Since 2020, the Athens Epidaurus Festival Publications have been blooming.
The philosophy behind the Publications of the Athens Epidaurus Festival extends far beyond merely encapsulating each year’s artistic programme. It also aims at producing independent publications that leave their own, distinct and timeless mark through their dialogue with performing yet also visual arts.
THE 2022 CATALOGUE
This year, as in last year, the crowning glory of this endeavour is the annual Festival Catalogue, constituting an artistic endeavour in and of itself by playfully connecting “the image of the text” with the “text of the image”.
Visually conceived and realised by G Design Studio, guided by the works of artist Jannis Varelas, the just-released, glossy 2022 Catalogue narrates the summer experience of the Athens Epidaurus Festival, in its own visual language. Its colourful pages contain original essays, both in Greek and English, encapsulating and analysing the main themes of this year’s programme (Antigonisms, 400 Years of Molière, Utopia / Dystopia, etc.).

The 2022 Catalogue features texts written by:
Dionysis Kapsalis, Writer, Athens Epidaurus Festival Artistic Advisor for Literature (Children of Oedipus: Pieces for an Antigone Mosaic)
Edith Hall, Professor in the Department of Classics & Ancient History, Durham University (Antigone and the Ancient Greek Tragedy)
Georges Forestier, Emeritus Professor of French Literature, Sorbonne University, 17th-century Theatre Historian (A New Tartuffe 400 years later?)
Stefanie Carp, Dramaturg, Athens Epidaurus Festival Artistic Advisor for International Productions (Utopia and Dystopia)
Ilias Chatzigeorgiou, Dancer, Athens Epidaurus Festival Artistic Advisor for Dance (Dance from Now On: A Guide of Survival / A Guide of Change)
Makis Milatos, Journalist, Radio Producer (The Festival in the Cities and Sounds of the World)
CONTEMPORARY ANCIENTS THEATRE BOOK SERIES
In collaboration with Nefeli Publishing
The Theatre Series books featuring the Contemporary Ancients Cycle plays have also just been released! The Festival’s Theatre Book Series has been meeting with great success since last year: the books were a hit during the festival season and, after the programme’s close, they travelled to the International Book Fairs in Frankfurt and Thessaloniki. This year’s publishing endeavour includes Roots of Cotton by Kallia Papadaki, The Wahncau Case by Elias Maglinis, and You Can’t Tie a Mustang Down by Christos Chomenidis, all commissioned to be staged specifically at the Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus, and inspired by Sophocles’ Ajax, and Euripides’ Alcestis and Ion respectively. By shifting focus to the literary dimension of the plays, by producing these elegant editions, the Festival also supports contemporary Greek playwriting both in Greece and abroad, as the original plays in Greek are printed alongside their English translations by distinguished translators. The public may purchase the Theatre Book Series at its designated points of sales and in bookstores!
Artistic Direction Katerina Evangelatos
Series Editor Dimitra Kondylaki
