Epidavros under water | Nick Dimitriadis

"Ορνιθες" "the birds" written by Aristophanes in 414 BC, produced by the municipal district theatre of Crete and directed by Yannis Kakleas were scheduled for two shows at the open air ancient theatre of Epidavros in august 2012. The first show went great, the second was cancelled. The official reason for the cancellation, was, heavy rain. The truth is, since it had stopped raining a good two hours before curtain time, that the people responsible did absolutely nothing to protect this two and a half thousand year old jewel. This is what we saw when we went up to the theatre that evening after the rain..