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‘Alpheus’ Journey’: a cultural triumph celebrating myths with music and storytelling
Greece’s rich cultural heritage and natural beauty has been the source of celebration on ERT2, with the latest production, ‘Alpheus Journey’, bringing to life the ancient tale of the river …
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Grandmother’s secret role in the Greek Resistance: ‘Of Forgetting’ the horror of war
Phil Kafcaloudes was ABC Radio National’s breakfast presenter for almost a decade. Like thousands of others affected by the global media upheaval, he was made redundant in 2015. “The redundancy …
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Interactive theatre in Melbourne: ‘Breadwinning’ explores capitalism, community, and care through the art of bread-making
In the heart of Melbourne, where the pulse of the Arts beats strongest, 23-year-old Greek-Australian theatre director Daphne Gerolymou-Papadopoulou and her colleague Sophia Derkenne are sparking deep conversations with their …
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Paul Robertson revives the blind king, Oedipus in a contemporary adaptation
Actor Paul Robertson is well known for this ability to breathe life into Greek and Shakespearean characters – big characters, flawed characters, weighed down by pathos, rage, jealousy, vanity – …
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Zorba’s Last Dance, a ‘real’ representation of Greeks on stage
Zorba’s Last Dance, a brand-new play starring Evangelos Arabatzis, Dimitrios Koutsoukos and Donna Dimovski-Kantarovski opens this week at La Mama in Melbourne. The stage show tells two stories, one of …
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Greek Maestro Zoe Zeniodi breaks new ground at the Sydney Opera House
The ‘Ingenious Greek Maestro’ Zoe Zeniodi is back in Australia to make history as the first conductor from Greece to lead the opera at the Sydney Opera House and will …
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Simon Stone’s Medea at the Pallas Theatre in Athens
Australian actor, director, and writer Simon Stone, known for his contemporary and accessible adaptations of classic myths and literature, brings his rendition of Medea to the Pallas Theatre in Athens …
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Cretan Folkloric Group ‘Tzanidakis’ to tour Sydney and Melbourne for Arkadi Festival 2024
The Folkloric Group ‘Tzanidakis’ from Crete will tour Sydney and Melbourne in November 2024 as part of the Arkadi Festival, commemorating the 158th anniversary of the Holocaust of the Arkadi …
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Greek-Cypriot Australian Christiana Aloneftis wins 2024 Brian Boak Bursary
Greek-Cypriot Australian soprano and actress Christiana Aloneftis has received the 2024 Brian Boak Outstanding Performer Bursary. She has been awarded $20,000, which she will use to further develop her career …
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A capacity crowd sing timeless Theodorakis songs with Dimitris Basis at standing ovation Melbourne concert
Hundreds of Greeks in Melbourne stood and sang, “Mi parakalo sas, Mi, Lismonate ti chora mou” (Please, I beg you, do not forget my country) during the much anticipated ‘Axion …