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Theodore Tsapakidis<\/strong> was born in Brussels in 1970, in a family of political refugees. He came in Greece with his family at the age of eight. He grew up at Palaio Faliro and got a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Patras. During his military service, he served as a stock-keeper in an ammunition depot. He lives in Athens and works as a teacher in a evening Vocational School (Naval Engineers).<\/p>\n

He has written stage plays (Romeo and Juliet, waiting<\/em> \u2013 Greek National Theatre, Prova Generale<\/em>\u2013 Neos Kosmos Theatre, Operation Halima <\/em>\u2013 Fournos Theatre etc.), poetry (The third rower from the left \u2013 <\/em>ed. Roes, The sky in the room \u2013 <\/em>ed. Sokoli), novels (The elephant in Hotel Phidias <\/em>\u2013 ed. Pikramenos, Belladona \u2013 <\/em>ed. Vivliopelagos), a fairytale (The Prince of Menoua \u2013 <\/em>ed. Roes), studies (The digital photo script as medium for the linguistic elaboration <\/em>etc.) and articles on culture (LEFT, Bookpress etc.).<\/p>\n

He has worked as a dramaturg for the stage adaptation of Stefan Zweig\u2019s Chess Novel, <\/em>and has been part of the dramaturgy team on a tribute composition based on Loula Anagnostaki\u2019s plays (Construction site Loula Anagnostaki<\/em>), for the Athens and Epidaurus Festival. He has been the dramaturg and director for the stage adaptation of Lysias\u2019s On the Refusal of a Pension to the Invalid <\/em>(The\u00a0Katakouzenos House Museum) and for The Little Prince and his Rose<\/em> a room musical based on the correspondence of Antoine de Saint Exup\u00e9ry and his wife. He has also directed My Name is Rachel Corrie <\/em>(Fournos Theatre).<\/p>\n

He has translated theatre essays (Y. Oida, K. Stanislavski), philosophical and critical works (E. Morin, A. Oz), popular science (R. Penrose, A. Prochiantz), literature (N. Gordimer, S. Barry, P. Quignard, P. Highsmith, J.P. Manchette, etc.), comics (A. Jodorowsky, D. Pecqueur, etc.) and articles for festivals and exhibition catalogues.<\/p>\n

Since 2016, he is the producer for the weekly radio show \u201cJaxebore\u201d (a show for the arts, in all its guises) at metadeftero.gr web radio.<\/p>\n

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PLAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Motherland, 2017<\/p>\n

The Lamb, 2005<\/p>\n

Operation Halima, 2004<\/p>\n

Romeo & Juliet (Awaiting), 2002<\/p>\n

Prova Generale, 2001<\/p>\n

5f8dea6b3a30ctsapakpic.jpg<\/p>\n

Theodore Tsapakidis<\/strong> was born in Brussels in 1970, in a family of political refugees. He came in Greece with his family at the age of eight. He grew up at Palaio Faliro and got a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Patras. During his military service, he served as a stock-keeper in an ammunition depot. He lives in Athens and works as a teacher in a evening Vocational School (Naval Engineers).<\/p>\n

He has written stage plays (Romeo and Juliet, waiting<\/em> \u2013 Greek National Theatre, Prova Generale<\/em>\u2013 Neos Kosmos Theatre, Operation Halima <\/em>\u2013 Fournos Theatre etc.), poetry (The third rower from the left \u2013 <\/em>ed. Roes, The sky in the room \u2013 <\/em>ed. Sokoli), novels (The elephant in Hotel Phidias <\/em>\u2013 ed. Pikramenos, Belladona \u2013 <\/em>ed. Vivliopelagos), a fairytale (The Prince of Menoua \u2013 <\/em>ed. Roes), studies (The digital photo script as medium for the linguistic elaboration <\/em>etc.) and articles on culture (LEFT, Bookpress etc.).<\/p>\n

