“Iphigenia in Aulis” by Euripides - Accessible performance at the 2026 Kolonos Festival
Wednesday September 30th at 21:00
Kolonos Open Theatre, Konolos Festival 2026
ATLAS E.P.'s team is honoured to meet once again the legendary director Savvas Stroumpos and the team of “Ground Zero”.
Our first encounter with the team and the director, which occurred back in 2019 with the play “Antigone” together with the Disabled Artists Movement, was one of those encounters that filled us with hope for the possibility of the implementation of the universal accessibility model that we have brought, developed and applied together in Greece since 2014. It is with pleasure that today we meet a team that has been trained in ancient tragedy in a unique way. Physically, energetically and ritually. The world renowned “Theodoros Terzopoulos Technique” which highlights liberation, remembrance and physical resilience, and is taught in Greece as well as on an international level, through permanent organisations, academies and intensive workshops, has also been taught and implemented by Savvas Stroumpos since 2003. Watching a performance of such an approach would truly be a gift.
So, it is with joy and honour that we render the performance “Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides” accessible on the 30th of September, providing Greek Sign Language Interpreting, Surtitling for equal access purposes and Audio Description. A tactile tour will take place an hour before the performance.
We are expecting you to the last accessible performance of this year’s Athens’ City Kolonos Festival, with universal accessibility services by ATLAS E.P.
Following is a video narrating Iphigenia’s story in Greek Sign Language:
Narration Text in GSL:
A few days before the performance of “Iphigenia in Aulis” at the Kolonos Festival, we would like to say a few things about the story.
Have you ever read about the Trojan War? It is one of the most famous wars of Ancient Greek mythology. The war took place between Troy and Sparta. Troy was an ancient city in Asia Minor, in today’s northwest Turkey. The war started when Paris, son of the king of Troy, “stole” Helen, Menelaus’ wife, who was the king of Sparta. To take her back, the Greeks united their powers for a military campaign against Troy with Agamemnon, Menelaus’ brother, as their leader. The war between the Greeks and the Trojans, according to the legend, lasted for ten years and ended with Troy’s total destruction.
“Iphigenia in Aulis” takes place just before the Trojan War starts. The Greek army and fleet have gathered in Aulis, an area in Boeotia, in the coastline of Euboean Gulf. The men are ready to leave for Troy, but there is no wind for the ships to sail. Seer Calchas states that for the weather to change, the leader of the Greeks, Agamemnon, has to sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia, to the goddess Artemis. Agamemnon brings his daughter to Aulis on the pretence that she will marry Achilles. When the truth is uncovered, Iphigenia, her mother, Clytaimnistra, Achilles and Agamemnon himself face a hard choice: to save Iphigenia, which will lead to cancellation of the war, or to sacrifice her so that the Greeks restore their honour?
Join us and watch Iphigenia’s story unfold at Kolonos Festival, on the 30th of September, with universal accessibility services by ATLAS E.P. To reserve your seat, please contact us by email at askatlasep@gmail.com or by phone at +30 6993507553.
We look forward to seeing you!
PERFORMANCE’S IDENTITY:
Translation: Pantelis Mpoukalas
Directing: Savvas Stroumpos
Set and Costume design: Katerina Papageorgiou
Music: Zisis Seglias
Light design: Kostas Mpethanis
Dramaturgy: Ioanna Remediaki
Drama consultant: Maria Sicitano
Costume production: Eleni Chasioti
Set production: Apostolos Zerdevas
Make-up: Virginia Tsichlaki
Cast (in alphabetical order):
Elli Iggliz: Clytaimnistra
Anna Kopaka: Chorus Leader / First Messenger
Nikos Ntasis: Agamemnon
Myrto Rozaki: Iphigenia
Giannis Sanidas: Old Man / Achilles / Second Messenger
Nikos Psylakis: Old Man / Menelaus / Third Messenger
ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES BOOKING
To secure a seat with accessibility services, you are kindly requested to purchase your tickets at ticketplus, after having reserved the accessibility service you wish to use at askatlasep@gmail.com.
ACCESSIBILITY TEAM
Audio Description, tactile tour, curation of services and accessibility production management: Emmanouela Patiniotaki
Assistant production managers:
Dialechti Tzanoulinou, Katerina Douvi
Surtitling for accessibility purposes:
Ilias Katsigiannis
Greek Sign Language Interpreting:
Elena Zorogiannidi, Polyvios Kosmatos
GSL Consultant:
Olga Dialekou
The provision of universally accessible services is implemented within the framework of the Action “Social Protection Network of Athens - Open Social Net”, as part of the Programme “ATTICA 2021-2027” (OPS 6022265) and is co-financed by the European Social Fund.
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