Our company is proud to announce our new collaboration with MARQUIS LITERARY, one of the most important representatives of Canadian authors of theatrical plays.

Our company now represents the theatrical writer Irene Loukatos.

A short curriculum vitae follows.

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Βorn in Athens,with origin from the island of Cefallonia   
Graduated from the Ionian University Translation and Interpretation Department with specialization in the translation of literary texts in ​​English and German language.
Master Degree at the University of Bristol, Great Britain (MA in Film and TV production). Graduate of harmony and classical piano. 
She has already completed writing three plays and a feature film script as well as fairy tales for adults and children. 
In 2009 he participated in a playwright at London's Islington, CONFESSIONS IN C MINOR. 
In 2013, she has been staged in the ROCA theater stage by her theatrical play ΕΝΑ, directed by Spyros Michalopoulos. 
In 2017, her theatrical work ONE was awarded by the Union of Screenwriters of Greece with the 1st Prize for the Theatrical Monopratos project. 
TARATSA  has already been translated into  Spanish and  will be presented at  Colombia and Saint Dominic during the summer of 2018.
She has also written the script of the  film LOUNA BAR, which will be released in 2018, direction by Spyros Michalopoulos in 2018. 

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SOPE is happy to announce that we are now EXCLUSIVELY representing  the well known theatre writer PETER QUILTER and all his works, in Greece and Cyprus! Peter Quilter is an important, contemporare theatre writer. He was born in England and graduated from LEEDS University. Most of his plays have already been translated and presented on stage in more than 40 countries all over the world.
Among his best known plays is GLORIIOUS, which will be presented in Athens too, this winter seaon.The play premiered at the Brimingham Rep, in 2005 and tells the story of Florence Jenkins, the worst Opera singer in the world. Among his other successful plays are THE MORNING AFTER, LET IT SNOW , 4000 DAYS, SAVING JASON, JUST THE TICKET , NIGHTINGALES, DUETS, STARDUST , CELEBRITY and the famous END OF RAINBOW.

Born in 1926, at Vareze province, Italy.After World War ΙΙ ,he continues his studies of Architecture, in Milan and at the same time presents his frist monologues, working at Parenti theatre.In 1951 he meets his future wife Franca RAme, and together , they found the theatrical group DARIO FO-FRANKA RAME. Fo, writes , perform, direct his plays.

D.Fo became known worldwide for his antifascism actions. Many of his plays were censorshiped and  prohibited. He wrote 18 satiric monologues, with subjects from the Bible and Politics.Among his most known plays are LA SIGNORA E DA BUTTARE,MORTE ACCIDENTALE DI UN ANARCHICO,FEYADIN, LA GUERRA DI POPOLO IN CILE,NON SI PAGA NON SI PAGA, FANFANI RAPITO, MISTERO BUFFO,LA STORIA DI UN SOLDATO, LETTERA DALLA CINA,  DIO LI FA E POI LI ACCOPA,  TUTTA CASA LETTO E CHIESA,  CLACSON TROMPETE PERNACCHI , RITORNO A CASA, ISABELLA TRE CARAVELLE E UN CACCIABALLE, GHI RUBA UN PEDE E FORTUNATO IN AMORE

Except for the Nobel Prize for Litterature (1997) which he was granted, but refused to accept, D.Fo was also rewarded with  SCHOENING PRIZE/Copenhagen(1981), PREMIO EDUARDO (1985),OBIE/New York (1986) and AGRO DOLCE (1987)

His plays have already been translated and performed in more than 30 languages all over the world.

At this early stage in the season the Entr'Actes-SACD reading committee has chosen 4 plays currently on the boards, by both world renowned and budding playwrights. Some plays already presented in Actes du Théâtre have been extended due to their success.
Actes du Théâtre also reports on the latest news from the summer and the beginning of the new season, featuring young playwrights on international residencies, Dramafest in Mexico and Cross Channel Theatre, which has made its debut at the Edinburgh Festival. New translations have become available through these projects, providing access to French playwrights in English and Spanish.

She was predestined to portray one of the most fascinating composers of the past turn of the century. No better time? In May 2016 we will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Max Reger, and the musical world will want to honor with many events the great "out-of-time" composer who saw himself between tradition and avant-garde.

The publishing house Forberg, a catalogue that now belongs to Ricordi, published some of the most important works in Russian music - such as Prokofiev's first piano concerto and Koussevitzky's double bass concerto.

"More than 100 years after its world premiere, Prokofiev's piano concerto still remains a fresh and unconventional virtuoso piece that both summarizes and concludes the piano concerto of the Romantic era", says Ricordi Berlin composer Sergej Newski in his introduction.

