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Athens English Comedy Club x Charlie Mac
🧙♀️ Featuring an appearance by Hypno-Goddess
✨ Charlie Mac is a rising star in the comedy scene, known for his sharp wit, infectious energy, and unforgettable storytelling. A Golden Ticket winner on Kill Tony, Charlie's fearless stage presence and off-the-cuff brilliance have quickly made him one to watch in the stand-up world.
🎭 Hailing from Chicago and currently touring nationwide, Charlie has shared stages with comedy legends like Eddie Griffin and Omar Gooding. He has lit up iconic venues including The Laugh Factory, The Comedy Store, and the world-famous Apollo Theater - earning big laughs and loyal fans wherever he goes.
😱 Charlie has a gift for turning real-life chaos into laugh-out-loud moments. Whether he's unpacking the wild side of adulting, the struggles of single fatherhood, or the petty politics of modern relationships, his comedy is always raw, unapologetic, and deeply relatable.
With a growing fanbase, multiple projects in the works, and an undeniable presence on stage and screen, Charlie Mac is a name you won't forget - and a voice comedy needs right now.
Find Charlie online!
Founded in 2019, the Athens English Comedy Club is the first, and only, purely English comedy club in Greece - bringing you local and international comedians, right in the heart of Athens.
In the last 6 years, the AECC has hosted lineup shows, open mics, solo shows, online competitions, and comedy workshops, with more than 130 comedians from *29 countries*.
3rd New Eleusis Symposion - Re-Enchanting the World

Themes and Speakers
Topics to be explored at the 3rd New Eleusis Symposion include:
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The arts for healing
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Re-enchanting the economy, work, and neighbourhoods
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Our relationship with food
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Democracy as a shared vision
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Children as humanity’s dream tank
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The role of psychedelics in consciousness and healing
The speaker and participant line-up includes, among others:
Gina Belafonte, Franz X. Vollenweider, Christina Merkouri, Christina Dalla, Ornella Corazza, Nicholas Yatromanolakis, Nikos Tsouchlos, Phil Cousineau, Kostis Tselenis, Maria Loizidou, Ruth DeFries, Emmanuel I. Stratakis, Stefanos Gandolfo, Daniel A. Barber, Anis Barnat, Antonia Trichopoulou, Jehangir Mehta, Maria Loi, Hélène Landemore, Lex Paulson, Spyros Doukakis, Gary Bolles, Marlis Petersen, Pavlos Kavouras, and others.
Artistic Events
Each day of the symposion concludes with a unique artistic experience:
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25/9 (21:00) | Cine Eleusis: Screening of Mystery 14: Human Requiem in Eleusis by Stephan Talneau
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26/9 (20:30) | Old Oil Mill Factory: Musical performance Psychelectronica by Superwave (Leonidas Danezos & Tasos Sotiriou)
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27/9 (20:00) | Eleusis Archaeological Site & 29/9 (20:30) | Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall (Christos Lambrakis Hall): Performance Sacred Paths – From the Mysteries of Eleusis to Byzantine Chant and the Mevlevi Dervish tradition. The Whirling Dervishes of Istanbul, the Association of the Constantinopolitan Friends of Music in Athens, Sokratis Sinopoulos, and Michail Marmarinos create a mystical experience at the iconic archaeological site of Eleusis and at Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Sponsors & Partners
The 3rd New Eleusis Symposion is supported by:
Main Sponsor: Piraeus Port Authority / P.P.P. SA – COSCO SHIPPING
Sponsors: National Bank of Greece, Huawei, ELPEN Pharmaceutical Co. Inc., Qualco Group
Donor: Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Foundation
Supported by: Region of Attica, 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture
In collaboration with: Municipality of Eleusis, Ephorate of Antiquities of West Attica
The session Re-enchanting the Economy – Inspired by Nature is held in collaboration with the Athens Columbia Global Center
The session Re-enchanting Democracy is organised in collaboration with the Athens Democracy Forum
Official airline partner: Aegean Airlines
Media Sponsors: ERT, Kosmos 93.6, Second Programme 103.7, Third Programme 90.9
Special thanks to: Rtdeco Event Services, View Master events
About the World Human Forum
The World Human Forum is a think-and-do tank, a knowledge and action hub that seeks to contribute to the creation of a genuine ecological civilisation. With Delphi as its anchor and symbolic point of reference, it draws inspiration from iconic locations (Eleusis, Delos, Ancient Olympia, Aristotle’s Lyceum) and connects pioneering forces around the world, working towards a new narrative for humanity. Its methodology is embodied in the Delphic Cube, a holistic approach grounded in the values of sustainability and regeneration, democracy, education, inner transformation, science and technology, and art.