He has worked as a dramaturg for the stage adaptation of Stefan Zweig\u2019s Chess Novel, <\/em>and has been part of the dramaturgy team on a tribute composition based on Loula Anagnostaki\u2019s plays (Construction site Loula Anagnostaki<\/em>), for the Athens and Epidaurus Festival. He has been the dramaturg and director for the stage adaptation of Lysias\u2019s On the Refusal of a Pension to the Invalid <\/em>(The\u00a0Katakouzenos House Museum) and for The Little Prince and his Rose<\/em> a room musical based on the correspondence of Antoine de Saint Exup\u00e9ry and his wife. He has also directed My Name is Rachel Corrie <\/em>(Fournos Theatre).<\/p>\n

He has translated theatre essays (Y. Oida, K. Stanislavski), philosophical and critical works (E. Morin, A. Oz), popular science (R. Penrose, A. Prochiantz), literature (N. Gordimer, S. Barry, P. Quignard, P. Highsmith, J.P. Manchette, etc.), comics (A. Jodorowsky, D. Pecqueur, etc.) and articles for festivals and exhibition catalogues.<\/p>\n

Since 2016, he is the producer for the weekly radio show \u201cJaxebore\u201d (a show for the arts, in all its guises) at metadeftero.gr web radio.<\/p>\n

\n

PLAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

Motherland, 2017<\/p>\n

The Lamb, 2005<\/p>\n

Operation Halima, 2004<\/p>\n

Romeo & Juliet (Awaiting), 2002<\/p>\n

Prova Generale, 2001<\/p>\n

Theodore Tsapakidis<\/strong> was born in Brussels in 1970, in a family of political refugees. He came in Greece with his family at the age of eight. He grew up at Palaio Faliro and got a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Patras. During his military service, he served as a stock-keeper in an ammunition depot. He lives in Athens and works as a teacher in a evening Vocational School (Naval Engineers).<\/p>\n

He has written stage plays (Romeo and Juliet, waiting<\/em> \u2013 Greek National Theatre, Prova Generale<\/em>\u2013 Neos Kosmos Theatre, Operation Halima <\/em>\u2013 Fournos Theatre etc.), poetry (The third rower from the left \u2013 <\/em>ed. Roes, The sky in the room \u2013 <\/em>ed. Sokoli), novels (The elephant in Hotel Phidias <\/em>\u2013 ed. Pikramenos, Belladona \u2013 <\/em>ed. Vivliopelagos), a fairytale (The Prince of Menoua \u2013 <\/em>ed. Roes), studies (The digital photo script as medium for the linguistic elaboration <\/em>etc.) and articles on culture (LEFT, Bookpress etc.).<\/p>\n

He has worked as a dramaturg for the stage adaptation of Stefan Zweig\u2019s Chess Novel, <\/em>and has been part of the dramaturgy team on a tribute composition based on Loula Anagnostaki\u2019s plays (Construction site Loula Anagnostaki<\/em>), for the Athens and Epidaurus Festival. He has been the dramaturg and director for the stage adaptation of Lysias\u2019s On the Refusal of a Pension to the Invalid <\/em>(The\u00a0Katakouzenos House Museum) and for The Little Prince and his Rose<\/em> a room musical based on the correspondence of Antoine de Saint Exup\u00e9ry and his wife. He has also directed My Name is Rachel Corrie <\/em>(Fournos Theatre).<\/p>\n

He has translated theatre essays (Y. Oida, K. Stanislavski), philosophical and critical works (E. Morin, A. Oz), popular science (R. Penrose, A. Prochiantz), literature (N. Gordimer, S. Barry, P. Quignard, P. Highsmith, J.P. Manchette, etc.), comics (A. Jodorowsky, D. Pecqueur, etc.) and articles for festivals and exhibition catalogues.<\/p>\n

Since 2016, he is the producer for the weekly radio show \u201cJaxebore\u201d (a show for the arts, in all its guises) at metadeftero.gr web radio.<\/p>\n

\n

PLAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

Motherland, 2017<\/p>\n

The Lamb, 2005<\/p>\n

Operation Halima, 2004<\/p>\n

Romeo & Juliet (Awaiting), 2002<\/p>\n

Prova Generale, 2001<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2071,"template":"","class_list":["post-4470","writer","type-writer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer\/4470","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\/4470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}