The scholar, poet and translator Εrricos Belies died on the 19th of April 2016, at the age of 66 years after months of illness, hospital Henry Dunant.
Erricos Belies, French in origin, was born in Athens in 1950 and studied English Literature and Archeology. His greatest work was the translation of all thirty-seven plays of Shakespeare  in Greek language. Apart of these translations, he had also translate Mayakovsky, Goldoni, Tennessee Williams, Harold Pinter and others, and published as well six Poetry collections of his own.

Οne of the key British figures of 20th century drama and a writer whose work spanned more than five decades.  A prolific, often highly political writer who produced more than 40 plays, as well as books of essays, poetry and short stories. Ηis work also included children’s fiction and a first novel, Honey, which was published in 2005.. He was later characterized as a leading voice of 1960s. “kitchen sink”

Αlthough suffering from Parkinson’s, he continued to write late into his life, publishing his first collection of poetry, All Things Tire of Themselves, in 2008. He received a knighthood in 2006, by which time his plays had been translated into 18 languages and had been performed around the world.

Call for composers: Ricordi Berlin has announced a brand new program, RicordiLab, that will provide the opportunity for up to 5 emerging composers to participate in a three-year collaboration with the publishing house. Ricordi Berlin will publish selected works, provide international promotion for successful applicants and will also support the laureates with expertise in the music industry.

Harnoncourt was one of the most influential conductors of the modern era. Ηe had a keen interest in the music of Johann Strauss, preparing (in collaboration with Norbert Linke) the critical edition of Der Zigeunerbaron published by Ricordi. The edition was premiered in Vienna in 1998.

Today the whole musical world celebrate György Kurtág's birthday. He has been composing for more than 70 years, and for more than five decades Editio Musica Budapest has been his principal publisher.
Kurtág, even now at 90, is young at heart. In the last years he has written a new orchestral piece and numerous piano and chamber works. Additionally, since 2010 he has been working on his life's greatest artistic undertaking: the opera Fin de partie after Samuel Beckett. We wish him continuing activity and energy. 

An instrument that has long been underrated before coming back to the scene thanks to composers like Luciano Berio, who wrote a wonderful Sequenza, or Mauricio Kagel. Georges Aperghis composed this concerto for Teodoro Anzellotti, a virtuoso of contemporary accordion. Popular sounds and experimental effects combine to create an unprecedented musical discourse offering an irresistible dialogue between the soloist and the orchestra.

Born in Northampton in 1921, Malcolm Arnold was one of the leading British composers of the 20th century. His legacy is a truly remarkable catalogue of music, including 9 symphonies, 7 ballets, over 20 concertos, 2 string quartets, film and choral music and music for brass-band and wind-band. Malcolm Arnold's belief that ".. music is a social act of communication, a gesture of friendship" underpins his entire creative output: from the "brilliant light" found in Symphony no. 1, through to the joyous tunes of many of his concert pieces, such as the ever popular English Dances sets 1 & 2. Malcolm Arnold died on 23 September 2006 at the age of 84.

Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000) was an outstanding representative of 20th-century Hungarian music. During his eight-decade-long career he acquired exceptional popularity and in his old age he was honored as the doyen of Hungarian music. After studies with Leó Weiner and Albert Siklós in Budapest, he deepened his knowledge with Ottorino Respighi in Rome. One of the keys to his wide-ranging success is his versatility. He composed for almost all instruments from solo to octet, including vocal and orchestral music, masses, oratorios and incidental music.

