Interview by Vassilios Nicolaos Vitsilogiannis (IG: @vassiliosvitsilogiannis) Sophie Zanninou is one of the most beloved and enduring artists of the Greek performing arts, with more than fifty years of uninterrupted presence in theatre, film, television and music. With a career filled with remarkable collaborations, unforgettable roles and experiences alongside some of Greece’s greatest artists and […]
By Martin Banks Cookery classes run by top UK chef Dev Biswal are going down a treat with his customers.
Greece’s archaeological sites, monuments and museums will open their doors under the August full moon on Friday, August 28, as the Culture Ministry holds its annual nationwide celebration for the 27th consecutive year.
Greek jazz or jazz by Greeks? This was a question that had been lingering for many years within the Greek jazz community and was often a point of contention, having its roots in the belief that jazz in Greece had amateur characteristics and the level of the musicians was lower than that of their foreign […]
Interview by Vassilios Nicolaos Vitsilogiannis (IG: @vassiliosvitsilogiannis) Darina Al Joundi is a Lebanese-born actress and writer whose work spans theatre, film and television in Arabic, French and English. She began performing as a child in Beirut and later emigrated to France, where she built a stage career and co-wrote the acclaimed one-woman show Le jour […]
By Martin Banks European artists from Sweden, Hungary and Slovakia are set to exhibit their work at a new exhibition in Berlin.
Interview by Vassilios Nicolaos Vitsilogiannis (IG: @vassiliosvitsilogiannis) Yiannis Vardis is a Greek singer and songwriter known for blending contemporary laiko and entehno elements with a melodic, emotional style. Born in Athens in 1974, he began writing songs at a young age and studied piano, which helped shape his musical identity. He first appeared on record […]
Sir Christopher Nolan’s latest film, The Odyssey, may have won rave reviews from critics and done storming business at the box office – but one person is definitely not happy. Emily Wilson, the academic whose 2017 translation of Homer’s Odyssey was cited by the director as an influence on his adaptation of the poem, has […]
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has spoken to filmmaker Christopher Nolan to congratulate him on “The Odyssey” and thank him for boosting international interest in Greek culture, officials said Tuesday.
About 80,000 people saw “The Odyssey,” Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster film, during its first two days of showings in Greece, on Thursday and Friday, the film’s distributor said.
