Art Theater Karolos Koun

The Art Theatre (Theatro Technis) was founded in 1942 -the darkest years of the Nazi occupation- by Karolos Koun, setting as its aims the promotion of new Greek playwrights, the foundation of a Drama School with its own highly individual style, the familiarization of the Greek public with all the major foreign playwrights, both classical and modern, the staging of Ancient Drama. Its principal characteristics were and still are: collective work, theatrical training and common artistic aims.