“Bloody Crowns” by F.G. Lorca

by Theater Development

185th ETHAL production and continuation of the successful collaboration with Point To Contemporary Theater and Anyhow Theatre Ensemble

“Whatever does not come to consciousness returns as fate.” — Carl Jung


The production “Blood Wedding Crowns”, an adaptation of “Bodas de Sangre” by F. G. Lorca, one of the greatest works of world theatre, constitutes the second part of a trilogy that began with “The Island” and delves into ETHAL’s thematic focus for 2025–2026: “Language, communities, communication, dialogue, multiculturalism and collective memory.”

The plot of the play is transferred to a mixed village in Cyprus in the early 1960s, where love and death intersect with political and social division. Through the words of Federico García Lorca, the play engages in dialogue with history, memory, and the wounds of the land.

This particular adaptation seeks to illuminate the complex identity of Cyprus, at a time when love, honor, and blood acquire tragic immediacy. The performance brings to the stage actors from both communities, capable of moving between realistic and lyrical writing, conveying conflict through physicality, silence, and song. Actors with exceptional vocal, movement, and speech abilities, essential for creating the lyrical, otherworldly, and metaphysical moments of the performance.

Blood Wedding Crowns is not merely a Cypriot version of Lorca? it is an act of cultural reconciliation. Through love and death, the play becomes a bridge between two communities and two languages. The Cypriot version of Lorca’s tragedy reflects the past, converses with the present, and envisions a future where, perhaps, the “blood wedding crowns” may once again become crowns of peace.

The Story:

The story is set in the Cypriot countryside, shortly after Independence. A wedding between two families of different ethnic origins turns into a field of conflict, love, and bloodshed.

The Mother, marked by the murder of her husband and younger son by the Demir family, gives her blessing for her elder son to marry. Soon, however, she learns that the Bride had once been engaged to Kenan, a relative of the Demirs, connected to the old blood feud between the two families.

Shortly before the wedding, Kenan meets the Bride and confesses his desire for her. She rejects him, yet she continues to harbor feelings for him. On the night of the wedding, amid the celebration, it is revealed that the two have run away together. The Groom, blinded by rage, pursues them…

Production Information:

Writer: F. G. Lorca
Translation: Marina Dimitriou
Adaptation/Dramaturg: Achilleas Grammatikopoulos- Michalis Kolokotronis
Director: Achilleas Grammatikopoulos
Assistant Director: Michalis Kolokotronis
Set / Costume designer: Yiorgos Yiannou
Music – lyrics/soundscapes: Christina Georgiou
Light designer: Vasilis Petinaris
Choreography: Mari Dzaghigian Ioannou
Assistant Director: Yianna Georgiadou

Actors:

Cevahir Caşgir, Achilleas Grammatikopoulos, Giorgos Evagorou, Margarita Zachariou, Rafaella Kavazi, Melina Koutsofta, Andreas Londou, Konstantina Xenofontos, Evangelia Onoufriou, Zehra Evliya Parıldak, Izel Seylani, Dimitra Hatzigianni.

On stage Musician: Charalambos Panteli

Translation of text into Turkish: Çağdaş Polili
Photos: Yiorgos Yiannou
Program editor – Research: Yianna Georgiadou

Premiere: April 17, 2026

Information: 25877827

Main Sponsor: Deputy Ministry of Culture
Standing Sponsor:

Loukas Zikos

“The Chandelier” by Marina Makri

by Theater Development

ETHAL’s 184th production, in collaboration with the enact group


The Chandelier is a contemporary Cypriot play that captures the turbulent gathering of a typical Cypriot family. On the evening before the youngest son’s wedding, the “formal living room” reserved for guests is freshly painted and ready to welcome friends and relatives for the traditional “zomata” ceremony. The only thing left is to assemble the DIY chandelier the father has purchased. Within a few hours, the entire family gathers to help, while nationwide power cuts — known as “Blackout Plan” — are taking place, making the family’s task even more challenging.

