9 Grigori Afxendiou street
1091 Nicosia
Cyprus
- Arts
- International/Cultural relations
- Youth and education
THOC is a State funded non-profit organization numbering approximately 130 staff members (both permanent and on contract), governed by a 9-member Board of Directors appointed by the President of the Republic. The Organization’s policy is set out by the Board.
THOC is a semi government organization aiming to promote theatre in Cyprus and to promote artistic relations between the theatre world of Cyprus and that of Greece and other countries.
Based in the last divided capital of Europe, Nicosia, THOC’s activities cover among other things:
• The production of classical and modern plays, from both the International and
the Cypriot/Greek repertoire in five stages (Main, New, 0-18, Theatro Apothikes and 'Away from Home')
• Touring in Cyprus and abroad
• PLAY - programme for development of new plays
• Promotion of theatre for youth and amateur theatre - organising the Pancyprian Theatre School games and the Pancyprian Festival of Non-professional theatre
• Collaborations with organizations abroad
• The Cyprus Theatre Museum
• Subsidisation of organized groups (such as the Cyprus Centre of ITI, Cyprus Actors’ Union,Playwrights’ Society e.t.c),