Sacred Paths: From The Mysteries Of Eleusis To Byzantine Chant & The Mevlevi Dervish Tradition
The Whirling Dervishes of Istanbul and the Byzantine Choir of the Association of the Constantinopolitan Friends of Music in Athens, following their sold-out performance at the Philharmonie de Paris, bring together their voices and movement in an evening of spiritual convergence, marking the culmination of the 3rd New Eleusis Symposion – “Re-enchanting the World”.
Archaeological Site of Eleusis – 27 September 2025, 20:00
Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall (Christos Lambrakis Hall) – 29 September2025, 20:30

Contributors to the Performance
The Whirling Dervishes of Istanbul
Ensemble Director: Mete Edman
Musicians: Mete Edman (oud & vocals), Emre Isik (ney), Mustafa Dedeoglu (qanun)
Kaan Sezerler (kemence), Rifat Caliskan (bendir)
Dancers: Pinar Yatarkalkmaz, Deniz Evren Gügüs, Gökhan Denkel, Erdinç Mustafa Kızılöz, Gökhan Demir
Artistic Director: Kenan Öztürk
Production Manager: Ekim Öztürk
Management: CaféTurc Music & Arts
Choir of the Association of the Constantinopolitan Friends of Music in Athens
Choir Director: Kallistratos Kofopoulos
Chanting Ensemble: Stamatios-Nikolaos Kissas, Evangelos Kissas, Nikolaos Tyrovolis, Efstathios Anats, Spyridon Papakostopoulos, Charalambos Stefanidis, Christos Kontakinos, Dimitrios Lagouros, Christos Piperos, Loukas Prokopiou, Efstratios Lagoumidis, and others.
Lyra: Sokratis Sinopoulos
Narration: Michail Marmarinos
Artistic Advisory: Jochen Sandig
About the Performers
The Whirling Dervishes of Istanbul
The music and dance ensemble Derviches Tourneurs d’Istanbul wasfounded in 2006 and has since performed at some of the most iconic venues worldwide, including the Philharmonie de Paris, the Fez Festival of Sacred Music in Morocco, the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, and the Ancient Theatre of Halicarnassus in Turkey.
Led by Mete Edman, the ensemble comprises both men and women who have embraced Turkish Sufism as a spiritual path. They accompany the Whirling Dervishes in an authentic ceremony, set to the hymns of great Sufi composers.
The Whirling Dervishes, members of the Mevlevi Order founded by disciples of Mevlana Jalal ad-Din Rûmî in the 12th century, embody a mystical tradition rooted in medieval Islam. Their philosophy, influenced by Rûmî and his master, Shams al-Dîn Tabrîzî —a heterodox Ismaili spiritual guide—advocates the quest for the Absolute through music and art.
A danced ritual, the sema unites the dancer with the sacred in a mystical ecstasy. The ney(flute) —a symbol of the soul seeking the Beloved— accompanies the ceremony along with other traditional instruments, creating a captivating and spiritual atmosphere. The ceremony’s name itself means “spiritual listening” and symbolises cosmic motion. With the right hand turned to the sky and the left to the earth, the dervish becomes the intermediary of divine grace. His attire is rich in symbolism: the sikke (hat) symbolises the tombstone of the ego, the white robe (tennure) the shroud, and the black cloak the grave. Before beginning to whirl, the dervish crosses his arms over his chest—a gesture evoking divine unity.
Association of the Constantinopolitan Friends of Music in Athens
The Association of the Constantinopolitan Friends of Music in Athens was founded in 1985 by members of the Byzantine Choir of Constantinopolitans, which had been active in Athens since 1975. It brings together experienced chanters and talented young musicians. The Association aims to continue the legacy of the historic Musical Friends’ Society of Pera, itself the successor of the renowned Musical Society of the Phanar, which flourished from the 19th century until the Asia Minor Catastrophe. Since 2023, the Choir has been under the direction of Kallistratos Kofopoulos.
