grape – Greek Agora of Performance, the successful Agora for the Greek Performing Arts of the Athens Epidaurus Festival, returns for its third consecutive year! Providing a platform for Theatre and Dance creators to showcase their works to representatives of international festivals, cultural institutions abroad, and the wider public, grape aims to systematically promote Greek artistic vision to the international Theatre and Dance scenes.

For its name, we drew inspiration from Dionysus, God of Vine and Theatre, the exhilarating effect of Art, the Greek summer, and the grape itself—a fruit we share, whether as fresh produce or fine wine, in our passionate and heated conversations following the end of Festival performances.

To date, grape has hosted more than 100 artistic directors and representatives of the most esteemed festivals, cultural organisations, and media outlets from forty countries. Notably, ten productions that have emerged from this initiative have already been presented at prestigious international theatres and festivals.

Meanwhile, the institution continues to establish itself on major stages worldwide. Works showcased at grape have travelled to Austria (Vienna), Belgium (Brussels, Antwerp, Kortrijk), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo), France (Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg, Marseille, Montpellier, Caen, Dijon), Germany (Berlin, Hamburg), Switzerland (Geneva, Zurich, Lausanne), the United Kingdom (London), the United States (New York), Italy (Rome, Milan, Venice, Genoa, Turin), Canada (Montreal), Kosovo (Prizren), Croatia (Rijeka), Cyprus (Nicosia, Limassol), Poland (Kraków, Opole), Romania (Timișoara), and Turkey (Istanbul), among others.

In the framework of grape 2025, the Athens Epidaurus Festival will partner with the European Festivals Association network—of which it stands a proud member—to host an international forum on performing arts on July 23.