Artistic Contributors:

Writer/Director: Marina Makri
Set Design: Elena Kotasvili
Costume Design: Fratzeska Frangeskou
Lighting Design: Giorgos Lazoglou
Music Curation: Achilleas Grammatikopoulos
Assistant Director: Photis Georgidis
Head of Production: Achilleas Grammatikopoulos

Actors:
Popi Avraam, Loukas Zikos, Herodotos Miltiadous, Loukia Pieridou, Anni Chouri

Photography: Dimitris Loutsios
Promotional Material Design: Dimitris Sotiriou
Programme Editing: Yianna Georgiadou

Suitable for ages 15+

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Avant Première: 12 December 2025 | ETHAL Theatre | 20:00
Première: 13 December 2025 | ETHAL Theatre | 20:00

Performances

Limassol – ETHAL Theatre:
13, 19, 20, 26, 27 December 2025 | 20:00
14, 21, 28 December 2025 | 18:00

Nicosia – WhereHaus 612:
09, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31 January 2026 | 20:00
11, 18, 25 January & 01 February 2026 | 18:00

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Tickets

Available via Sold Out Tickets:
https://tinyurl.com/opolyelaios

Ticket Prices:
€15 standard
€10 reduced (students, university students, soldiers, actors, unemployed, persons with disabilities, pensioners)
€7 for holders of the European Youth Card (Youth Board of Cyprus) — card must be presented at the box office

Information: 25877827

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Supporters

Main Sponsor: Deputy Ministry of Culture
Constant Sponsor: Municipality of Limassol
Media Sponsors: Love FM 100.7, Kathimerini newspaper, CyBC (RIK)
Supported by: Kanali 6, Black Lemon

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“The Fairytales are Returning” by Georgia Paraskeva

by Theater Development

Queen of Hearts, the Big Bad Wolf, Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell are preparing for a special mission at the Humans Land, at the brand-new collaboration of ETHAL-Point To Contemporary Theatre-Anyhow Theatre Ensemble.

“The Fairytales are Returning”

Script: Georgia Paraskeva
Direction: Michalis Kolokotronis
Set/Costumes Design: Yiorgos Yiannou
Music Composition/Sound Scapes: Ioannis Koufoudakis
Movement/Choreography: Ivie Hatzivasileiou
Lighting Design: Vasilis Peteinaris
Head of Production: Achilleas Grammatikopoulos

Actors:
Rafaella Kavazi, Andreas Londou, Tariel Mberitze, Evangelia Onoufriou, Amalia Triggou

Premiere: 22 November 2025 | ETHAL Theatre
Main Sponsor: Deputy Ministry of Culture

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Cypriot Theatre Week at National Theater of Greece in Athens

by Theater Development

ETHAL participates at the Cypriot Theatre Week
at National Theater of Greece in Athens

ETHAL participates at the 3rd edition of the Cypriot Theatre Week, which is jointly organized by the Department of Contemporary Culture and the Cyprus Center of International Theatre Institute and Greece’s National Theatre and the support of the House of Cyprus Cultural Centre in Athens. The Cypriot Theatre Week will be hosted at the Ziller Building at the Main Stage and at the New Stage-Nikos Kourkoulos
from the 10th until the 17th of September 2025. 

My Mother’s Sin by Georgios Vizyenos

Adaptation/Direction: Marina Vrondi

Producer: Limassol Theatre Development Company (ETHAL)

Nikos Kourkoulos Stage – Ziller Building

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

 

The dramatized version of the classic, autobiographical short story by Georgios Vizyenos adapted and directed by Marina Vrondi and produced by the Limassol Theatre Development Company (ETHAL). Actors Giorgos Evagorou, Nektarios Theodorou, Thanasis Ioannou, Kwnstantina Xenophontos and Panagiota Papageorgiou share the stage with the musician Giorgos Kalogirou and together they build an ensemble, from which the story’s characters are being elaborately emerged, creating an interesting theatrical narrative atmosphere.

Duration: 80 minutes

Suitable: for persons over 12 years old

Start Time: 21:00

Cast and Crew:

Director: Marina Vrondi

Dramaturg: Konstantinos Melidis

Set and Costume Designer: Yiorgos Yiannou

Music Composition / Soundscape Design: Giorgos Kalogirou

Movement / Choreography: Chloe Melidou

Light Designer: Vasilis Petinaris

Assistant Director: Yianna Georgiadou

Photographer: Demetris Loutsios

Production Director: Achilleas Grammatikopoulos

Actors: Giorgos Evagorou, Nektarios Theodorou, Thanasis Ioannou, Kwnstantina Xenofontos, Panagiota Papageorgiou

Performer / Musician on Stage: Giorgos Kalogirou

Ticket Prices: 15€ │ 10€ (deducted)

🎟 Ticket Presale:

  • TICKET SERVICES – by phone: [+30] 210 72 34 567 – online: www.ticketservices.gr/el/NationalTheatre/
  • National Theatre Box – office : Ziller Building
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“The Island” by Achilleas Grammatikopoulos and Michalis Kolokotronis

by Theater Development

The new season comes up with a challenge for us:

“The Island”: an original script, inspired by Athol’s Fugard work of the same name, directed by Achilleas Grammatikopoulos.

