Traditional wedding delicacy)
• Fruit preserves
• Traditional cookies steeped in grave syrup
• Traditional pancakes

*Visitors will have the opportunity to taste the products of out village, which will also be available for sale.

Telephone number: 26722758

Email: info@statos-agiosphotios.org

Website: http://www.statos-agiosphotios.org/en/contact-us/

Ierokipia Festival 2018

7^th – 23^rd of September 2018

Musical , Theatrical and Dance performances related to the culture history and civilisation of Geroskipou . Rich outdoor events throughout  the month of Sept

Telephone number: 26 960857/26960867

Website: www.geroskipou-municipality.com