Open Air Theatres

When you are in Athens, make sure to visit any of the Open Air Theatres, an unique experience you will never forget. The most famous of the outdoor theatred is the Theater of Irodion (Herod Atticus) at the foot of the Acropolis. Concerts, philharmonic performances, ballet and dance and operas are performed from the end of May until the end of September. 

Another outdoor stage in magnificent surroundings is the Theater of Epidavrus where they stages ancient productions from the likes of Aristophanes, Euripides, and Sophocles and others. 

Open Theatres

Open Theatres

Open Air Theatres

When you are in Athens, make sure to visit any of the Open Air Theatres, an unique experience you will never forget. The most famous of the outdoor theatred is the Theater of Irodion (Herod Atticus) at the foot of the Acropolis. Concerts, philharmonic performances, ballet and dance and operas are performed from the end of May until the end of September. 

Another outdoor stage in magnificent surroundings is the Theater of Epidavrus where they stages ancient productions from the likes of Aristophanes, Euripides, and Sophocles and others. 

from www.holiday-in-athens.com

Thetre

Theatre (in American English usually theater) is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance. Elements of design and stagecraft are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”) and θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”).

From wikipedia.com

Mime Artist

A mime artist (from Greek "μίμος"—mimos, "imitator, actor") is someone who uses mime as a theatrical medium or as a performance art, involving miming, or the acting out a story through body motions, without use of speech. In earlier times, in English, such a performer was referred to as a mummer. Miming is to be distinguished from silent comedy, in which the artist is a seamless character in a film or sketch.

The performance of pantomime originates at its earliest in Ancient Greece; the name is taken from a single masked dancer called Pantomimus, although performances were not necessarily silent. In Medieval Europe, early forms of mime such as mummer plays and later dumbshows evolved. In early nineteenth century Paris, Jean-Gaspard Deburau solidified the many attributes that we have come to know in modern times—the silent figure in whiteface.

Live Theatre History

Live Theatre was founded on Tyneside in 1973 by Geoff Gillham, Val McLane and amongst others, actor Tim Healy. The company originally toured its work regionally to non traditional theatre settings, such as community halls and working men's clubs, but the aim was to create a venue committed to creating plays with a regional identity for North East audiences and, in particular, for people who didn’t usually go to the theatre. Over 35 years later, the company has a fantastic, well equipped theatre in which to perform its plays, but the mission to create work which is challenging, popular and relevant to all, remains as important as ever.

From www.live.org.uk