2024-05-10 14:27:53
A special experience for the mixed theater group of the 2nd Lyceum of Ioannina, the 1st Gymnasium of Ioannina and the 1st Gymnasium of Anatolia was the performance with the play “Helen” by Euripides, which they gave on Friday, April 26, at the ancient theater of Gitanas and was part of the Diazoma program “Adoption of ancient theater”.
In the evocative atmosphere of the ancient theater, the young students (Chrysovalantou Yotis, Nikolas Yotis, Christoforos Yotis, Nicoleta Zikou, Thodoris Mertzanis, Argyri Mertzani, Maria Papazi, Ioanna Papaconstantinou, Anastasia Yogli, Demosthenes Yoglis, Stavros Emmanouilidis, Athena Tassi, Maria Vletsa , Giorgos Nakas, Eleonora Daskalopoulou, Yiannis Stefanou, Thalia Koletsi, Dimitris Petousis, Vivi Michaelidou) built cultural bridges between the past and the present, under the guidance of their professors Chrysoula Georgopoulos and Panagiotis Voulgaris.
The theater group received the warm applause of the parents who attended the theater, as well as the special words of praise from the archaeologist Mr. Lazou, who pointed out that the performance “was the best of 34 school actions this year at the Gypsy theater” .
They had staged the same show at the Odeon of Preveza and at the Festival of amateur groups of the DIPETHE Ioannina, with the theater group renewing its appointment for September at the Festival of Ancient Drama “Olympia en Dio” in Katerini, Pieria, in which it was chosen to participate among theater groups from schools in the country and abroad.
The theater group thanks the director of the 2nd Lyceum of Ioannina, Vassiliki Tsaga, who, in collaboration with the principals of the 1st High School of Ioannina, Dimitra Katsoulis, and the 1st High School of Anatoli, Olympia Bakalis, faced all the difficulties arising from an inter-school action. He also thanks Mr. Karagianni, Daflo and Zagorisiou, who accompanied the excursion to Preveza, following the theatrical performance.