Location: Athens
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The 10 Best Concerts & Shows in Athens, Attica
Once known for smog, traffic and tacky architecture, Athens is a city reformed thanks to fortunes brought by the 2004 Summer Olympics. Spotless parks and streets, an ultra-modern subway, new freeways, an accessible airport and all signs in perfect English make the city easily negotiable. Meriting more than a stopover en route to the islands, sophisticated Athens sites include many pillars of Western history, from the Acropolis to the Temple of Olympian Zeus, as well as treasures in the National Archaeological Museum.
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1. Topos Allou Theatre
2. National Theatre of Greece
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5.0 based on 18 reviews
3. Theater Katerina Vassilakou
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
4. Fimonoi Theater
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5.0 based on 32 reviews
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. For the first time in center of Athens, a unique theatrical experience of Ancient drama that you can not attend anywhere else in the world, but in the city where Drama and Theatre were born. With English & French subtitles for you to experience the actual Greek theatre feeling. A script dated since 5th century BC that has to do with the Oedipus complex.
5. Koilon Theatre
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5.0 based on 5 reviews
Watch a unique, funny and touching play, right beneath the Acropolis. Do not leave Greece without joining that thrilling experience, a theater performance given by actors talking in English and learn about some of the most interesting myths related to ancient Greece. The story goes like this: “During his visit to the Acropolis, a present-day tourist slips and gets knocked out. When he awakens, he finds himself transported to the 5th century B.C, Athens. There, he will have an intense talk with Medea, watch the daughters of Oedipus grieve, chase the god of Wealth himself around the Parthenon and find out how Odysseus solved a Cyclopean problem.”
Reviewed By Bolerochilote - Paris, France
You'll have an exquisite experience of diving into ancient Greece in the shadow of the Acropolis with this witty and clever play. Visuals and performances are riveting, and the writing is delicious! This very creative piece with a twist of modernity quickly becomes the highlight of your stay in Athens! Bravo!!
6. Alhambra Art Theater
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
7. Herod Atticus Odeon
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4.5 based on 1,698 reviews
Second-century theater built into the hillside.
Reviewed By JLC-mtl2015 - Montreal, Canada
This is one of the two theater accessible on the slope of the Acropolis. This one is not the oldest but the one that has been renovated to welcome artists from around the world still today. The whole surrounding, the façade, the love story of Herodes Atticus, the city backstage and the Acropolis hill background makes this place way bigger than the 5,000 spectators capacity. No wonder why it is still active today and many musical performance have been held here. It provides a unique stage and show. While on the Acropolis site you can see also the Theater of Dionysus and on top of the Acropolis Hill, surrounding the Parthenon you can see the Temple of Athena Nike, the ruins of Propylaea and the Erechtheion. All this, for the price of 1 ticket. If you want tricks on how to skip the line see my review on the Acropolis.
8. Athens Concert Hall
9. Megaron Concert Hall
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4.5 based on 134 reviews
Reviewed By permia
With four auditoriums this vast cultural centre is a landmark institution in the city. Opening in 1991 with two halls, subsequently a further pair were added. A vision of the media magnate and philanthropist Christos Lambrakis it has many echoes of classical Greece with its columns and imposing designs. In fact it was interesting to learn that in antiquity Megaron was the grand hall or throne room in Greek Palaces.
