Maria Farandouri & Manolis Mitsias
The Aeschylus Festival and the 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture invite you to the opening of the 2023 Aeschylus Festival on August 27 at the Archaeological site of Eleusis.
“Sleep Persephone in the arms of the earth…”, “in Eleusis once”, for a unique concert, Maria Farandouri and Manolis Mitsias join their voices and remind us of some of the masterpieces of artistic and popular Greek song by the great composers and great poets: Theodorakis, Hatzidakis, Mikroutsikos, Seferis, Elytis, Ritsos, Gatsos, Anagnostakis and others. Two great artists, stable and consistent in quality singing, appear in one of the most important archaeological sites and perform well-known and beloved songs accompanied by excellent musicians.
Opening act: LIVE MUSIC ACTS – MUSIC CONCERT WITH VIOLIN AND PIANO Mystery 154
A recital with violin and piano by the young Eleusinian artist Emilios Bartzis and the award-winning piano soloist Margarita Kolasis in works of the classical repertoire..
The event is co-organized with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Western Attica.
Date: 27 of August
Free entrance.
Location: Archaeological site of Eleusina
Start time 21:00
Mystery 115 Big And Small Ships
A performance on the borderline between theatre and music, directed by Argyro Chioti, written by Efthimis Filippou, and with music by The Boy (Alexandros Voulgaris) – a monologue interrupting songs that interrupt it back. On stage together for the duration of the performance are the musician and composer The Boy, the narrator, and a mixed choir of local singers.
Date: 30 & 31 of August
Tickets Prices: Regular €12, Reduced €5
Location: Vlycha – Ship Cemetery
Start time : 21:00
Mystery 94 Invariants Les Percussions de Strasbourg
The internationally sought-after ambassadors of contemporary music known as Les Percussions de Strasbourg present a programme specially prepared for the European Capital of Culture and the Aeschylia Festival, with works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Iannis Xenakis, Michaël Levinas and Tōru Takemitsu.
The group Les Percussions de Strasbourg was founded in 1962 and has won more than 30 international awards. Among the 400 works that were composed specifically for this ensemble were Persephassa and Pléïades, dedicated to Les Percussions de Strasbourg by Iannis Xenakis himself.
Date: 2 of September
Location: Old Olive Mill of Eleusina
Ticket Prices: Regular €12, Reduced €5 €5
Start time: 21:00
Mystery 202 Eleusinian Exhibits
a multimedia audiovisual performance by Michalis Mytakidis (B.D. Foxmoor from Active Member) and the “Analipsis” group with music made exclusively from the sounds of the city, dramatised film footage and a lyrical narrative about the past of Eleusina and its connection with the present. A unique artistic creation that includes field recordings from industrial areas, the heart of the city, its neighbourhoods and the sea, aspiring to highlight the sanctity and history of Elefsina and capture the interest of its youth.
In parallel, the Active Member, neighbours with many ties to Elefsina, will present landmark tracks of their 30-year plus career, reworked with melodies, frequencies and lyrics that have accompanied and still accompany thousands of young people of all ages. The material from the video and sound recordings will remain in Eleusina as an unprecedented legacy-creation.
Dates: September 4
Location: Old Olive Mill of Elefsina
Start time: 21:00
Ticket prices: Regular €12, Reduced (Disabled, Students, Unemployed) €5
Stavros Xarchakos concert, performed by Iro Saia & Yiannis Kotsiras
Stavros Xarchakos presents a program with his most beautiful songs, colored with the subtle and precise interpretation of the singers Yiannis Kotsiras and Iro Saia. Stavros Xarchakos, having these two great singers by his side and himself conducting a multi-member orchestra of leading soloists on stage, gives us a rare journey of sounds and emotions in his musical works. In this unique concert, songs such as “Once upon a time”, “To Dichty”, “How to be silent”, “In Salamina”, “poverty”, “A dream tied “, “Stained eyes”, “Patience”, “Aponi Zoi”, “I’m burning”, etc. will be heard. Conductor: Stavros Xarchakos
Performed by: Yiannis Kotsiras & Iro Saia
Date: September 6
Venue: Old Olive Oil Mill of Eleusina
Start Time: 21.00
General admission €12, Reduced €5
Tickets: www.aisxylia.gr
Reduced tickets, it is necessary to be presented the corresponding documents. They concern the following categories: Students – Pupils – people with disabilities – Unemployed – Over 65 – Many children family members
Tale without a name, by Penelope Delta
From the novel of the same name by Penelope Delta. An art music, timeless tale, where the homeland and its sufferings are conveyed in an understandable and magical way. In the kingdom of the Fate-worshippers, Astochastos, the son of king Synetes, succeeds his father on the throne. The new king is only interested in fun and good times. And then naturally, the kingdom collapses. The vault is empty! The country is constantly borrowing and the place is being deserted. Unable to bear this situation, the king’s son decides to act. By the help of his little sister and after many adventures, he will manage to inspire faith and trust in his people so that all together will help to restore the country. The prince, as the protagonist of our story, could be the Greek young adult who finds the strength and the way to make his homeland reborn. A particularly interesting plot, which will surely entertain children, but at the same time will teach them in an indirect way, one that talks about the values of work, justice, effort, bravery, collectivity as opposed to laziness, injustice, resignation, cowardice and individualism.
