Until now, foreign-language speakers were able to enjoy the acoustics and scenery surrounding the Epidaurus Ancient Theater but they weren’t able to truly grasp the meaning of the performances, usually performed in Greek. All this has changed with English subtitles accompanying performances at the venue for the first time this year. This opens the door to greater enjoyment and understanding when performances kick off on July 5.

The performances are:

* July 5: Euripides’ “Helen” by Dimitris Karantzas
* July 12: Aeschylus’ “Prometheus Bound” by Ektoras Lygizos
* July 18-19: Sophocles’ “Philoctetes” by the Municipal Regional Theater of Patras & Artivities (pictured)
* July 25-26: Euripides’ “Hippolytus” featuring actress/director Lydia Koniordou and the National Theater of Greece
* August 1-2: Aristophanes’ “The Frogs” featuring Yiannis Kakleas and the National Theater of Greece

In further efforts to make the performances more accessible to as many people as possible special scheduled KTEL buses belonging to the long-distance bus network of Greec have been created to make return trips to and from the theater, that is approximately two hours away from Athens.

Specially scheduled buses make return trips to the theatre on performance days. The routes are as follows:

Athens – Ancient Epidaurus – Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus: departure: 17:00, return ticket 19€.
Theatre – Athens: 15 minutes after the end of each performance.
Nafplio – Theatre: Departure: 19:30.
Argos – Theatre: departure: 19:00.
Tolo – Theatre: departure: 19:00.
Ancient Epidaurus – Theatre: departure: 20:00.

From Argolida and Troizina, there will be specially scheduled buses when there are enough passengers. The routes depart from the ancient theatre 15 minutes after the end of the performance. The ticket prices are:
Athens – Theatre: return ticket 19€
Nafplio – Theatre: return ticket 8€
Argos – Theatre: return ticket 8€
Epidaurus – Theatre: return ticket 6€

Furthermore, there will be 45% discounts offered to people who buy their bus tickets directly from the Festival slashing the 19-euro return ticket to just 10 euros!

The address of the theater is at Palea Epidavros, Argolis, Peloponnese. Telephone 27530 22026. Performances begin at 9 p.m. with tickets priced at 35 euros (VIP), 30 euros (Zone A), 20 euros and 15 euros for students (Zone B) and 15 euros and 10 euros for students, 5 euros for the unemployed and handicapped for the upper zone. For more information about the festival’s program visit www.greekfestival.gr

For a short documentary about the Epidaurus Theater  CLICK HERE