Festival 2024

June 21 - 24, 2024
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Friday 21.06

19.00 Epea pteroenta, aerial silk performance
By Ilektra Kartanou
Gria Vathra Entrance
Suitable for non-Greek speakers
A research by Electra Kartanou, teacher of acrobatics, with the participation of second-year students of the Drama School of the State Theater of Northern Greece . The text contains excerpts from the works: “The Ropewalker” by Jean Genet and “Dream Drama” by August Strindberg.
Conception, movement-choreography, text composition: Electra Kartanou
Interpreted by: Filareti Pentoussi, Charalambos Arambatzis, Electra Kartanou
21.30 Concert with Lakis Papadopoulos
Factory Cultural Space
Suitable for non-Greek speakers
Concert with the rock, explosive, eternal teenager, Lakis Papadopoulos (Spotify ) one of the most important songwriters of his generation. Tasos Anastasiadis and Giorgos Tiakas play and sing with him.
Entrance: 10€ (incl. Vergina Radler beer)
Student fare: 6€
Pre-sale: ticketservices.gr
1st kilometer in the road from Kamariotissa to Chora (map )
Special bus itinerary, 20:00 from Therma

Saturday 22.06

17.00 Presentation of the Creative Europe program
Greek Creative Europe office
Old school, Therma
The Creative Europe program is the flagship program of the European Commission to support the cultural and audiovisual sector. Within the framework of the Festival, representatives of the Greek section of “Creative Europe” will present to the public, the guest artists and the cultural institutions of the island the objectives of the program as well as the possibilities and ways of financing their artistic projects.
18.30 «Birth land»
Mina Petrić, Venia Stamatiadi, Eleni Apostolopoulou
Old school, Therma
Suitable for non-Greek speakers
Panel discussion on artistic approaches to pregnancy.
Birth Land is a co-creative art project of Collectif States (France), Pedio Technis (Greece ) and Artfrakcija (Serbia), which aspires to explore the issue of female identity in the arts during pregnancy. What are the social, cultural and health challenges faced by female artists during pregnancy in different countries? How do they perceive their social role after the birth? How many career opportunities are women in the art industry afforded during pregnancy?
21.30 «La Lupa», dramatized lecture
By Georgia Pierroutsakou
Old school, Therma
Suitable for ages 16 and older
The starting point of the story is a real news that shocked Greek public opinion in 2019. An infant is attacked by the family’s own dog, in the presence of his mother, who “with great persistence managed to get her child out of its jaws ». Then fiction takes over and comes to pose the question: how can life continue after such an event?
Text - Direction: Georgia Pierroutsakou
Eftychia: Venia Stamatiadis
Markos: Kostas Vasardanis
Supported by EFFEA - European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists

Sunday 23.04

12.00 Creative writing workshop
Με τη Γεωργία Πιερρουτσάκου
Old school, Therma
On the occasion of the play «La Lupa» the writer and director Georgia Pierroutsakou will deliver a creative writing workshop under the title “When the Theater is inspired by Life”. Participants will be asked to compose a story inspired by a current issue and create a theatrical dialogue scene combining real and fictional elements.
Supported by EFFEA - European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists
19.30 «A monkey who didn’t fit anywhere was arrested», walking show
Municipal and Regional Theatre of Kavala
Entrance to Thermal Baths, Therma
A site-specific performance that draws material from the short story «Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey».
Translation: Hypsipyli Sophia
Directed by: Irini Lambrinopoulou
Actors: Ypsipyli Sofia, Danae-Arsenia Filidou
Text - Adaptation - Dramaturgy: The team
Original Music: Zisis Mezilis
Mask Making: Martha Fokas
Construction of Kami: Elena Stiga
Production: Municipal and Regional Theatre of Kavala

Cultural activities for children 12+ years old

Daily 12.00 Cinema workshop
By Antonis Lagarias
Fidelio Cultural Center
Under the guidance of film critic Antonis Lagarias, each child will discover the basic theories and techniques of cinema (direction, photography, editing). In groups, the children will make their own film creations which will be presented in a special screening at the end of the festival.
Monday 24.06 18.00 Movie screenings
Speaker: Antonis Lagarias
Factory Cultural Space
As a result of the four-day film workshop, the students’ short films will be shown on the big screen.
Daily 8.30 - 15:00 «Treasure hunt»
By Narratologies
Paleopolis Arch. Site
Starting from the Archaeological Museum of Samothrace in Palaiapolis, and using the special Narratologies mobile application, the Festival invites visitors to take part in a game that combines education with fun through technology with the aim of discover the hidden aspects of the ancient site.