Elliniki Theamaton

Elliniki Theamaton is a theatre production company in Athens. The company manages or owns the following theatres in Athens: Pallas, Kivotos, Emporikon, Peiraios 131, Aliki, Apothiki, Mikro Pallas and Dimitris Horn. Founder of Elliniki theamaton is Andreas Yiannikos, owner of one of Greece's popular television stations ALTER channel, the finance and politics oriented newspaper Ependytis, and four major music record companies, MBI, Lyra, Legend and Kinisis. Elliniki theamaton started business on 2000, after a major acquisition by Papandreou production company, who owned most of the theatres now under Elliniki theamaton management. Pallas theatre is managed by elliniki theamaton under a period specific license by Pireus Bank, who is the official owner of the building. Elliniki Theamaton has assigned popular and acclaimed directors Reppas-Papathanassiou, Stamatis Fasoulis, Thodoris Petropoulos, Dimitra Papadopoulou, Thodoris Atheridis and Carmen Rouggeri as creative directors for its theatres. The company owns a vast 75% of the show and theatre business market in Athens.