Giorgos Theodosiadis
Director
He was born in Athens on 18/5/1924. At first, he studied Economics. Then he studied at the Drama School of the Art Theatre Karolos Koun, as well as at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he made his directorial debut (1954). Upon his return to Greece in 1956, he worked with the National Theater as well as several private theater companies of Athens: Samartzis (1956), Mimis Fotopoulos (1957/59), Alexandrakis (1957/58), Konstantaras (1958), Lambeti-Horn (1959), Kyros (1961), Vergis (1962/64), Katerina (1962), Analyti-Rigopoulos (1964), Vandis (1965), etc. In 1960 he directed the film Erotika Paichnidia (Amatory Games), starring Lambros Konstantaras and Thanasis Veggos. In 1962, he founded, together with well-known actors of the time, the Theodosiadis Athens Drama School, which he ran. During the years 1972-75 he regularly directed performances of the National Theatre of Northern Greece. He also directed shows of the Cyprus Theatre Organisation. He collaborated with the public broadcasting entities EIR and YENED on more than 2,500 theatrical plays, as well as in literary documentaries, theatrical revues, etc. He directed more than 60 Greek and foreign plays, including Eurypides' Iphigenia in Tauris, Electra, Helen and Bacchae, and plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov, O'Neill, Arthur Miller, Xenopoulos, Terzakis, Tennessee Williams, Martin Sherman (Bent, 1980), John Osborne, Peter Shaffer, et al. He served as a member of the Artistic Committee of the National Theatre of Northern Greece (1974/75) and the National Theatre of Greece (1975/76) and as general manager of itinerant theater company "Arma Thespidos" (1976/78). He was honorably awarded the "Fotos Politis" theatre prize (2002). He died in Athens on 3/9/2006. At the GNO, he directed the first presentation of the operetta The Apaches of Athens [Oi Apachides ton Athinon] (1984/85), which was staged again during the 1985/86, 1986/87, 1990/91 and 1991/92 artistic seasons. // Last update of the biography: March 2020 - The list of the productions below is continually updated.