A brand-new collaboration of ETHAL and Point To Contemporary Theater, with an exceptional team of partners.

Artistic Contributors:

Script: Achilleas Grammatikopoulos – Michalis Kolokotronis
Dramaturgy: Michalis Kolokotronis – Yianna Georgiadou – Achilleas Grammatikopoulos
Direction: Achilleas Grammatikopoulos
Set/Costumes Design: Yiorgos Yiannou
Music Composition/Sound Scapes: Christina Georgiou
Stage fight and impact coaching: Anthi Kasinou
Lighting Design: Vasilis Peteinaris
Assistant Director: Michalis Kolokotronis

Actors: Giorgos Evagorou, Izel Seylani

Main Sponsor: Deputy Ministry of Culture

The Taming of the Shrew

ETHAL’s Summer Production in collaboration with Point To Contemporary Theater and Anyhow Theatre Ensemble

by Theater Development

“The taming of the Bugbear”
by Alekos Sakellarios and Christos Giannakopoulos

Is it possible for two absolutely different worlds to converge and coexist? Is it possible for someone, who was deceived to forgive the deceiver? Especially if, because of the exact fraud, the “deceived” along with his three sons, were taken care of, have eaten freshly made, homemade food and the “deceiver” has surrounded them with a lot of love and care?
Is it possible for the little, winged, trickster God to solve any ideological differences and put order in chaos?

These are some of the questions that ETHAL, Point To Contemporary Theater and Anyhow Theatre Ensemble are going to try to answer with this collaboration in Alecos Sakellarios and Christos Giannakopoulos play “The taming of the Bugbear”.

A political comedy, masked as a joyful scenic play, which was staged for the first time by the troupe of Katerina Andreades- Vasilis Logothetidis under the title “An unfortunate lady”, then by the troupe of Lambros Constantaras – Christina Sylva and later on became a cinematic success of Lambros Constantaras.

Once again, ETHAL partners up with two other theatrical teams, extending the cooperation among three theatrical organizations in a summer production for the first time, continuing the cooperation with newer groups, something that inaugurated with the previous production.

Fanouris Petorcheilos, a Director of Marine Academy, a widower with three sons, struggles to coordinate the chaos that rules his home. The life of this incorruptible bugbear will turn upside down when the feminine presence will appear, the young housekeeper Mrs. Anna. Her actions will change for better the life of the four men, but in reality, Anna approached the mariner to ask for a favor on behalf of her younger brother, who is about to be expelled from the Academy because of some sort of misdemeanor.
When the truth surfaces, things are getting complicated in a skein of secrets, lies, worries, love, songs and dancing. What will happen when the skein unfolds?

Direction: Achilleas Grammatikopoulos
Set/Costumes Design: Yiorgos Yiannou
Music Composition/Curation: Giorgos Andreou
Lights Design: Kyriakos Siamptanis
Assistant Director: Michalis Kolokotronis

Actors:
Achilleas Grammatikopoulos, Gregoris Georgiou, Giorgos Evagorou, Panagiotis Georgiou, Nayia Anastasiadou, Evangelia Onoufriou and Michalis Moustakas.

Suitable for the whole family

Premiere:
June 26th 2025, ETHAL Theatre, 20:30

Main Sponsor: Deputy Ministry of Culture
Permanent Sponsor: Limassol Municipality
Sponsors: Sunfresh Bakeries
Communication Sponsors: Politis Newspaper and Politis Radio 107,6 & 97,6
Supporters: Rik, Kanali 6, Black Lemon

 

“The taming of the Bugbear” Summer 2025

by Theater Development

Rehearsals have already begun for our summer production and once again ETHAL partners up with two other theatrical teams, Point To Contemporary Theater on one hand and Anyhow Theatre Ensemble on the other, extending the cooperation among three theatrical organizations for the first time in a summer production, continuing the cooperation with newer groups, something that inaugurated with the previous production. The production will tour to Municipalities and Communities around the island and the exact schedule will be announced in a later time.