The Association has made several visits to Istanbul for ecclesiastical events and has also given concerts in Paris, Bulgaria, London, Cardiff, and Cyprus. In 2016, it participated as a choir at the Holy and Great Council of Crete, by official invitation of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. In November 2021, it took part in the Jubilee of the Ecumenical Patriarch, held at the Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall.
To date, the Association has released around 30 cassette tapes and CDs, all distinguished by their fidelity to the Constantinopolitan chanting tradition.
Sokratis Sinopoulos
Sokratis Sinopoulos was born in Athens. He studied classical guitar with Maria Galani and Vassilis Gratsounas, music theory with Michalis Adamis, and Byzantine music and folk song with Yannis Tsiamoulis. In 1988, he began studying Constantinopolitan lyra and laouto with Ross Daly, and one year later, became a member of Daly’s ensemble Labyrinth.
Since then, he has collaborated with musicians from Greece and abroad across a wide range of ensembles, participating in recordings and performances around the world. He has recorded for Blue Note with Charles Lloyd, Harmonia Mundi with Jean-Guihen Queyras, ECM Records with Eleni Karaindrou, and Fuga Libera with the early music group L’Achéron.
In 1999, he was awarded the State Prize for Young Artists: Melina Mercouri, by the Greek Ministry of Culture.
In 2010, he founded the Sokratis Sinopoulos Quartet. Their debut album, Eight Winds, was produced by Manfred Eicher and released by ECM Records in 2015, receiving international acclaim. In 2018, his album Under the Rose Tree –Tunes from the Greek Musical Traditionswas released by Saphrane Records, and was selected among the best CDs of the year by the German Music Critics’ Association. In 2019, the Quartet released its second album, Metamodal.
Sokratis Sinopoulos is currently a Professor at the Department of Music Science and Art at the University of Macedonia.
Michail Marmarinos
Michail Marmarinos was born in Athens and studied neurobiology, theatre, and theatre directing. In 1983–84, he founded the theatre group "Diploos Eros, Theatre Company", which was later renamed Theseum Ensemble. His productions have been staged in Greece (National Theatre, National Theatre of Northern Greece, Onassis Stegi, Athens and Epidaurus Festival, among others) and have travelled to festivals internationally (in Austria, Belgium, Venezuela, France, Germany, Georgia, Switzerland, Japan, Spain, Italy, China, Korea, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia).
He has participated in international co-productions with artists such as Albrecht Hirche, Heiner Goebbels, Daniel Wetzel and Helgard Haug (Rimini Protokoll), VeenFabriek and Paul Koek, the NOH theatre and Gensho Umewaka. As an actor, he has also appeared in numerous theatre productions and films by renowned Greek directors.
He served as General Artistic Director of 2023 Eleusis – European Capital of Culture and is now the new Artistic Director of the Athens Epidaurus Festival.
He is a member of the International Heiner Müller Society and the International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis. From 2006 to 2009, he served as President of the Hellenic Centre of the International Theatre Institute. He has taught at the universities of Patras, Nafplio, and Thessaloniki—where, from 2006, he held the position of full professor.
He has received the Mikhail Tumanishvili Award in Tbilisi, Georgia, and has been named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by the French Ministry of Culture.
Jochen Sandig
Jochen Sandig was born in Esslingen, Germany. In 1990 he moved to Berlin to study psychology and philosophy. Following the founding of the Tacheles Art Centre in 1990, in 1993, together with Sasha Waltz, he founded Sasha Waltz & Guests.
In 1996 he cofounded Sophiensæle, an independent venue for dance and theatre productions in Berlin Mitte, which he directed until 1999. From 2000 to 2004 Jochen was a member of the artistic direction at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz. Since 2004 he is the director of the independent Sasha Waltz & Guests GmbH. In 2006, together with Folkert Uhde, he founded the Radialsystem in Berlin.
In 2010 he was awarded the French cultural order “Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres”. In February 2012, he debuted as director with “Human Requiem”, a staging of Johannes Brahms’ “Ein Deutsches Requiem” in cooperation with the Rundfunkchor in Berlin and Simon Halsey. Since its premiere the production travelled to Hamburg, Amsterdam, Paris, Granada, Rotterdam, Athens, Hong-Kong, Adelaide and New York. The production was awarded with the “Classical Next Innovation Award 2016”.
