2^nd International Meeting of University Theatre

The  2^nd International Meeting of University Theatre in Olympia was held from July 27 to August 3, 2002. Events took place at the Drouva Forest theatre in Ancient Olympia, as well as in the municipalities of Andritsaina, Foloi, Skilounta and Kastro-Killini.

The Meeting included film screenings of theatrical interest, performances by university companies from Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Netherlands and Greece, as well as theatre workshops. The second part of an international conference on the topic, “Ancient Drama in Modern Theatre,” also took place, featuring prominent university scholars from the Czech Republic, Poland, France, Cyprus and Greece.

Companies

Royal Theatre of Liege (Belgium) - “Bacchae” by Euripides. Directed by Karin and Pascal Renard- Jadoul

Studentina, of the National Student Club of Bulgaria (Bulgaria) -- “Figaro’s Wedding,” Directed by Milushka Milusheva-Bozhinova.

DRYS, a Theatre Initiative by Students of Athens’ University (Greece) - “In the traces of Dionysus,” directed by Anna Lazou.

Theatre Group, Department of Mass Media and Communication, Athens University (Greece) -“Street Stories,” directed by Pepi Rigopoulou

Theatre Group, Department of Theatre Studies, Athens University (Greece) - “When the Rinoceros Dances to Tango with the Bald Soprano” directed by the acting group

Theatre Workshop, University of Cyprus (Cyprus) - “Lysistrata,” by Aristophanes, translated into the Cypriot dialect by Kostas Montis, directed by Mihalis Pieris.

The Sadness of the Pier theatre group, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) - “The Seven Deadly Sins,” adaptation of the play by B. Brecht, directed by Sjaron Minailo.

Theatre Group, Department of Education and Preschool Training, Athens University (Greece) -“Myrto and the Little Mosquito” (Theatre for children) by Evgenios Trivizas, directed by Maria Fraggi.

Tsiritsantsoules Student Theatre Group” (Greece) - “Cyclopes” by Euripides, directed by Martinos Mouzakis.

Conference

Speakers

Giangos Andreadis (Greece): “Myths in Greek and Indian theatre: a dialogue with Brecht”

Thodoros Grammatas (Greece): “Ancient Greek mythology in modern Greek comedy”

Miroslaw Kocur (Poland): “Greek heritage in the Polish theatre”

Viki Mandeli (Greece): “Ancient Myths from modern Female Viewpoint in Theatre”

Anna Lazou(Greece): “Traces of Dionysus: the ancient Greek dance and drama in modern world”

Françoise Odin (France): “A modern adaptation of Oedipus in Greek by Steven Berkoff and the questions rising from it”

Mihalis Pieris (Cyprus): “The issue of the ‘second Odyssey’ in modern Greek theatre”

Jana Pilatova (Czech Republic): “The integration program - the way towards and to the world through the theatre. The story of a man-bird”

Pepi Rigopoulou (Greece): “ Refugee Myth”

Workshops

“Developing a Physical Vocabulary” with John Freeman.

“Body- Respiration- Utterance” - From the Stanislavsky Studio to ‘Tehnis Askitirion,’ with Vassilis Laggos

“From the text to the performance - Theatre at school” with Maria Fraggi.

Movies

“Iphigenia” by Michael Cacoyannis

Οedipus Rex, Lesson 1, THE AGE OF SOPHOCLES

(The copies of the two movies on Oedipus might be the only ones. They come from the private collection of Mr. Sotiris Gardiakos, a Greek-American, who kindly offered them to the Festival. They feature two lectures given by the prominent Greek scholar, Bernard Knox, with the participation of the Stanford Shakespearean Festival Company of Canada).