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It is one of the most electrifying and unsettling sounds in theatre. Should we be encouraging crowds to do it more? Experts tell us about booing’s origins – and actors remember being on the receiving end of audience outrage
Naked choruses, sexual fantasies, rubbish tip wastelands and nods to refugee camps … Athens’ Epidaurus festival is thrilling audiences – and thrusting theatre into the 21st century
The Greek National Opera will present four performances of a new production of Verdi's Rigoletto as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival on June 2, 5, 8 and 11.
2 June 2021 10:15am The Athens and Epidaurus Festival (AEF), one of the oldest in Europe, begins in June and runs through to 10 October 2021. Rather than curtail activities, due to the pandemic, the festival is set to expand and is hoping to be able to present artists’ work live – and organisers are already preparing to go online if needed. A series of research initiatives and collaborations were introduced, named after the well-known architectural term Open Plan, carrying connotations of open space, flow, freedom of thought, and movement. As with open plan spaces, this set of initiative...