Nicosia, Cyprus. Euripides’ ancient Greek play Ion will be presented by the Cyprus Theatre Organisation (Thoc) this summer, directed by Thomas Moschopoulos, as part of this year’s Athens Epidaurus Festival. Performances in Cyprus and Greece are scheduled for July and August.
Production
Ion is regarded as one of the most enigmatic works of ancient drama. It stands between tragedy and comedy, myth and realism, and mysticism and scepticism, with questions of identity and belonging at its core.
After his collaboration with Thoc last year on Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector, Moschopoulos returns to the organisation and to the Athens Epidaurus Festival with a new interpretation of Euripides’ work. He has previously directed several other Euripides plays, including The Bacchae, Alcestis and Iphigenia in Tauris.
Performance dates
In Cyprus, the production will premiere on July 16 and then travel to multiple locations. In Greece, it will be presented at the Athens Epidaurus Festival on August 28 and 29.
About the play
The action takes place at Apollo’s oracle in Delphi, where Ion grows up without knowing his origins. The audience knows the truth, while the character attempts to understand his identity through fragments, contradictions and misunderstandings.
The production seeks to emphasise the play’s ambiguous character, with the stage serving as a space where truth and falsehood overlap.