Theater :   ELPIDAS

City: Αthens

Direction : Giannis Mortzos

Translation: Toula Boutou

Theater :   ODOU KEFALINIAS

City: Athens

Direction : Maritina Pasari

Translation: Maria Hadjiemmanuel

Theater :  ART THEATRE

City: Athens

Direction : Marianna Kalbari

Theater :   CYPRUS THEATRE ORGANIZATION

City: Limasol, Cyprus

Direction : Maria Kyriakou

Translation: Maria Hadjiemmanuel

Theater :   EN ATHINAIS/TEMPUS VERUM

City: Athens

Direction : Dimitris Lalos

Translation: K.Kapeloni

Theater :  ART THEATRE OF KAROLUS KHOUN

City: Athens

Direction : Simos Kakalas

Theater :   MIKRI PLANI

City: Athens

Direction : kostas Delakouras

Translation: Anna Etiaridou

Theater :   OLVIO

City: Athens

Direction -Translation: Nikos-orestis Haniotakis

Theater :   Akadimos

City: Athens

Direction : Μanousos Manousakis

Translation: Julia Kraliovits

Theater :  DIONISOS

City: Limasol, Cyprus

Direction –translation: Josef Vardakis

Θέατρο: ΑΥΛΑΙΑ

Πόλη: Θεσσαλονίκη

Σκηνοθεσία: Δ.Καραθανάσης

Theater :  AITHOUSA TEHNIS

City: Kozani

Direction -Translation:Niketi Kountouri

Theater :  MOUSOURI

City: Athens

Direction :-Translation: Petros Filipidis

Theater :  KYDONIA

City: Chania-Crete

Direction : Michalis Virvidakis

Translation: Dimitris Kiousis

Theater :   KATO AP TI GEFYRA

City: Athens

Direction : Nikos Dafnis

Translation: Erikos Belies

Theater :   ODOU KEFALINIAS

City: Athens

Direction -Translation: Alexis Alatsis

Theater :   KYDONIA

City: CHANIA, CRETE

Direction : Michalis VIrvidakis

Translation: Dimitris Kiousis

Theater :   ATHINEON

City: Salonica

Direction : Achileas Psaltopoulos

Translation: Natasha Konteletzidou

Theater :   DIMITRIS HORN

City: Athens

Direction : Konstantinos Markoulakis

Theater :   VΑULT

City: Athens

Direction : Alexander Stavrou

Translation: STilvi Psilopoulou

Theater :   104

City: Athens

Direction : Julia Siamou

Theater :   TEHNIS (BASEMENT)

City: Athens

Direction : Angela Brouskou

Translation: Dimitris Dimitriades

Theater : ALKMINI

City: Athens

Direction -Translation: Konstantina Nikolaides

Theater : T

City: Salonica

Direction Glykeria Kalaitzi

Translation: Stathis Mavropoulos

Theater : EKSTAN

City: Salonica

Direction Jean Paul Denizon

Translation: Eleni Papachristopoulou

Theater : ORA STUDIO

City: Salonica

Direction : Damianos Konstandinidis

Translation: Katerina Aggelaki Rouk

Theater : HITIRIO

City: Athens

Direction :-Translation: George Valaris

Theater : FABRICA

City: Athens

Direction :-Translation: Εlina Giannaki

Theater : Regional Municipal theatre of Roumeli-experimental stage

City: Lamia

Direction :  

