National Theatre of Northern Greece

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NTNG was founded in 1961.The same year Sokratis Karantinos was appointed its first director and Yiorgos Theotokas its first president.{{Cite book |last=Kourkouvelas |first=Lykourgos |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/879429402 |title=Giōrgos Theotokas (1905-1966): politikos stochastēs |date=2013 |publisher=Hidryma tēs Voulēs tōn Hellēnōn gia ton Koinovouleutismo kai tē Dēmokratia |isbn=978-960-6757-54-9 |series=Viographies Politikōn |location=Athēna |pages=136 |oclc=879429402}}{{Cite web |date=2008-11-24 |title=Η πόλη που αγαπά το θέατρο |url=https://www.tovima.gr/2008/11/24/archive/i-poli-poy-agapa-to-theatro/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ |language=el}} Royal Theatre was the initial base of the institution but shortly after NTNG moved its headquarters to the complex of the Society of Macedonian Studies.{{Cite web |date=2008-11-24 |title=Η παράσταση αρχίζει |url=https://www.tovima.gr/2008/11/24/archive/i-parastasi-arxizei/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ |language=el}}Gavriiloglou Gavriil, «[https://www.greek-language.gr/periodika/mags/diagonios/1967/10/117503 Θέατρο: Τα πέντε χρόνια του ΚΘΒΕ]», Diagonios, issue 10 (April-June 1967), p. 123. Megaron B', which hosts the theatre, was designed in early 1951 by Vasilis Kassandras,{{Cite book |last=Mertzos |first=N. I. |title=Etaireia Makedonikōn spudōn |last2=Plaster̄as |first2=K. N. |date=2007 |publisher=Etaireia Makedonikōn Spudōn |isbn=978-960-7265-82-1 |location=Thessalonikē |page=46}} influenced by the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Institution's first ever performance was Sophocles' Oedipus Rex at the Ancient Theatre of Philippi.{{Cite web |title=National Theatre of Northern Greece - Review of the NTNG |url=https://www.ntng.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-GB&page=3 |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=www.ntng.gr |language=en-GB}}Photiou Giorgos, «[https://www.greek-language.gr/periodika/mags/neaporeia/1961/79/110539 Το θέατρο. Ο Οιδίπους τύραννος από το ΚΘΒΕ στους Φιλίππους]», Nea Poreia, v. 7, issue 79 (September 1961), pp. 328-330 In 1973 the Drama School of the National Theatre of Northern Greece was established.{{Cite web |title=National Theatre of Northern Greece - Drama School |url=https://www.ntng.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-GB&page=8 |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=www.ntng.gr |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Balale |first=Ismini |date=2023-02-05 |title=Ιστορίες Παλιάς Θεσσαλονίκης: Η Δραματική Σχολή του ΚΘΒΕ γέννησε, γεννά και θα γεννά ταλέντα |url=https://www.voria.gr/article/istories-palias-thessalonikis-mia-dramatiki-sholi-poy-gennise-genna-kai-tha-genna-talenta |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=VORIA |language=el}} Moreover institution's Dance Theatre was founded in 1982, a part which is now inactive.{{Cite web |title=National Theatre of Northern Greece - Dance Theatre |url=https://www.ntng.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-GB&page=5 |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=www.ntng.gr |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Κρατικό Θέατρο Βορείου Ελλάδος - Ερωτηματολόγια |url=https://www.ntng.gr/default.aspx?lang=el-GR&page=74 |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=www.ntng.gr |language=el-GR}}

NTNG's present institutional framework was established in 1994, with an Artistic Director and a seven-member Board of Directors who run the Theatre, which is subsidized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Greece). With four indoor theatres and two open-air theatres, NTNG is one of the biggest theatre organizations[https://web.archive.org/web/20231019093452/https://www.ntng.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-GB&page=25NTNG Profile] official website of NTNG in Greece and Europe.

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Since May 1996, NTNG has been a member of the Union of the Theatres of Europe.{{Cite web |title=National Theatre of Northern Greece |url=https://www.union-theatres-europe.eu/who-we-are/[slug] |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Union Theatres Europe}} In October 1997, the 6th Festival of the Union of the Theatres of Europe took place in Thessaloniki, and was a great cultural event for Thessaloniki as well as for Greece. The institution hosted the events of the 11th[http://www.premio-europa.org/open_page.php?id=531 Prize XI Edition - Program] official website of Europe Theatre Prize and 12th[http://www.premio-europa.org/open_page.php?id=39 Prize XII Edition - Program] official website of Europe Theatre Prize Europe Theatre Prize in 2007 and 2008 respectively.{{Cite web |last=tanea.gr |date=2007-05-02 |title=Το γελοίον του (θεατρικού) πράγματος και οι φλυαρίες |url=https://www.tanea.gr/2007/05/02/lifearts/culture/to-geloion-toy-theatrikoy-pragmatos-kai-oi-flyaries/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=ΤΑ ΝΕΑ |language=el}}{{Cite web |date=2008-11-25 |title=Μίνι φεστιβάλ ευρωπαϊκού θεάτρου στη Θεσσαλονίκη |url=https://www.tovima.gr/2008/11/25/culture/mini-festibal-eyrwpaikoy-theatroy-sti-thessaloniki/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ |language=el}} NTNG is also a member of the International Theatre Institute.

Its activity is not limited to theatrical productions but extends to cultural sectors such as education, literature and the arts through the organization of exhibitions, conferences, festivals, theatre-educational programmes[http://www.ntng.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-GB&page=29 educational programmes] official website of NTNG and so forth. NTNG’s annual artistic programme combines in-house productions, co-productions with other theatres, tributes and exchanges with other theatre organizations, as well as guest performances from Greece and abroad.

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