Performing arts

The Mairivi puppet theater workshop is hosting a permanent exhibition of puppets that has been put together by final-year students at Panteion University's Department of Communications, Media & Culture. The aim of the show is to challenge stereotypes concerning prevailing perceptions about puppet theater, and particularly the notion that is it intended only for children.

Okay, British Prime Minister Theresa May just cannot dance.

When the Department of International Relations and Cooperation in South Africa tweeted a video clip of the British PM dancing, it obviously overshadowed her trip to South Africa that aims to deepen trade and economic ties.

Bansko. The Bansko Opera Fest will open with a concert entitled Classic Meets ABBA, Magdalena Sotirova, organiser of the event, told Focus Radio - Pirin. The concert, which is a production of the State Opera - Stara Zagora and features Duo Mania as soloists, starts at 08:30 pm tonight. The best ABBA songs will be played in a classical arrangement.

Momix, an American troupe that bridges dance, acrobatics, theater, film and special effects, celebrates its 35th anniversary with a new spectacular titled "Viva Momix" and will be appearing at the Athens Concert Hall.

The French Institute will be screening a critically acclaimed production by the iconic Comedie-Francaise theater company of Moliere's classic "The Misanthrope," directed by Clement Hervieu-Leger and with sets designed by Eric Ruf, depicting a society free from parental and religious influence, whose social veneer peels away as soon as desire is aroused.

The Ninth International Istanbul Opera Festival, organized by the State Opera and Ballet General Directorate, will kick off on June 21 with the world famous prima donna Kristine Opolais's gala concert. 

Spyros Payiatakis, a cosmopolitan journalist, long-time theater critic for Kathimerini, foreign correspondent and pioneer of digital reporting, died in Athens on Wednesday.

He was 79 and had been in frail health for several years.

Born in Thessaloniki on April 1, 1939, Payiatakis studied at the city's Anatolia College before leaving to study architecture in Berlin.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center is hosting "Cynical Romantic," an exhibition of works by the late artist, director and set/costume designer Stefanos Lazaridis, former artistic director of the Greek National Opera.

Crooner, charmer and fighter: Frank Sinatra died 20 years ago on May 14, leaving an indelible mark on the world.

The Greek National Opera has teamed up with British performance company 1927 and Barrie Kosky, the Australian artistic director of the Komische Oper Berlin, to present his innovative production of Mozart's classic "Magic Flute" at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on April 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 17 and 29.