29/07/2026
Sainopouleio Amphitheatre
Irene
A visit to the work of Aristophanes
Nikos Karathanos, Foivos Delivorias, and Angelos Triantafyllou are the main collaborators behind a new performance, a new adaptation, which will be presented at the Sainopouleio Amphitheatre immediately after its premiere in Epidaurus.
Aristophanes' original comedy was written at a critical historical juncture and reflects the intense social fatigue from the Peloponnesian War. Aristophanes contrasts the violence and profit of warmongers with the fertility, love, and collective prosperity that peace brings. Despite the seemingly utopian solution, the comedy is not naive: it recognises the resistance, interests, and inertia that hinder the restoration of peace.
Peace holds a pivotal position in Aristophanes' overall work and remains timeless, because it illuminates a mechanism that is repeated to this day: wars that are prolonged at the expense of the many and for the benefit of the few. The insistence of the common person to claim peace, even against the logic of power, makes the work absolutely relevant in today's world where invasions, violence, threats, insecurity, and cynicism continue to be presented as inevitable.
CAST
Galini Hatzipaschali, Thanasis Alevras, Emily Koliandri, Giannis Kotsifas, Panos Papadopoulos, Zeta Makrypoulia, Vasso Kavalieratou, Foivos Delivorias, Nikos Karathanos, Angelos Triantafyllou, Yilmaz Housmen, Alkis Bakogiannis, Konstantinos Kontogeorgopoulos, Konstantinos Zografos, Giannis Sampsalakis, Vasilis Papadopoulos, Spyros Bosgas, Antonis Christou
On-stage Orchestra
Andreas Polyzogopoulos, Thodoris Rellos, Yoel Soto, Giannis Angelopoulos (Jan Van De Engel)
ADAPTATION-ORIGINAL TEXT-SONGS
FOIVOS DELIVORIAS
DIRECTION-CONCEPT
NIKOS KARATHANOS
COLLABORATION ON DIRECTION
ANGELOS TRIANTAFYLLOU
ASSOCIATE DRAMATURG
ERI KYRGIA
SET DESIGN
EVA MANIDAKI
COSTUMES
ANGELOS MENTIS
MUSIC
FOIVOS DELIVORIAS - ANGELOS TRIANTAFYLLOU
LIGHTING
ELIZA ALEXANDROPOULOU
MOVEMENT
AMALIA BENET
CONSULTANT ON ANCIENT TEXT
GIANNIS ASTERIS
CO-PRODUCTION
ATHENS EPIDAURUS FESTIVAL
Ticket prices: 25 euros and 23 EUR (reduced)
Aristophanes' original comedy was written at a critical historical juncture and reflects the intense social fatigue from the Peloponnesian War. Aristophanes contrasts the violence and profit of warmongers with the fertility, love, and collective prosperity that peace brings. Despite the seemingly utopian solution, the comedy is not naive: it recognises the resistance, interests, and inertia that hinder the restoration of peace.
Peace holds a pivotal position in Aristophanes' overall work and remains timeless, because it illuminates a mechanism that is repeated to this day: wars that are prolonged at the expense of the many and for the benefit of the few. The insistence of the common person to claim peace, even against the logic of power, makes the work absolutely relevant in today's world where invasions, violence, threats, insecurity, and cynicism continue to be presented as inevitable.
CAST
Galini Hatzipaschali, Thanasis Alevras, Emily Koliandri, Giannis Kotsifas, Panos Papadopoulos, Zeta Makrypoulia, Vasso Kavalieratou, Foivos Delivorias, Nikos Karathanos, Angelos Triantafyllou, Yilmaz Housmen, Alkis Bakogiannis, Konstantinos Kontogeorgopoulos, Konstantinos Zografos, Giannis Sampsalakis, Vasilis Papadopoulos, Spyros Bosgas, Antonis Christou
On-stage Orchestra
Andreas Polyzogopoulos, Thodoris Rellos, Yoel Soto, Giannis Angelopoulos (Jan Van De Engel)
ADAPTATION-ORIGINAL TEXT-SONGS
FOIVOS DELIVORIAS
DIRECTION-CONCEPT
NIKOS KARATHANOS
COLLABORATION ON DIRECTION
ANGELOS TRIANTAFYLLOU
ASSOCIATE DRAMATURG
ERI KYRGIA
SET DESIGN
EVA MANIDAKI
COSTUMES
ANGELOS MENTIS
MUSIC
FOIVOS DELIVORIAS - ANGELOS TRIANTAFYLLOU
LIGHTING
ELIZA ALEXANDROPOULOU
MOVEMENT
AMALIA BENET
CONSULTANT ON ANCIENT TEXT
GIANNIS ASTERIS
CO-PRODUCTION
ATHENS EPIDAURUS FESTIVAL
Ticket prices: 25 euros and 23 EUR (reduced)
Event Information
Ημερομηνία
29July2026
Ώρα
9:30 pm
Τοποθεσία
Sainopouleio Amphitheatre
