THE STORY

Despina and the Dove is the amazing story in which a dove and a little girl named Despina travel through time on a magic olive tree in order to thwart a plot devised by Evil Shadows to destroy the Olympic Games. Its aim is to familiarise youth with the Olympic Games and their history, introduce them to the Olympic Movement and inspire them to get involved in sports and the forthcoming 2004 Games! 
The Book is the official children's book of the Olympic Games Education Programme and has been translated in numerous Languages.

PERFORMANCES

Despina and the Dove Premiered at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin September 2003 infront of 800 VIPS and Delegates.It was such a sucess that the performance recieved three ovations! Since then it has been performed at Blackwells Book Shop in Oxford  (8 & 15 May 2004)  as part of the Oxford Greek Festival 2004 , at the Barbican Centre Children's Library ( 26 June 2004), at the Hellenic Centre London, as part of their Olympic Games: Athens 2004 season(27 June 2004), and (in Greek) at the Open Air Theatre (Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation) in Nicosia, Cyprus, as part of the Arts Dialogues: Europe/Olympic Games-Athens 2004 Festival (8-10 June 2004).

The performance at the Barcican was followed by a presentation of Mythodea by Sophia D. Vassilacos.

Aria Sandis (Narrator, Dove)
Amy Entiknap (Despina)
Eleftheria Trithaktilos (Despina - Greek Performances)

'An innovative and fun introduction for children to the themes of the Olympic Games' Oxford Student, 6 May 2004

Let Despina guide you through the Youth 2004 Olympic Education Material