{"id":4431,"date":"2024-10-20T15:03:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T15:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/writer\/katsikonouris\/"},"modified":"2024-10-20T16:40:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T16:40:59","slug":"katsikonouris","status":"publish","type":"writer","link":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/writer\/katsikonouris\/","title":{"rendered":"Katsikonouris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vassilis Katsikonouris lives in Athens and works as a teacher of English language in secondary schools. He has written the plays <em>California Dreaming, Absolutely Undignified, Milk, The Missing \u2013 An Interesting Life, Harley Jacket, The Football Sweater<\/em>. All of them have been staged on several theatres in Athens and all around Greece, the National Theatre of Greece and other state theatres included.<\/p>\n<p>He has been awarded for his play <em>Absolutely Undignified<\/em> at the international contest of Onassi Foundation in 2001. He has also been awarded for his plays <em>California Dreaming<\/em> and <em>The Football Sweater <\/em>by the Greek Ministry of Culture. His play <em>Milk <\/em>has been distinguished as best play in several polls among viewers and critics.<\/p>\n<p>Plays of his have been staged in Germany (2006, International Festival of European Playwrights, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden), in Serbia &#8211; Belgrade (2008-09-10, Belgrade Drama Theatre), in Poland \u2013 Warsaw (2009-10, Kamienica Theatre) and in Cyprus \u2013 Nicosia.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, in Athens <em>Milk <\/em>is still being staged (7th year) as well as his new play <em>She Took Her Life in Her Hands<\/em>. Furthermore <em>Milk<\/em> is going to be staged as an American production in New York this year.<\/p>\n<p>The film based on the play <em>Milk <\/em>(screenplay by the playwright) was released in Athens last October and is going to come out in Europe with the title<em> Burning Heads<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, his first novel, <em>Babushka<\/em>, was released by Kedros editions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">[Photo: Panagiotis Kokkalias]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kangaroo, 2014<\/p>\n<p>The Atonement. Terra Transitionis, \u00a02010<\/p>\n<p>She Took Her Life in Her Hands, \u00a02007<\/p>\n<p>The Missing &#8211;\u00a0 An interesting Life, 2005<\/p>\n<p>The Football Sweater, 2004<\/p>\n<p>Harley Jacket, 2004<\/p>\n<p>Milk, 2003<\/p>\n<p>California Dreaming, \u00a02000-01<\/p>\n<p>Absolutely Undignified, \u00a01990-91<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>katsikonouris.jpg<\/p>\n<p>Vassilis Katsikonouris lives in Athens and works as a teacher of English language in secondary schools. He has written the plays <em>California Dreaming, Absolutely Undignified, Milk, The Missing \u2013 An Interesting Life, Harley Jacket, The Football Sweater<\/em>. All of them have been staged on several theatres in Athens and all around Greece, the National Theatre of Greece and other state theatres included.<\/p>\n<p>He has been awarded for his play <em>Absolutely Undignified<\/em> at the international contest of Onassi Foundation in 2001. He has also been awarded for his plays <em>California Dreaming<\/em> and <em>The Football Sweater <\/em>by the Greek Ministry of Culture. His play <em>Milk <\/em>has been distinguished as best play in several polls among viewers and critics.<\/p>\n<p>Plays of his have been staged in Germany (2006, International Festival of European Playwrights, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden), in Serbia &#8211; Belgrade (2008-09-10, Belgrade Drama Theatre), in Poland \u2013 Warsaw (2009-10, Kamienica Theatre) and in Cyprus \u2013 Nicosia.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, in Athens <em>Milk <\/em>is still being staged (7th year) as well as his new play <em>She Took Her Life in Her Hands<\/em>. Furthermore <em>Milk<\/em> is going to be staged as an American production in New York this year.<\/p>\n<p>The film based on the play <em>Milk <\/em>(screenplay by the playwright) was released in Athens last October and is going to come out in Europe with the title<em> Burning Heads<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, his first novel, <em>Babushka<\/em>, was released by Kedros editions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">[Photo: Panagiotis Kokkalias]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kangaroo, 2014<\/p>\n<p>The Atonement. Terra Transitionis, \u00a02010<\/p>\n<p>She Took Her Life in Her Hands, \u00a02007<\/p>\n<p>The Missing &#8211;\u00a0 An interesting Life, 2005<\/p>\n<p>The Football Sweater, 2004<\/p>\n<p>Harley Jacket, 2004<\/p>\n<p>Milk, 2003<\/p>\n<p>California Dreaming, \u00a02000-01<\/p>\n<p>Absolutely Undignified, \u00a01990-91<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vassilis Katsikonouris lives in Athens and works as a teacher of English language in secondary schools. He has written the plays <em>California Dreaming, Absolutely Undignified, Milk, The Missing \u2013 An Interesting Life, Harley Jacket, The Football Sweater<\/em>. All of them have been staged on several theatres in Athens and all around Greece, the National Theatre of Greece and other state theatres included.<\/p>\n<p>He has been awarded for his play <em>Absolutely Undignified<\/em> at the international contest of Onassi Foundation in 2001. He has also been awarded for his plays <em>California Dreaming<\/em> and <em>The Football Sweater <\/em>by the Greek Ministry of Culture. His play <em>Milk <\/em>has been distinguished as best play in several polls among viewers and critics.<\/p>\n<p>Plays of his have been staged in Germany (2006, International Festival of European Playwrights, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden), in Serbia &#8211; Belgrade (2008-09-10, Belgrade Drama Theatre), in Poland \u2013 Warsaw (2009-10, Kamienica Theatre) and in Cyprus \u2013 Nicosia.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, in Athens <em>Milk <\/em>is still being staged (7th year) as well as his new play <em>She Took Her Life in Her Hands<\/em>. Furthermore <em>Milk<\/em> is going to be staged as an American production in New York this year.<\/p>\n<p>The film based on the play <em>Milk <\/em>(screenplay by the playwright) was released in Athens last October and is going to come out in Europe with the title<em> Burning Heads<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, his first novel, <em>Babushka<\/em>, was released by Kedros editions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">[Photo: Panagiotis Kokkalias]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kangaroo, 2014<\/p>\n<p>The Atonement. 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