A professional theatre and cinema director, actor and writer. He has written theatrical plays, novels, short stories, poetry, essays and screenplays for the cinema.
He studied film studies at the University of Greenwich, London and theatre directing and acting at the National Theater of Greece. He has directed more than 50 theatre performances and many short films, inside and outside of the borders of Greece. Has also collaborated with a diverse range of major theatres across the world and some of these include the National Theatre of Greece, The National Theatre of China and The Theatrical Organization of Cyprus etc.
Lots of on stage performances across Europe such as Athens, Cyprus, Czech and Italy. Proficient researcher relating to the training of young directors, actors, theatre writers and script writers, predominantly focusing on the methods and techniques related to ancient Greek tragedy, Shakespeare, Chekhov, Strindberg etc.
He runs 1st Theatre Workshop, by the National Theatre of Greece in collaboration with Korydallos Prison in Athens and Anti – Crime Policy since 2016. Presented ‘The Tempest ‘by William Shakespeare, inside the Athenian prison in 2017, Ward n.6 by Anton Chekhov 2018, Glengarry glen Ross by David Mamet 2019, “The Persians” by Aeschylus 2021 (work in progress)
Received the award from the international English magazine “Acquisition International” for its entire work: “Business Excellence Winner – Theater Director of the Year 2018 – Greece” And also was a TEDxAthens speaker in 2017
Link to TED talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zMZaUUW_Xs&t=23s
More information’s: http://stratispanourios.gr/en/
