The National Theater of Northern Greece (KTHBE) presents Aristophanes’ comedy *Lysistrata*, directed by its Artistic Director, Asterios Peltekis, at the Ancient Theater of Kourion on July 17 and 18, 2026.

Elisavet Konstantinidou plays the title role, supported by an exceptional cast of leading actors and supporting cast members, including Katerina Papoutsaki, Kratéros Katsoulis, Alexandra Palaiologou, Panagiotis Petrakis, Nikos Georgakis, Kostas Santas, Giannis Harisis, Sofia Kalemkeridou, and a host of actors from the National Theater of Northern Greece’s ensemble.

The National Theater of Northern Greece’s production offers a contemporary stage interpretation that, through Aristophanes’ humor and satirical power, highlights with genuine “comic” seriousness the decay and entropy of a society, while simultaneously highlighting the need for peace and a collective fresh start.

Lysistrata is not merely a comedy about war and love, but a deeply political and human-centered work that focuses on the moment when a society, exhausted by decay, seeks a new way of being. The city-state is in a state of prolonged disintegration: war has become an end in itself, politics has been severed from human experience, and the body has been banished from public discourse. Entropy emerges as a central metaphor for a system’s inability to halt its own decline.

The archetypal heroine proposes neither reforms nor new institutions. She introduces something radically different: the reemergence of the body, desire, and collective responsibility as a political act. Sexual abstinence is not an act of punishment, but a conscious suspension—a temporary “freeze” that makes it possible to restart the world

Aristophanes’ *Lysistrata*

STATE THEATER OF NORTHERN GREECE

Friday, July 17 │ Ancient Theater of Kourion

Saturday, July 18 │ Ancient Theater of Kourion

With English and Greek surtitles

The performance is suitable for ages 12 and up

Duration: 120 minutes

Performances begin at 9:00 p.m. | Please arrive at the theater by 8:00 p.m.

Ticket sales:

SOLD-OUT TICKETS

STEPHANIS stores throughout Cyprus

Ticket prices:

€16 regular

€10 reduced (students, university students, National Guard members, retirees, large families, unemployed)

Information: 7000 2414 │ www.greekdramafest.com

Transportation for audience members from Nicosia:

To accommodate audiences from Nicosia, bus transportation will be provided to the Ancient Theater of Kourion for performances of the KTHB production, *Lysistrata*, on July 17 and 18. During the trip, theater scholars will present and analyze the play for the audience.

Bus ticket price (Nicosia – Ancient Theater of Kourion): €5 (round-trip)

You must purchase the bus ticket along with the performance ticket, no later than 8 days before the date of each performance or until all available seats on the buses are sold out.

Departure time: 6:30 p.m. (parking lot across from the Handicrafts Center on Athalassa Avenue)

Aristophanes’ *Lysistrata*

STATE THEATER OF NORTHERN GREECE

About the Production

Translation: Konstantinos Bouras

Direction – Dramaturgy – Adaptation: Asterios Peltekis

Set Design: Froso Lytra

Costumes: Nikos Charlaftis

Music Composition: Giorgos Andreou

Choreography: Konstantinos Rigos

Lighting Design: Stelios Tzolopoulos

Music Coach: Panagiotis Barlas

Associate Set and Costume Designer: Danae Pana

Assistant Directors: Evi Sarmi, Christoforos Meriadis

Assistant Choreographer: Anastasia Kelesis

Production Manager: Marina Hatzioannou

Tour Manager: Ilias Kotopoulos

Assistant Director (as part of an internship): Maria Alexoudi, Angeliki Voutsina, Electra Liontou

Set Designer’s Assistants (as part of an internship): Christos Vaxevanidis, Niki Ledaki, Christina Chasekidou

Production assistant (as part of an internship): Maria Gouma

Cast:

Philidonides/Eunuch: Iordanis Aivazoglou

Lakon/Eunuch: Antonis Antonakos

Herald of the Spartans/Strymodoros: Nikos Georgakis

Deaf-Mute/Eunuch: Dimitris Diakosavvas

Spartodeina: Chrysa Zafeiriadou

Lampito/Old Woman: Sofia Kalemkeridou

Kinesias: Krateros Katsoulis

Skormachi: Katerina Kaikoula

Scythian Slave/Dialogue/Kallistrati: Anastasia Kelesis

Proctophylax/Eunuch: Thanos Kontogiorgis

Lysistrata: Elizabeth Konstantinidou

Archidamia the Boeotian: Tatiana Melidou

Dorybronth/Dysidaemon: Dimitris Morfakidis

Steressandra of Corinth: Chrysoula Bachtsavanis

Prytanis: Dimitris Naziris

Cleonice: Alexandra Palaiologou

Myrrine: Katerina Papoutsaki

Neopouros: Efthymis Pappas

Rixydati: Vasso Pavlou

Apollonas/Lachis: Panagiotis Petrakis

“Peitheiai”: Christina Petroleka

Lanarostrychi/Vrontira: Marietta Protopapa

Mantis Aristogeron: Kostas Santas

Androdamas: Evi Sarmi

Tremopidis/Eunuch: Giannis Tseberlidis

Provoulos: Yiannis Charisis

Koryfo/Athena, Singer: Korina Legaki

Dancer: Petros Nikolidis

The performances of this production, as part of the Festival, are held under the auspices of the Embassy of Greece in Cyprus