In 2012 the International Youth Festival of Classical Theatre will reach its 18th edition. Considering the type of event and the scale of organization involved, the Festival remains by far the most important youth theatre event worldwide. The Festival is launched, managed and financed by the National Institute of Ancient Drama Foundation Onlus thus achieving one of the foundation’s institutional goals: to raise the awareness of students and young people in general about the traditions of classical culture by giving them the opportunity to experience firsthand and at different levels “the making of theatre”; from translating and staging, to the watching and critical reflection of the Cycle of Classical Plays which have been performed in the Greek Theatre Syracuse since 1914.