Fanouris Petorcheilos, a Director of Marine Academy, a widower with three sons, struggles to coordinate the chaos that rules his home. The life of this incorruptible bugbear will turn upside down when the feminine presence will appear, the young housekeeper Mrs. Anna. Her actions will change for better the life of the four men, but in reality, Anna approached the mariner to ask for a favor on behalf of her younger brother, who is about to be expelled from the Academy because of some sort of misdemeanor. When the truth surfaces, things are getting complicated in a skein of secrets, lies, worries, love, songs and dancing. What will happen when the skein unfolds?

Direction: Achilleas Grammatikopoulos
Set/Costumes Design: Yiorgos Yiannou
Music Composition/Curation: Giorgos Andreou
Lights Design: Kyriakos Siamptanis
Assistant Director: Michalis Kolokotronis

Actors: Achilleas Grammatikopoulos, Nayia Anastasiadou, Gregoris Georgiou, Panagiotis Georgiou, Giorgos Evagorou, Evangelia Onoufriou and Michalis Moustakas.

“Introduction to Contemporary Commedia dell’ arte”

by Theater Development

A free workshop for professional actors with international artist
Carlos García Estévez

ETHAL is organizing a free of charge workshop on Commedia dell’ arte, exclusively
for professional actors, with the international actor, stage director, theatre researcher
and specialist in Contemporary Commedia dell’ arte and Mask Performance, Carlos
García Estévez.

The workshop will be held on Sunday 18 th May 2025, from 13:00-17:00 at ETHAL
Theatre in Limassol. The participation is free of charge and the participants should
wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Registration is required at 25877827. Maximum
number of participants 15 persons, a priority order will be followed.
Attached a short bio of the artist.

Carlos García Estévez is an international artist born in Spain. He is Artistic Director
of Manifesto Poetico, an actor, stage director, theatre researcher, pedagogue and
specialist in Contemporary Commedia dell’Arte and mask performance.
Manifesto Poetico comes from Carlos’ 25 years of research and productions done
internationally. He has also performed and directed in over 20 different countries and
over 45 different Universities. Over his career he has developed his research into
multi-style mis-en-scene, inter- disciplinary productions and devised theatre that is
contemporary. The success of his work and the enthusiastic response from the
audience comes from a reinvention of traditional- popular theatre. As he learned from
Dario Fo, Carlos keeps the spirit of popular theatre in order to create new
contemporary theatrical languages that speak to audiences today.
He directs shows, workshops, TransPoetico Productions and research projects in
Europe, North, South and Central America, Africa and Asia. Recent creations
directed by Carlos include Nama Kamu Atas Perahu (Kuala Lumpur, 2013), Tito’s
Dream (USA, 2014), Bogota In Action (Bogota, 2015), New York Lands (New York,
2016), Klassiek van de Toekomst (Haarlem, NL, 2017), Hann: Voices of a Bay
(Dakar, Senegal 2018), Pulse (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2018), The Gate of Hope
(Guadalajara, Mexico 2019), BELFAST 1919 (Belfast, NI 2019), In The Name Of
Humanity (Wiikwemkoong, Canada 2021) and If I Listened… (Wiikwemkoong,
Canada 2022).

Other artists with whom he worked include Donato Sartori, Yoshi Oida, Dario Fo,
Simon McBurney, Peter Sellars, Marcello Magni, Gennadi Bogdanov, Pierre Byland,
Eric de Bont, Kevin Crawford and Kaya Anderson (Roy Hart – Voice technique),
Mario Gonzáles (Theatre de Soleil), José Luís Gómez (Teatro de La Abadía, Madrid),
Tapa Sudana (Tribuana master and a former actor of Peter Brook’s company) and
Miquel A. Barceló.

He participates as a movement director for opera at DNO (Dutch National Opera
Academy) and Hollands Diep Muziektheater.

He trained with Jacques Lecoq for three years, both at his École Internationale de
Théâtre and at L.E.M. (Laboratoire d’Etude de Mouvement). He is regularly hosted
as a teacher at L’École Jacques Lecoq in Paris in the Laboratory for the Study of
Movement (L.E.M.) where he is an associate artist and co-contributor to the unique
research undertaken there.

