This spring, the Municipal Regional Theater of Crete becomes a meeting and creation place for the city’s artistic forces.

Independent artists and artistic groups who live and create in Chania coexist for twelve days on the stage of  Venizelio Conservatory  presenting in an alternating repertoire, texts by renowned authors, but also contemporary works, with themes of love, memory, dreams, decay.

Spectators have the opportunity to watch four plays, which will basically be presented two per day, while on March 27, World Theater Day, all four plays will be presented in an artistic marathon.

REPRESENTATIONS:

  – Lithi  of Dimitris Dimitriadis.

Sentimental Journey – Photo memories  by Marina Panigyraki

Enypnio of Nikos Kakhtitsis*

*Nikos Kakhtitsis’ short story To Enypnio is being published by Kichli publications.

Fragments of a love dialogue based on Fernando Pessoa’s work “Dialogue in the Palace Garden”.

* Fernando Pessoa, Journey to the abyss / The hour of the devil, translation-foreword: Vassilis Poulakos, published by Roes (microMEGA series), Athens, 2006, 2009.

(More information: https://www.chania-culture.gr/services/events/theatro/theatriki-anoixi/)

Performances in Chania:

Saturday 18 to Wednesday 29 March, Venizelio  Consvervatory  of Chania – “Manolis Skouloudis” Hall

Saturday March 18, Lithi, Time: 21:00

Sunday March 19, Lithi, Time: 21:00

Tuesday, March 21, Sentimental Journey – Photo Memories, Time: 21:00

Wednesday March 22, Sentimental Journey – Photo Memories , Time: 19:30 and Enypnio , Time: 21:00

Thursday, March 23, Fragments of a love dialogue, Time: 19:30 and Enypnio , Time: 21:00

Friday March 24, Lithi, Time: 19:30 and Fragments of a love dialogue, Time: 21:00

Saturday March 25, Sentimental Journey – Photo Memories, Time: 19:30 and Lithi , Time: 21:00

Sunday, March 26, Lithi, Time: 19:30 and Enypnio, Time: 21:00

Monday March 27, World Theater Day, Time: 17:00-23:00, 4 perfomances

Wednesday March 29, Enypnio , Time: 19:30 and Fragments of a Love Dialogue, Time: 21:00

Tour:

Thursday, March 30, Maleme, Cultural Center,  Enypnio, Time: 20:00

Friday, March 31, Kissamos, Town Hall Hall, Sentimental Journey – Photo Memories Time: 19:30 and Fragments of a Love Dialogue, Time: 21:00

Saturday, April 1, Kantanos, Town Hall Hall, Fragments of a love dialogue, Time: 20:00

Sunday, April 2, Neo Chorio, Primary School Event Hall, Enypnio, Time: 19:30 and Sentimental Journey – Photo Memories, Time: 21:00

Ticket prices: €5 per show, €7 single ticket for two shows per day.

World Theater Day: €5 single ticket for four performances.

Tickets are sold at the theater box office 1 hour before the start of each show.

Pre-sale points: www.viva.gr