Translation:  P.Haikalis

Theater : GRAMES TEHNIS

City: Patras

Direction :  Vangelis Laskaris

Translation:  L.Tzanidou

Theater :  104

City: Athens

Direction : S.Marathaki

Theater :   ELIART

City: Athens

Direction : George Frangeskakis

Theater :   BIOS

City: Athens

Direction : Sylvia Liouliou

Translation: Dionisis Kapsalis

Theater :   ART THEATRE

City: Athens

Direction : Nikos Mastorakis

Translation: Marianna Kalbari

Theater :   PK

City: Athens

Direction : Giannis Tsoukas

Translation: Anna Varvaresou

Theater :  ALKMINI

City: Athens

Direction: A.Antonakos, V.Tambaropoulou

Translation: Fay Zarbi

Theater :  VENIZELION

City: Chania , island of Crete

Direction-Translation: Giannis Karahisaridis

Theater :  THISION

City: Athens

Direction: Antonis Antonopoulos

Translation:Α.Antonopoulos-D.Karatzas

Theater :  THISIO

City: Athens

Direction: Nickorestis Chaniotakis -Gerasimos Skafidas

Translation: Nickorestis Chaniotakis

Theater :  TZENI KAREZI

City: Athens

Direction -Translation: Vassili Koukalani

Theater :  ODOU KEFALLINIAS

City: Athens

Direction : Maritina Pasari

Translation: Maria Hadjiemmanuel

Theatre: ALMA

City: Athens

Direction: Agelos Antonopoulos

Theatre: ALMA

City: Athens

Direction: Pemi Zouni

Translation: Alexander Rigas

Theatre: EPIKENTRO

City: Patras

Direction: Chrisoupla Papadopoulou

Translation: Vassili Koukalani

Theatre: BIOS

City: Athens

Direction: Danae Roussou

Theatre: GLORIA

City: Athens

Direction: Dimitris Lalos

Theatre: ΤΗΙSION

City: Athens

Direction: Giannos Perlegas

Translation: Prometheus Aliferopoulos

Theatre: MOUSOURI

City: Athens

Direction-Translation: George Kimoulis

Theatre: NEOS KOSMOS

City: Athens

Direction-Translation: Dimitris Agartzidis

Theatre: NEOS KOSMOS

City: Athens

Direction: G.Chrysostomou, M.Papadimitriou

Translation: Aggeliki Kokkoni

Theatre: NEOS KOSMOS

City: Athens

Direction: Vangelis Theodoropoulos

Translation: Aggeliki Kokkoni

Theatre: ODOU KEFALINIAS

City: Athens

Direction: Grigoris Karantinakis

Theater :   ALKIMINI

City: Athens

Direction -Translation: Dimitris Petropoulos

Theater: SIHRONO

City: Athens

Direction: Helen Skotis

Translation: Skotis-Hadjinikolaou

Theater: STUDIO MAVROMICHALI

City: Athens

Direction-Translation: Despina Poga

Theater: EN ATHINAIS

City: Athens

Direction: Dimitris Lalos

Theater: VEMBO

City: Athens

Direction-Translation:  Repas, Papathanasiou

Theater: RADAR

City: Athens

Direction-Translation:  Αnastasia Papastathi

Theater: VIS MOTRIX

City: Salonica

Direction: Paschalis Arabatzis

Translation: Tilemahos Hadjiioanides

Theater: ZINA

City: Athens

Direction: Vladimiros Kiriakidis

Translation: Erricos Belies

Theatre: APO MIHANIS

City: Athens

Direction: Akis Vloutis

Theater: APO MIHANIS

City: Athens

Direction: Akis Vloutis

Translation: Pavlos Matesis

Theatre: DIANA

City: Athens

Direction: Stamatis Fasoulis

Translation: Eleni Randou

Theater: ATHINON

City: Athens

Direction: Kostantinos Markoulakis

Translation:George Vouros

Τheatre: STATE THEATRE NORTHERN GREECE

City: Salonica

Direction:Michalis Sionas

Translation: Xenia Kalogeropoulou

Theatre: KATO AP TI GEFIRA

City: Athens

Direction: Korais Damatis

Τheatre: ZINA

City: Athens

Direction: Petros Zoulias

Translation:Kostas Tahtsis

Theatre: KAPA

City: Athens

Direction-Translation: Ilias Karelas

Theatre: KATIA DANDOULAKI

City: Athens

Direction: Niketi Kondouri

Translation: Marios Ploritis

Theatre: PANTHEON

City: Athens

Direction-translation: Alexander Rigas

ΠΥΓΜΑΛΙΩΝ-Bernard Shaw

Theatre : IVI

City: Athens

Direction-Translation: Kostas Spyropoulos

OΜΕΡΤΑ/Η ΣΙΩΠΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΔΡΩΝ-Eric Assous

Theatre: AGGELON VIMA

City: Athens

Direction: Giannis Laspias

Translation: Margarita Dalamanga-Kalogirou

Theatre: OLVIO

City: Athens

Direction: Nikos Katis

Translation: Erricos Belies

October 20, 2016

Concert: Works by Travlos and Prokofiev

Venue: Aristotle University Concert Hall

City: Thessaloniki

Orchestra: Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Miltos Logiadis

October 13, 2016

Concert: Tribute to Shakespeare: 400 years since his death

Venue: Royal Theatre

City: Thessaloniki

Orchestra: Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Vladimiros Symeonidis

October 11, 2016

Dates: 12, 13 and 14 October 2016

Concert: Musical Synergies, Cyprus – Russia

Venue: 12/10 Markideio Theater, Pafos, 13/10 Rialto Theatre, Limassol, 14/10 Pallas Theater, Nicosia

Cities: Pafos, Limassol, Nicosia

Orchestra: Cyprus Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Yiorgos Kountouris

September 22, 2016

Concert: THESSALONIKI STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: An Alpine Symphony

Venue: Thessaloniki Concert Hall

City: Thessaloniki

Orchestra: Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Giorgos Vranos

September 22, 2016

Concert: Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler

Venue: Garden of the Athens Concert Hall

City: Athens

Orchestra: Athens State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Stathis Soulis

Soloists: Maira Milolidaki -soprano

                Thodoris Voutsikakis -song

                Titos Gouvelis -piano

September 17, 2016

Venue: Atrium Benaki Museum

City: Athens

Orchestra: Athens Municipality Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Andreas Tselikas

September 15, 2016

Concert: Gala Maria Callas

Venue: Thessaloniki Concert Hall

City: Thessaloniki

Orchestra: Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Loukas Karytinos

Soloists: Alexia Voulgaridou (Soprano)

September 15, 2016

Concert: Gala Maria Callas

Venue: Thessaloniki Concert Hall

City: Thessaloniki

Orchestra: Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Loukas Karytinos

Soloists: Alexia Voulgaridou (Soprano)

September 15, 2016

Concert: Gala Maria Callas

Venue: Thessaloniki Concert Hall

City: Thessaloniki

Orchestra: Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Loukas Karytinos

Soloists: Alexia Voulgaridou (Soprano)

September 06, 2016

Concert: E.R.T. at the 22nd Papagou Festival

Venue: Papagou Garden Theatre

City: Athens

Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Greek Radio and TV (ERT)

Conductor: Anastasios Symeonidis

Soloists: Christos Papageorgiou (piano)