
03/09/2025
🎭 𝐓𝐒𝐈𝐏𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐈 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍-𝐀𝐈𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄
After years of stop-start, Igoumenitsa finally gets the cultural stage it deserved. The Tsipouriki Open-Air Municipal Theatre opens its doors with a public general rehearsal. Free entry. Big moment for the city.
✨ The history:
📌 *1994–1998* – Idea takes root at City Hall. After the Pantheon hall conversion, the dream was a large summer venue for major cultural events.
📅 *2 Dec 2008* – Project enters the Public Investment Programme. Budget set at **€1.63M**, with plans for **1,174 seats**, dressing rooms, kiosks, lighting, rehearsal areas and full support spaces. Location: the Tsipouriki hillside above town.
🏗️ Tender & award – After discounting, construction awarded for **€1,082,429**. Then came endless extensions and add-ons that never wrapped up.
💥 Damage & decay – The unfinished site was vandalised not once, but **four times**, with losses in the tens of thousands. Utilities and key works still lagged.
💶 2024 reality check – City admits a **€50,000** gap. Without it, the contract couldn’t close. Region didn’t step in. Municipality moved to cover it.
🌟 What changes now: The theatre finally opens with the public rehearsal of “𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐮𝐬 𝐋𝐲𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐬”** 𝐛𝐲 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 **𝐅𝐀𝐎𝐒**.
🗓 When: Wednesday 10 September 2025, 20:30
📍 Where: Υπαίθριο Δημοτικό Θέατρο στο Τσιπουρίκι
🎫 Entry: Free – come and fill the seats!
💡 What this unlocks: A true cultural hub on the ridge above Igoumenitsa, with panoramic views and real spillover for the city’s identity and economy. When it runs as designed, it lifts more than the arts. It lifts Igoumenitsa.
🔥 Show up. Be part of history. Make it ours.