On Tour
The Tempest at Salonic - July 6
The show of the „I.L. Caragiale” National Theatre of Bucharest, The Tempest by William Shakespeare, directed by Alexander Morfov, with Ion Caramitru in the role of Prospero, is invited to the first international edition of the traditional Open Air Theatre Festival of Thessaloniki, NTNG Forest Festival.
The Festival, organised under the auspices of the National Theatre of Northern Greece (NTNG) shall be held in the time frame 1-14 July 2017, and the representations with The Tempest are scheduled for 5th and 6th July, from 21.15, at Dassous Theatre (Forest Theatre), with Greek surtitles.
The selection panel consisted of Savas Patsalidis, theatre professor and critic, Maria Tsima, actress and artistic director of the National Theatre of Northern Greece (NTNG) and Amalia Kondozanni, playwright and head of the Literary and International Relations department of NTNG.
The international selection of the festival is financed through the Operational Programme of the Central Macedonia Region 2014 - 2020.
Forest Festival NTNG aspires to become an exclusive framework for getting the town’s audience acquainted with contemporary theatrical approaches, from Europe and worldwide, as well as an occasion to highlight major Greek productions, to be presented in Thessaloniki in collaboration with the Hellenic Festival.
Translated by Simona Nichiteanu