Theatre and the Greek Community in Venezuela

Abstract

The Greek theatre in Venezuela and its repertory has a comparatively recent presence, with the founding of the community Greek theatre of Caracas in 1973 and a year later of the Greeks of Venezuela, a community organisation which included a theatre group from 1974 to 1984. The Greek presence continued to expand within the National Theatre of Venezuela (1985-1991) with the significant contribution of the brothers Pantelis and Constantine Palamidis, in the staging of works by Aristophanes, Lorca, Ritsos, Racine and others.
This article surveys the years from 1984 to 2002 presenting the theatre groups of Greece which have participated in the International Theatre Festival of Caracas, as well as their performances in Greek in the paroikies of Caracas and Valencia (2000-2002).