Announcement of the 11th International Youth Festival of Ancient Drama-Ancient Messina 2024
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Part A is addressed to Secondary Education Schools.
Part B is addressed to Higher Education Schools, particularly young amateur Theatre groups of Universities, Colleges, Theatre schools, Institutes and Associations in Greece and other countries abroad.
Part A
Proclamation
"11th International Youth Festival of Ancient Drama.
Ancient Messina 2024"
For the theatre groups of Secondary Education schools
The Municipality of Messina organises from April 10th to 25th, 2024, the "11th International Youth Festival of Ancient Drama. Ancient Messina 2024" in the Ancient Theatre of Messina and the Church (Ekklisiastirion).
The festival focuses on presenting works of ancient Greek or Latin drama (tragedy or comedy). It has no competitive nature, and its purpose is the essential - experiential contact of young people with ancient drama and cultural heritage. The Secondary Education schools' theatre groups have the right to participate in the festival. Each theatre group, composed exclusively of students, must not exceed 25 people (including accompanying teachers).
From 2024, theatre groups can participate in the festival with a dramatisation (theatrical presentation and not a theatrical recitation) of a rhapsody or composition of rhapsodes from Homer's "Iliad" or "Odyssey" or with texts from Lucian's satirical "Dead Dialogues". The duration of this theatrical performance should be between 45 and 60 minutes.
