The International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama returns this summer with impressive, contemporary renditions of long-standing tales. Once again, top-tier theatre companies have been chosen to ...

Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of Greece ... that construction on the theater began around the 4th century B.C.E., when ancient Lefkada was experiencing economic ...

The Greek Ministry of Culture has announced that archaeologists have fully uncovered the ancient Greek theater of Lefkada, the first such monument ever discovered in Greece’s Ionian islands.

an ancient hilltop theater was recently restored, Greek officials said. A reopening ceremony will be held on Aug. 31. Photo from the Ministry of Culture Ancient Greeks once crowded into a theater ...

As the sun sets over the Roman Theatre at Verulamium, audiences enjoying its latest summer season of productions will know that some 2,000 years previously, people were doing the same. But what is it ...

History buffs will want to visit this ancient Greek theater, overlooking the Ionian Sea. Built in the third century B.C., the theater could hold thousands of people attending ancient Greek ...

This kind of criticism was not only allowed, it was expected.” The genesis of theater, like most everything in ancient Greece, was under the auspices of the Gods. Dionysus was the god closely ...

REUTERS/Stelios Misinas Inmate Dimitris Kavalos (right), 54, and Thodoris Syrgianidis, 28, rehearse their roles in the ancient Greek tragedy ‘Antigone’ in Korydallos prison’s theatre hall ...

From the grand stages of ancient Greece to the bustling theaters of today, the iconic comedy and drama masks have long symbolized the dual nature of theatrical storytelling. Whether you’re a ...

Ancient Greeks once crowded into a theater in Pleurona, seating themselves on stone slabs and awaiting on-stage entertainment. The outdoor theater, carved into a hillside and overlooking a lagoon ...