After the sold-out performances at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus, which received a standing ovation from more than 17,000 spectators, the sensational “Oedipus” by Yannis Houvardas will be staged at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on September 9th and 13th by popular demand. It is a co-production of the Athens Epidaurus Festival and the ‘Lykofos’ Cultural Organization with the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).

Celebrating 50 years of continuous professional presence in the theater, director Yannis Houvardas translates and directs “Oedipus the Tyrant” and “Oedipus at Colonus” in a single performance, as one play.

Significant actors and performers, under the guidance of the experienced Greek director, with live music, will tell the shocking story of Oedipus starting from the end and going back to the beginning of evil. Oedipus and all his close relatives, arrive – as described in “Oedipus at Colonus” – at a place of mystery scattered with funerary monuments, to learn through divine revelation the sacred apocrypha that will give them the knowledge of why they lived such a tortured life. During this process, the characters revive – together with Oedipus himself – the key scenes from “Oedipus the Tyrant” and go through the processes of approaching the divine spirit as given in “At Colonus”, until the final elevation and ascension of Oedipus to the heavens.

The two works – very different in dramaturgical conception and style and written a long time apart – are throughout the performance, harmoniously conveying the sense of a single story, faithful to the spirit of our leading ancient tragic poet Sophocles.

CREDITS

Adaptation – Direction: Yiannis Houvardas
Set Design: Eva Manidaki
Costumes: Ioanna Tsami
Music: Angelos Triantafyllou
Movement: Ermira Goro
Lighting: Nikos Vlasopoulos
Sound Design: Elias Flammos
First Assistant Director: Despina Lardi
Assistant Directors: Iliana Kaladami, Nafsika Kirki
Assistant Set Designer: Anna Biza
Second Assistant Set Designer: Angelina Papachristou
Assistant Costume Designer: Dimitra Stavridou
Promo Photos: Alex Kat
Performance Photos: Elina Younanli
PhotoEditing: Katerina Liakopoulou, Petros Antoniou

Producer: George Lykiardopoulos
Production Director: Katerina Berdeka
Production Organization: Rosa Kaloudi
Production Assistant: Panoutsi Margelos
Legal Support: Filio Kastrada
Tour Manager: Panagiotis Pantos
Production Support “LYKOFOS”: Katerina Liakopoulou, Myrto Katsanevaki
Ticket Manager “LYKOFOS”: Stella Mavroidi
Accounting Department “LYKOFOS”: George Anagnostou, Dorothea Nikolaou, George

Starring
Nikos Karathanos, Karyofyllia Karambeti, Stefania Goulioti, Nikos Hatzopoulos, Orestis Chalkias, Konstantinos Bibis, Penelope Tsilika

Chorus
Yannis Kotsifas, Hector Lygizos, Polyxeni Papakonstantinou, Theovi Styllou, Angelos Triantafyllou

Production: Athens Epidaurus Festival-Cultural Organization “Lycophos” George Lykiardopoulos

With the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)

The premiere took place on July 25th as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival 2025 and received a rapturous five-minute standing ovation from over 17,000 spectators.

Duration: 115′

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