Marios Pontikas was born in 1942.<\/p>\n
He holds a degree from the Athens University of Economics and Business.<\/p>\n
He has worked for a long time in the advertising industry (as a copywriter \u2013creative assistant.<\/p>\n
He has adapted Greek prose works for the television (Lost Spring<\/em> by Stratis Tsirkas, Love came one day late <\/em>by Lili Zografou etc).<\/p>\n His plays have been staged at: Karolos Koun Art Theatre (Marriage<\/em>), The National Theatre of Greece (Trombone, Rationale, Spectators<\/em>), STOA theatre (Spectators, Internal News, Look at Them, The Cheese and the Mousetrap, The Panoramic View of a Night Work, Lot\u2019s Wife<\/em>– the play was first staged at Theatriki Skini Antoni Antoniou, with the title entitled So Be It<\/em>), Thessalian Theatre \u00a0(The Will, National Holiday<\/em>), National Theatre of Northern Greece (Lot\u2019s Wife<\/em>) and in many other theatre halls, among which many student, regional and amateur ones.<\/p>\n He has published two collections with prose works (Nursing Home Escapee, Keyhole and Other Stories<\/em>) some of which had been pre-published in literary journals.<\/p>\n In 2004, his play Laius\u2019 Murderer and the Crows<\/em> (an attempt to re-read the Oedipus myth and Sophocles\u2019 Oedipus Rex<\/em>) was staged.\u00a0 The performance, directed by Y. Anastasakis, was produced by STOA theatre and participated in the \u03a7\u0399\u0399 International Meeting on Ancient Greek Drama at Delphi \u2013European Cultural Centre of Delphi.\u00a0 It was also staged by the Cyprus Theatre Organization, directed by Lea Maleni.<\/p>\n His dramatic text Cassandra Addresses the Dead<\/em> was presented at the 2nd International Meeting on Ancient Theatre in Sikyona (August 2006), in a dramatic reading by Theodoros Terzopoulos. In 2007, it was staged at ATTIS theatre, directed by Terzopoulos.<\/p>\n In 2010, in collaboration with photographer Nikos Panagiotopoulos, he participated in the event \u201cGod eating- Man eating\u201d, which was organized by The Society for the Study of Cultural Difference.<\/p>\n In August 2011, he and Th. Terzopoulos read extracts from his new play Neighing <\/em>at a stage reading in the 3rd International Meeting on Ancient Drama in Sikyona.<\/p>\n In 2012, Gavrielides Publications issued his books Hurray <\/em>\u2013 an anthology of short stories from earlier publications \u2013 and Follies(and a wisecrack).<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n PLAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Neighing, 2011<\/p>\n Cassandra Addresses the Dead, 2007<\/p>\n Laius\u2019 Murderer and the Crows, 2004<\/p>\n Look at Them, 1990<\/p>\n Punctuation Marks, 1990<\/p>\n Lot\u2019s Wife, 1983<\/p>\n Rationale, 1987<\/p>\n The Wedding, 1980<\/p>\n Internal News, 1980<\/p>\n Spectators, 1979<\/p>\n The Will, 1977<\/p>\n National Holiday, 1987<\/p>\n Trombone, 1973<\/p>\n The Cheese and the Mousetrap, 1972<\/p>\n The Panoramic View of a Night Work, 1971<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n pontikas.jpg<\/p>\n Marios Pontikas was born in 1942.<\/p>\n He holds a degree from the Athens University of Economics and Business.<\/p>\n He has worked for a long time in the advertising industry (as a copywriter \u2013creative assistant.<\/p>\n He has adapted Greek prose works for the television (Lost Spring<\/em> by Stratis Tsirkas, Love came one day late <\/em>by Lili Zografou etc).<\/p>\n His plays have been staged at: Karolos Koun Art Theatre (Marriage<\/em>), The National Theatre of Greece (Trombone, Rationale, Spectators<\/em>), STOA theatre (Spectators, Internal News, Look at Them, The Cheese and the Mousetrap, The Panoramic View of a Night Work, Lot\u2019s Wife<\/em>– the play was first staged at Theatriki Skini Antoni Antoniou, with the title entitled So Be It<\/em>), Thessalian Theatre \u00a0(The Will, National Holiday<\/em>), National Theatre of Northern Greece (Lot\u2019s Wife<\/em>) and in many other theatre halls, among which many student, regional and amateur ones.<\/p>\n He has published two collections with prose works (Nursing Home Escapee, Keyhole and Other Stories<\/em>) some of which had been pre-published in literary journals.<\/p>\n In 2004, his play Laius\u2019 Murderer and the Crows<\/em> (an attempt to re-read the Oedipus myth and Sophocles\u2019 Oedipus Rex<\/em>) was staged.\u00a0 The performance, directed by Y. Anastasakis, was produced by STOA theatre and participated in the \u03a7\u0399\u0399 International Meeting on Ancient Greek Drama at Delphi \u2013European Cultural Centre of Delphi.\u00a0 It was also staged by the Cyprus Theatre Organization, directed by Lea Maleni.