Dimitris Lignadis

A well-known theater actor-director convicted of two counts of rape of a minor by an Athens court on Wednesday walked free a few hours later, after a 4-3 vote by a mixed panel of judges and jurors suspended his 12-year sentence.

Giorgos Karaivaz was returning to his home in the southern Athens suburb of Alimos after work when, according to the authorities, he was shot by two persons wearing dark clothes and riding a light motorcycle.

The first public remarks by a top Greek lawyer who has agreed to defend prominent theatre director Dimitris Lignadis against rape charges have caused yet more controversy around the case, which comes amid an upsurge in revelations of alleged sexual abuse in Greece that have been described as the country's #MeToo moment.

The National Theatre of Greece is inaugurating its Research Theatre of Classical Drama with a live-streaming of Euripides' Medea directed by Martha Frintzila on Sunday (Jan. 10).

The National Theatre of Greece is inaugurating its Research Theatre of Classical Drama with a live-streaming of Euripides' Medea directed by Martha Frintzila on Sunday (Dec. 10).

The Greek National Theater's 2019-2020 season comprises more than 20 productions, four of which will be staged with English surtitles every Wednesday through Sunday.

Writer Giannis Lignadis and director Dimitris Lignadis present the second part of their original dramatization of Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War" at the Athens Concert Hall from October 10-13. "Lessons of War II: The 'Sicilian Drama'" presents episodes from the disastrous Sicilian Expedition (415-413 BC).

A pinnacle of ancient Greek tragedy, Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" tells the harrowing tale of a son struck by confounding misfortune when he unknowingly murders his father. The Ancient Theater of Epidaurus will present a new take on the drama, directed by Constantinos Markoulakis with music conducted by Minos Mastsas, as part of the Athens & Epidaurus Festival.

Yiannis Lignadis' "Lessons of War II: The Sicilian Dramas" is the second part of an original dramatization of Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War." Directed by Dimitris Lignadis, the play draws material from the sixth, seventh and part of the eighth book of Thucydides' "History," presenting key aspects of the war's second phase, the Sicilian Expedition (415-413 BC), which resulted in

In "Lessons of War" writer Yiannis Lignadis and director Dimitris Lignadis attempt to hone in on the essence of the tragedy of war with an original dramatization of excerpts from the first five books of Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War." Performances take place at the Athens Concert Hall on November 13, 20 and 27, and December 3, 11 and 18, starting at 9 p.m.