Trajectories of transition: Economies and geographies of theatre in contemporary Athens. Issue 2 (1st October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hager, Philip
• Is Part Of: Journal of Greek media and culture. Volume 3:Issue 2(2017:Oct.)
• Page Start: 145
• Page End: 160
• Publication Date: 2017-10-01
• Subjects: Mass media and culture -- Greece -- Periodicals; Popular culture -- Greece -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Greece -- Periodicals; Greece -- Civilization -- Periodicals; 302.230949505
• DOI: 10.1386/jgmc.3.2.145_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2052-3971

Abstract

In this article, I trace institutional transitions that have framed, produced and hosted theatre in Athens during the last four decades. In doing so, I seek to devise a methodology that examines the city's changing theatrical landscapes against the backdrop of Metapolitefsi's trajectories of transition and the post-2010 in-crisis permutations. Subsequently, I pursue a twofold argument: first, I observe the ways in which state subsidies forged theatrical economies that contributed to the shaping of Athens' geographies; and by focusing on the example of the Onassis Cultural Centre, I propose that a key marker of change is a move towards an ethic of hospitality, concurrent with the systematization of the economies of debt in Greek society.