Unless your Greek is fluent, the contemporary Greek theatre scene is likely to be inaccessible. As with Greek music, it is essentially a winter pursuit; in summer, the only theatre tends to be satirical and (to outsiders) totally incomprehensible revues. Dance , however, is more accessible and includes a fine traditional Greek show, while cinema is undubbed - and out of doors in summer.

In addition, in winter months, you might catch ballet (and world music concerts) at the convenient but acoustically awful Pallas Theatre, at Voukourestíou 1; opera from the Greek National Opera Lyrik?Skin? in the Olympia Theatre at Akadhimías 59; and classical events either in the Hall of the Friends of Music (Mégaro Mousikís), out on Leofóros Vasilíssis Sofías next to the US embassy, or at the Filippos Nakas Concert Hall, at Ippokrátous 41. Also worth looking out for are events at the various foreign cultural institutes . Among these are: the Hellenic American Union, Massalías 22; the British Council, Platía Kolonáki 17; the French Institute, Sína 29/Massalías 1; and the Goethe Institute, Omírou 14-16.