Hippolytus (in the Arms of Aphrodite)
directed by Yolanda Markopoulou

He has no time for love, sex, and marriage! Artemis, the huntress, who is a virgin, she alone honors. Mortal with a goddess? What a mismatched pair. A great insult..”

Hippolytus (in the arms of Aphrodite) is an immersive augmented reality theatre experience, directed by Yolanda Markopoulou. Hippolytus—devoted to Artemis and sworn to chastity—rejects Aphrodite, goddess of love. In revenge, she curses him by making his stepmother, Phaedra, fall frantically in love with him. The piece blends live performance, spatial audio, and augmented visual layers to construct a hybrid immersive world. As Aphrodite’s fury intensifies, the natural world unravels—trees ignite, landscapes decay, and catastrophe looms. Audiences witness a mythic downfall where divine vengeance reshapes both human fate and the natural environment. In this pilot performance, audience members, wearing AR glasses, become active participants in the goddess Aphrodite’s revenge scheme. An immersive augmented reality experience.

The performance was developed as a pilot evaluation of the Horizon Europe project VOXReality, Voice-driven interaction in XR spaces, supported by the Maggioli Group, to study the technology’s performance, audience interaction with augmented-reality elements, and accessibility through multilingual subtitling. For more details, visit https://voxreality.eu.

The VOXReality pilot evaluation is also open for attendance through a user recruitment process. You can join the pilot and watch Hippolytus (In the Arms of Aphrodite) free of charge. To express interest, email e.oikonomou@aefestival.gr.

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PROGRAMME

Peiraios 260 (B)
20:00 - 22:30 (slots every 30’ minutes)
Duration: 15 min

20:00 / 20.30 / 21:00 / 21:30 / 22.00 / 22.30

June: 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29
July: 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16

*On the 28th & 29th of June, the last slot will be at 21:30
**More timeslots will be announced soon

Duration 15'

Peiraios 260 (Β)

  • 19/06 until 22/06/2025 at 20:00
  • 26/06 until 29/06/2025 at 20:00
  • 05/07 until 08/07/2025 at 20:00
  • 13/07 until 16/07/2025 at 20:00
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Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus | Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus | Peiraios 260 | Odeon of Herodes Atticus | Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center | Lycabettus Theatre | Greek Art Theatre Karolos Koun | Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus | Exhibition Hall | Athens Conservatoire | Centre for Drug-Addict Prisoners “EPILOGI”, Eleonas/Thebes | Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre Pireos 254 Tavros

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