As a social and political activist he became one of the three co-founders of the World Human Forum in Delphi, Greece. From 2019 to 2024, Jochen Sandig was artistic and executive director of the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele / Internationale Festspiele Baden-Württemberg. In the year 2022 Jochen Sandig was awarded the Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
European Cultural Heritage Days At The Acropolis Museum
Useful Information:
Registration: Limited to 30 persons per program. For you participation, please register online at events.theacropolismuseum.gr (Registrations start on Friday 19/9)
Participation: To ensure your participation in the program, a general admission ticket must be obtained by presenting your reservation code at the ticket counters up to 20 minutes before the program starts.
On the occasion of this year’s celebration of the European Heritage Days, on Sunday 28 September 2025, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., entrance to the Museum exhibition areas will be free for visitors.
“Safe Haven", Mary Cox & Sara Ettlinger
Duration: 1 October – 6 November 2025-09-25
Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 1 -3:30 p.m. and Saturday 4 – 7 p.m.
In a two-women exhibition, Mary Cox and Sarah Ettlinger address a common theme, a sanctuary facing an uncertain future. Their paintings focus on a special swimming place, dear to each artist, the Kenwood Ladies Ponds in London and a public access beach in Vouliagmeni. The work highlights the vulnerability of both, the likelihood that they will not stay the same and will lose certain qualities valued by the artists.



Athens Art Book Fair 2025


INFO
Opening hours: Friday: 17:00 - 21:00 and Weekend: 13:00 - 21:00
Talks & Presentations: Weekend 14:00 - 19:00
Performance & Readings: Friday and Saturday 19:00-20:30
Free Entry | Don't forget to purchase a ticket at the entrance to support the event and enter the lottery to win unique art prints & publications
JEROME KALUTA & GUESTS @ KYTTARO LIVE STAGE
After an amazing performance, Jerome Kaluta returns for a second time on Friday, October 3rd for an Party Opening night of the season at Kyttaro Live Stage.
It will be a night full of rythm, passion and authentic groove. This time, he will share the stage with his 7 piece band to go on a multicultural journey traveling from Soul, Old School Hip Hop, Funk and Afrobeat!
Tickets: Presale 12€ | Door: 15€
Do not miss it!!
Atenas en Español #2

Chadmax, from Mexico. On stage since 2010. In stand-up since 2013. One of the pioneers of Spanish-language stand-up in Germany and the surrounding area.
He has shared stages in Mexico and Europe with some of Latin America's most important comedians, such as "La Cotorrisa," Ricardo O'farrill, Alex Fernández, El Cojo Feliz, El Tío Rober, Adal Ramones, Franco Escamilla, among others.
Since 2022, he's been touring the world practically non-stop, making thousands of people laugh! 20 countries and counting!
Martial artist and stand-up teacher to most of the comedians on the scene in the region, earning him the title of "the sensei of comedy."
Host of the podcasts "Creative Ninja" and "Germany in Spanish". Creator of the collective "The Comedy Fire", responsible for the majority of Spanish-language stand-up shows in Germany and surrounding areas since 2022 (with 300+ shows and counting).
Chadmax will be performing in Athens for the second time, this time presenting his new show "Importado," a comedy special focused primarily on the life of a Latinx migrant in Germany. It explores cultural clashes, and the differences and similarities that Latinxs and Europeans share. From everyday situations like introducing yourself for the first time in German, to the most extreme, like the free-body culture in Germany, his material is always approached with empathy and humour.
Juanma Johansson, the world's smallest Viking, is the best stand-up comedian in Guatemala (according to his friends), and one of the most prominent talents in the Spanish-speaking scene in Germany and surrounding areas.
A prominent member of the collective "The Comedy Fire" and winner of the "Estrella de Fuego 2023" award at the El Fuego Comedy Awards.
In 2024, Juanma premiered his first special and is appearing in Athens for the first time, as part of his European tour. 
Find Chadmax and Juanma online!
Now in its 7th season, the Athens English Comedy Club has hosted lineup shows, open mic shows, online competitions, and comedy workshops, with *130* local and international comedians from *29 countries*.
*This show is in Spanish*
Athens Welcomes Porosi
at Gazarte Main Stage