Carlos directs, performs and teaches in English, French, Italian and Spanish.

Nikos Manolas, Panagiota Maragkou, Rafaella Kavazi, Michalis Kazakas, Alexandros Kyriazis, Giorgos Evagorou, Anthi Kasinou

“Romeo and Juliet: a play that was never realised”

by Theater Development

ETHAL’s 180th Production

An innovative collaboration, an innovative show For the first time three theatrical organisations, ETHAL- Limassol’s Theatre Company-, the newly founded Audere Productions- with their fresh artistic approach and Point To Contemporary Theate – with their steady appearance at the theatrical events of Nicosia, join forces for a common artistic purpose.

The adaptation is undertaken by Audere’s young duo of directors, Michalis Kolokotronis and Sophia Mavromichalis, on the translation by Erikos Mbelies, the crew is consisted of both by renowned and emerged artists who already have showed interesting pieces of artistic work.
On stage, the parts of the students who are preparing to perform the most emblematic love story of the global dramaturgy, are incarnated by some talented actors of the new generation of Cyprus Theatre.

 

Plot Summary:

Athens, March 1973: The students of the School of Law of the University of Athens are preparing William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”. Because of the oppression and the censorship by Junta, the students, in an effort to taking action against the situation, are transforming an old theatre building of the city to a place for secret gatherings, where they rehearse, write foreclosures, preparing and organising resistance actions. In these turbulent and dark times, the students present the story of Romeo and Juliet as an act of resistance. Lead by the almighty Eros, their juvenile force acts as a catalyst both to the development of the play and the resistance against any form of violence, censorship and autocracy.

 

Creative Team:

Translation: Erikos Mbelies
Adaptation/Direction: Michalis Kolokotronis – Sophia Mavromichalis
Set Design: Yiorgos Yiannou
Costumes/Masks Design: Constantinos Natiotis
Music Curation/ Composition: Demetris Spyrou
Movement/Choreography: Alexandros Kyriazis
Lights Design: Vasilis Peteinaris
Special Effects: Christodoulos Martas
Animal Masks Design/Making: Evangelia Onoufriou
Artistic Direction/ Production Management: Achilleas Grammatikopoulos

Actors:
Giorgos Evagorou, Rafaella Kavazi, Michalis Kazakas, Anthi Kasinou, Alexandros Kyriazis, Nikos Manolas, Panayiota Maragkou

Premiere: 07 March 2025 │ WhereHaus 612, Nicosia │20:30

First Reading

“Romeo and Juliet: a play that was never realised” First Reading

by Theater Development

First reading for the new production by ETHAL

“Romeo and Juliet: a play that was never realised” 

An innovative collaboration, an innovative show For the first time three theatrical organisations, ETHAL- Limassol’s Theatre Company-, the newly founded Audere Productions- with their fresh artistic approach and Point To Contemporary Theate – with their steady appearance at the theatrical events of Nicosia, join forces for a common artistic purpose.

The adaptation is undertaken by Audere’s young duo of directors, Michalis Kolokotronis and Sophia Mavromichalis, on the translation by Erikos Mbelies, the crew is consisted of both by renowned and emerged artists who already have showed interesting pieces of artistic work.
On stage, the parts of the students who are preparing to perform the most emblematic love story of the global dramaturgy, are incarnated by some talented actors of the new generation of Cyprus Theatre.

Creative Team:

Translation: Erikos Mbelies
Adaptation/Direction: Michalis Kolokotronis – Sophia Mavromichalis
Set Design: Yiorgos Yiannou
Costumes/Masks Design: Constantinos Natiotis
Music Curation/ Composition: Demetris Spyrou
Movement/Choreography: Alexandros Kyriazis
Lights Design: Vasilis Peteinaris
Special Effects: Christodoulos Martas
Animal Masks Design/Making: Evangelia Onoufriou
Artistic Direction/ Production Management: Achilleas Grammatikopoulos

Actors:
Giorgos Evagorou, Rafaella Kavazi, Michalis Kazakas, Anthi Kasinou, Alexandros Kyriazis, Nikos Manolas, Panayiota Maragkou

Premiere: 07 March 2025 │ WhereHaus 612, Nicosia │20:30