AEF2024: Medea

The Athens Epidaurus Festival (AEF) is gearing up for a spectacular 2024 edition with 85 days filled with sheer artistic brilliance. From June 1 to August 24, AEF will transform iconic venues across Athens and the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus into stages for 93 productions featuring over 2,500 artists from around the world. The Athens leg of the festival concludes on the last day of July, while in August the action moves to Epidaurus, where eager locals pilgrimage for their annual rendezvous with Greek tragedy. Take a look at our highlights for the season and have a great AEF2024!

If you think ancient Greek drama can't get any more gripping, think again. Book your seats for a contemporary retelling of Medea by visionary Australian filmmaker Simon Stone. Known for his innovative approach to the classics, Stone has set the action of the play against the backdrop of middle-class America. There, Anna, recently released from a psychiatric hospital and hoping to reconcile with her husband Lucas, finds herself entangled in a web of turmoil and betrayal. Based on Euripides' masterpiece and inspired by a real-life tragedy that took place in Kansas in the mid-1990s, this is one of the hot tickets of the season.