The show is sponsored by the Decentralized Administration of Attica
Date: September 7
Free entry (with reservation)
Venue: Old Olive Oil Mill of Eleusina
Start time: 21.00
Invitation information: West Attica Regional Unit – Municipality / tel: 213204 700
The Festival Presents: The Bug & Frank the Zapper
Sfalma and Frank the Zapper with a full band, bring hiphop to the Aeschylia Festival. In the industrial area of the Old Oil Mill on the beach of Elefsina, they will present, in versions that will be heard for the first time, a program of recent and old favorite tracks from their own hiphop, which is unlike anything else on the Greek scene. The former industrial complex that will host the concert, with the harbor of Elefsina in the background, combines organically with the music that speaks of thinking, bio-wrestling, solidarity, perseverance and militancy, framed by a way of life that invites you to take a stand. So we invite you to a special concert for those who are tired of the beaten path, both in art and in everyday life.
Date: September 8
Venue: Old Olive Oil Mill of Eleusina
Start Time: 21.00
General admission €5
Tickets: www.aisxylia.gr
Reduced tickets, it is necessary to be presented the corresponding documents. They concern the following categories: Students – Pupils – people with disabilities – Unemployed – Over 65 – Many children family members
Euripides’ Hippolytus
Katerina Evagelatos, distinguished director and Artistic Director of the Festival, returns to Epidaurus with the National Theater after Alkisti (2017), which created a special sensation. Aphrodite sets up a game of revenge and watches with a voyeuristic eye as the human species becomes the gateway to her desires. Her eye becomes our eye and the faces are getting stripped. Naked bodies convey the explosion, the desire, the lust but also the purity of the human race. A direction that dives into the wild universe of Euripides’ play, seeing it as a modern nightmare in a poetic setting, where characters struggle with their weaknesses and love is so insane that it can only be fatal. Twenty four actors and four musicians will be constantly on stage.
Date: September 10th
Venue: Old Olive Oil Mill of Eleusina
Start Time: 21.00
General admission 12€, Reduced 5€
Tickets: www.aisxylia.gr
Reduced tickets, it is necessary to be presented the corresponding documents. They concern the following categories: Students – Pupils – people with disabilities – Unemployed – Over 65 – Many children family members.
Oedipus the King by Sophocles
One of the leading ancient tragedies, “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles is presented as part of theΒAeschylia Festival on Wednesday 13 September, directed by Simos Kakalas starring Yiannis Stankoglou and Marilita Lampropoulou in the role of Jocasta.
The production is by Theatrical Events Iasmos.
Oedipus is faced with his destiny, who has been trying to escape from his destiny since he was born. The oracle received by his father, King of Thebes, Laius, is confirmed in the worst way. Oedipus unknowingly becomes a parricide, marries his own mother Jocasta and ascends himself the throne of Thebes. The tragic truth is soon revealed, confirming that man cannot escape from his fate. “Oedipus the King” is considered one of the most beloved and widely performed works of ancient Greek literature, in our country but also worldwide, traveling the Greek spirit and its timeless messages to all of humanity.
The show is sponsored by the Decentralized Administration of Attica
Date: September 13
Free entry (with reservation)
Venue: Old Olive Oil Mill of Eleusina
Start time: 21.00
Invitation information: West Attica Regional Unit – Municipality / tel: 213204 700
Mystery 113 A Celebration To Change The World
An eclectic band of artists, dancers, singers, actors, and musicians are already setting the stage for something strange on the city outskirts. Drawing inspiration from the Dada movement and the surrealist revolution, the oper(o) music theatre troupe make use of collective methods and tools with direction and purpose. They utilise techniques such as collage – the re-composition of pre-existing musical, literary, and theatrical texts, images, and actions – for the creation of a new and unified work that dreams of changing the world.
The production’s core structural concepts include immediacy, spontaneity, artistic freedom, contestation and, ultimately, breaking with any ideas and conditions that are limiting.
It is an explosion of a performance. An explosion that is personal and emotional and desperate. An explosion that is collective and funny, scathing and frightening. An explosion for change, for necessity, for the defence of poetry, love and art. An explosion packed with freedom, bursting with oxygen.
Date: September 15
Location: Public space (Nikolaidou Pedestrian Street)
Free Entrance
Vasilis Papakonstantinou
This year marks 50 years of Vassilis Papakonstantinou in the Greek discography! And he celebrates with us, with a big concert – celebration at the Aeschylia Festival 2023. A concert that will summarize the most important moments of a musical journey that has managed to mark the lives of all of us. An emotional, but also full of momentum, concert that will take us to historic concerts, timeless favorite songs, stories and bands that made history. A journey through time guided by the lyrical, dynamic, deeply emotional voice of Vassilis accompanied by the greatest composers, poets and lyricists born by this place: Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Loizos, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Tasos Livaditis, Costas Karyotakis, Nikos Kavadias, Nikolas Asimos, Stamatis Mesimeris, Costas Tripolitis, Yannis Negrepontis, Alkis Alkaios, Odysseas Ioannou, George Kleftogiorgos, Apostolos Boulasikis, Lina Dimopoulou and others.
Date: September 17
Venue: Old Olive Oil Mill of Elefsina
Start Time: 21.00
General admission €12
Reduced €5
Tickets: www.aisxylia.gr
Reduced tickets, it is necessary to be presented the corresponding documents. They concern the following categories: Students – Pupils – people with disabilities – Unemployed – Over 65 – Many children family members