<\/p>\n His dramatic text Cassandra Addresses the Dead<\/em> was presented at the 2nd International Meeting on Ancient Theatre in Sikyona (August 2006), in a dramatic reading by Theodoros Terzopoulos. In 2007, it was staged at ATTIS theatre, directed by Terzopoulos.<\/p>\n In 2010, in collaboration with photographer Nikos Panagiotopoulos, he participated in the event \u201cGod eating- Man eating\u201d, which was organized by The Society for the Study of Cultural Difference.<\/p>\n In August 2011, he and Th. Terzopoulos read extracts from his new play Neighing <\/em>at a stage reading in the 3rd International Meeting on Ancient Drama in Sikyona.<\/p>\n In 2012, Gavrielides Publications issued his books Hurray <\/em>\u2013 an anthology of short stories from earlier publications \u2013 and Follies(and a wisecrack).<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n PLAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Neighing, 2011<\/p>\n Cassandra Addresses the Dead, 2007<\/p>\n Laius\u2019 Murderer and the Crows, 2004<\/p>\n Look at Them, 1990<\/p>\n Punctuation Marks, 1990<\/p>\n Lot\u2019s Wife, 1983<\/p>\n Rationale, 1987<\/p>\n The Wedding, 1980<\/p>\n Internal News, 1980<\/p>\n Spectators, 1979<\/p>\n The Will, 1977<\/p>\n National Holiday, 1987<\/p>\n Trombone, 1973<\/p>\n The Cheese and the Mousetrap, 1972<\/p>\n The Panoramic View of a Night Work, 1971<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Marios Pontikas was born in 1942.<\/p>\n He holds a degree from the Athens University of Economics and Business.<\/p>\n He has worked for a long time in the advertising industry (as a copywriter \u2013creative assistant.<\/p>\n He has adapted Greek prose works for the television (Lost Spring<\/em> by Stratis Tsirkas, Love came one day late <\/em>by Lili Zografou etc).<\/p>\n His plays have been staged at: Karolos Koun Art Theatre (Marriage<\/em>), The National Theatre of Greece (Trombone, Rationale, Spectators<\/em>), STOA theatre (Spectators, Internal News, Look at Them, The Cheese and the Mousetrap, The Panoramic View of a Night Work, Lot\u2019s Wife<\/em>– the play was first staged at Theatriki Skini Antoni Antoniou, with the title entitled So Be It<\/em>), Thessalian Theatre \u00a0(The Will, National Holiday<\/em>), National Theatre of Northern Greece (Lot\u2019s Wife<\/em>) and in many other theatre halls, among which many student, regional and amateur ones.<\/p>\n He has published two collections with prose works (Nursing Home Escapee, Keyhole and Other Stories<\/em>) some of which had been pre-published in literary journals.<\/p>\n In 2004, his play Laius\u2019 Murderer and the Crows<\/em> (an attempt to re-read the Oedipus myth and Sophocles\u2019 Oedipus Rex<\/em>) was staged.\u00a0 The performance, directed by Y. Anastasakis, was produced by STOA theatre and participated in the \u03a7\u0399\u0399 International Meeting on Ancient Greek Drama at Delphi \u2013European Cultural Centre of Delphi.\u00a0 It was also staged by the Cyprus Theatre Organization, directed by Lea Maleni.<\/p>\n His dramatic text Cassandra Addresses the Dead<\/em> was presented at the 2nd International Meeting on Ancient Theatre in Sikyona (August 2006), in a dramatic reading by Theodoros Terzopoulos. In 2007, it was staged at ATTIS theatre, directed by Terzopoulos.<\/p>\n In 2010, in collaboration with photographer Nikos Panagiotopoulos, he participated in the event \u201cGod eating- Man eating\u201d, which was organized by The Society for the Study of Cultural Difference.<\/p>\n In August 2011, he and Th. Terzopoulos read extracts from his new play Neighing <\/em>at a stage reading in the 3rd International Meeting on Ancient Drama in Sikyona.<\/p>\n In 2012, Gavrielides Publications issued his books Hurray <\/em>\u2013 an anthology of short stories from earlier publications \u2013 and Follies(and a wisecrack).<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n PLAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Neighing, 2011<\/p>\n Cassandra Addresses the Dead, 2007<\/p>\n Laius\u2019 Murderer and the Crows, 2004<\/p>\n Look at Them, 1990<\/p>\n Punctuation Marks, 1990<\/p>\n Lot\u2019s Wife, 1983<\/p>\n Rationale, 1987<\/p>\n The Wedding, 1980<\/p>\n Internal News, 1980<\/p>\n Spectators, 1979<\/p>\n The Will, 1977<\/p>\n National Holiday, 1987<\/p>\n Trombone, 1973<\/p>\n The Cheese and the Mousetrap, 1972<\/p>\n The Panoramic View of a Night Work, 1971<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2024,"template":"","class_list":["post-4420","writer","type-writer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer\/4420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/writer"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer\/4420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}