60 years after its first presentation, “
The Backyard of Μiracles”, the landmark play of
Iakovos Kambanellis, is presented by the NTNG, directed by
Kostas Tsianos, at
Lazaristes Monastery - Sokratis Karantinos Stage, attracting thousands of spectators.
With this
Big Day, the National Theatre of Northern Greece gives the audience the opportunity to learn about the work and the personality of
Iakovos Kambanellis through workshops addressed to adults and children, events, improvisation and dramatization exercises, lectures and discussions.
Free entrance to all events.
Organized by:
Amalia Kondoyanni, Eva Koumandraki, Konstantina Matziri and Maria Tsima
This Big Day is realized with the support of:
NTNG Drama School,
School of Drama and
School of Film Studies of the
Faculty of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University,
Thessaloniki Cinema Museum & Cinematheque and
Thessaloniki Museum of Photography.
- Psychodrama (For adults) / 11.00
- Theatre workshop (For teachers) / 11.00
- Theatre workshop (For children 5-9 years old) / 12.30
- Theatre workshop (For Drama School students and adults) / 13.00
- Lecture: “Cinematic Kambanellis” / 13.30
- Film Workshop / 14.00
- Presentation: “The Eulogy”, a one-act play by Kambanellis / 15.30
- NTNG Drama School Event based on the play “Mauthausen” by Kambanellis / 15.45
- Lecture: “Kambanellis’ era through the photographs of Voula Papaioannou and Dimitris Charisiadis” / 16:15
- Round table: “Iakovos Kambanellis: the man and his work” / 16.30