liminal at the Athens Epidaurus Festival

The collaboration between liminal and the Athens Epidaurus Festival begins with two fully accessible performances!

On a bright purple background, bold black brushstrokes loosely form distinctive faces. In white letters, the design reads: "1955 Athens Epidaurus Festival 2025".

The Athens Epidaurus Festival, in collaboration with liminal, presents two performances with universal accessibility services as part of its 2025 program: War Correspondents by Christos Thanos and 18, Mpoumpoulinas St. by Sophia Karagianni.

True to its belief that Art must be open, welcoming, and equitable, the Festival hosts these two productions at Peiraios 260, ensuring unobstructed audiovisual access for everyone.

Peiraios 260 remains the beating heart of the Athens Festival for showcasing cutting-edge theatre, dance, visual arts, and critical discourse—bringing together artists from around the world and the local scene who challenge conventions and reframe the artistic questions of our time.

liminal is responsible for the design and provision of accessibility services, which include:

  • Greek Sign Language Interpretation
  • Subtitling for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing audiences
  • Touch tour of the set
  • Audio description for blind and low-vision audiences

The Accessible Performances for 2025

In a long corridor of a derelict building covered in graffiti on the walls and debris in the corners, around 10 people stand scattered across the space, facing us. Their bodies upright and their faces serious as they gaze into the lens.

War Correspondents

by Christos Thanos

A performance-testimony to those who capture the truth where horror begins: the battlefield. Directed by Christos Thanos, this episodic work draws from documentary material and the personal accounts of war correspondents, illuminating the fragile line between bearing witness and bearing responsibility.

The atrocity of war is laid bare with chilling precision through historical, literary, and original texts—woven into a broader musical universe. Within a timeless environment, six human figures—remnants of the most abhorrent historical memories—stand on stage to recount the horrors they have endured, guided by the deafening pulse of time, the unceasing observer who stands relentless in its course.

What distinguishes war between two packs of animals from war between two nations? What drives human beings toward conflict? Why does humanity resort to violence when, unlike animals, they don’t need it to survive? To what extent is the information we receive about an event faithful to that event? What factors mediate between an event and its documentation, and how do they influence the historical record— one that ultimately becomes the collective memory of humankind?

You can find more information about the performance at this link.

💡 Accessible performance date: Tuesday 8 July 2025 at 21:00, PΕIRAIOS 260, Venue B

Credits

Dramaturgical composition: Christos Thanos, Iro Bezou Direction—Music: Christos Thanos Set & costume design: Maria Karathanou Lighting design: Konstantinos Bethanis Sound design: Manos Georgakopoulos Movement supervision: Lia Chamilothori Assistant to the director: Vassia Zorbali Production management: Korina Vasileiadou Cast: Iro Bezou, Maria Chanou, Apostolis Psychramis, Fivos Rimenas, Sophie Lies, Fotis Stratigos Live music performance: Stefanos Douvitsas, Panos Ghikas, Pinelopi Skalkotou, Christos Thanos

18 Mpoumpoulinas, St.

by Sophia Karagianni

A blonde woman stands in front of a mirror with her gaze lowered. On the mirror, vertical and horizontal lines intersect, drawn with a black marker, resembling barbed wire.

As part of the “Books on Stage” Cycle, Sofia Karagianni brings to the stage the harrowing testimony of Kitty Arsenis from the time of the Junta. One of the most iconic and renowned texts of post-junta Greece, Arsenis’ testimony was published in 1975 under the title 18, Mpoumpoulinas St.—a work that encapsulated a whole era.

Kitty Arsenis’ powerful book brings to light her harrowing testimony of the torture she and her fellow resistance members endured at the hands of the Junta’s regime. However, her testimony does not dwell on the violence, humiliation, and degradation she suffered. The intensity of the narrative and the suffocating atmosphere are not exhausted in graphic descriptions, which are not imposed nor dominate the story. Perhaps because she does not focus on the faces of the torturers, but on those of her friends and fellow activists and their shared vision.

The autobiographical narrative, presented as a monologue, is performed by actress Amalia Arsenis, who, as the niece of the writer, received this living testimony firsthand.

You can find more information about the performance at this link.

💡 Accessible performance date: Monday 14 July 2025 at 21:30, PΕIRAIOS 260, Venue B

Credits

Direction: Sofia Karagianni Dramaturgy: Sofia Karagianni, Amalia Arsenis Music Composition: Manos Antoniadis Set & Costume Design: Georgia Bourda Lighting Design: Vasiliki Gogou Movement Coaching: Margarita Trikka Performed by: Amalia Arsenis

Accessibility Credits

Interpretation in Greek Sign Language: Androniki Xanthopoulou, Tonia Papantonaki, Antonis Christoforou Audio Description: Maria Thrasivoulidi, Alexandra Georgovassili Tactile Tour: Maria Thrasivoulidi Subtitling for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Grigoris Stathopoulos Accessibility Services Quality Check: Andreas Plemmenos, Eva Gkritzali Accessibility Services Coordination: liminal

Useful Information

Accessible Performances at the Athens Epidaurus Festival 2025

War Correspondents: Tuesday 8 July 2025 at 21:00 Touch Tour starts: 20:00 Venue: Peiraios 260, Venue B

18, Mpoumpoulinas St.: Monday 14 July 2025 at 21:30 Tactile Tour starts: 20:30 Venue: Peiraios 260, Venue B

👉 Reservations for the accessible performances at [email protected]