Activities

by: YIORGOS KARAKANTZAS and ÉRIC DENIAUD Under the auspices of the University of Patras Laboratories: Myth and Religion in Greco-Roman Antiquity (Department of Philology, Director Efimia Karakantsa) Theatre Laboratory of Speech and Drama (Department of Theatrical Studies, Director Agis Marinis) Tuesday and Wednesday, February 25 and 26, 2025 Duration: 8 hours, divided into two days, …

Antigones in the Shadows | Ancient myth and shadow theater workshop Read More »

A century of modern Greek life has passed through its rooms. The Theatre Laboratory of Drama and Speech of the Department of Theatre Studies – University of Patras, in collaboration with the 2nd Golfo Festival 2025, as part of Golfo in Progress II – Research in Theatrical Practice (2025), invites aspiring, emerging, or debut playwrights …

HOTEL HELMOS: Call for New Play Submissions Read More »

On Thursday, January 30, 2025, at 7:30-8:30 p.m., at The Demos Center, in Athens (Hipitou 17, Plaka), the artistic event – discussion titled DON’T LOOK took place. At the event, students and graduates from our department performed the poem DON’T LOOK by Harold Pinter. The discussion was moderated by Ioanna Papapavlou. The lecturers were Katia …

DON’T LOOK: Our Laboratory at The Demos Center Read More »

On Monday, December 2, 2024, the 8th Conference entitled “Public Health, Art and Solidarity” was held at the Conference and Cultural Center of the University of Patras in collaboration with the Laboratory of Speech and Drama of the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of Patras (Unit II: Sports, Art and Solidarity). A poster …

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The Theatre Laboratory of Drama and Speech, of the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of Patras, on the occasion of the 170 years since the birth of the playwright Spyridon Peresiadis in Mesorrougi, Achaia, and the 130 years since the first presentation of his famous play Golfo, organized under the auspices of the …

Golfo, the immortal heroine of Spyridon Peresiadis Read More »

Art and HealthAct 1: The Role of Theater and Dance Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 17:30-20:30Conference and Cultural Center at the University of Patras Patras, October 2024 Scientific and Artistic SupervisionKatia Savrami, Associate Professor of the Department of Theatre Studies at the University of Patras.Agis Marinis, Associate Professor of the Department of Theatre Studies at the …

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Health4EUkids is a pioneering European program for the improvement of children’s health (pre-school and school age) in which our country participates. The implementing bodies of the programme are the 6th Regional Health Department and the University of Patras, under the supervision of Professor A. Vandarakis (Laboratory of Hygiene, University of Patras Medical School). Volunteer doctors …

“Childhood Obesity in the Spotlight – Good Practices”: a collaboration of the Laboratory of Drama and Speech with the Department of Medicine Read More »

The Theatre Laboratory of Drama and Speech of the University of Patras in collaboration with the Regional Administration of Western Greece and the Archaeological Museum of Patras have organized the opening of the Exhibition of Masks by the sculptor Manos Pontikakis, entitled “Hypocritai: Visions and Voices of Faces”, at the Archaeological Museum of Patras, on …

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Public reading on 29th november in front of theater “Apollon”, PatrasN.Kolliopoulou,L.Visilia,D.Maroudas,K.Gavriilhttps://www.gazamonologues.com/