Στρατής Πανούριος
Stratis Panourios
Researcher – Director – WriterActor
CAREER SUMMARY
Stratis Panourios
He is a professional Theatre and Cinema director, actor and writer. He studied film directing at the University of Greenwich, London. theatre directing and acting at the National Theater of Greece. Directed more than 50 plays nationally and worldwide. 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, The Theatrical Organization of Cyprus. Staged plays across Europe such as Athens, Cyprus and Italy. Proficient researcher relating to the training of young directors, predominantly focusing on the methods and techniques related to ancient Greek tragedy, Shakespeare, Chekhov, Strindberg as well as contemporary and Greek drama. Published writings in multiple publications.
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
TEDxAthens speaker in 2017 – link of the Talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zMZaUUW_Xs
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
| Community Outreach | Devising and adapting existing texts | |
| Acting
Directing Research |
Strategic Planning Skills | Group Dynamics |
| Leadership and Directorial Skills
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Youth Theatre | Actor and Director Training
2016-2020 |
- Research Prison Theatre Program – Athens – Korydallos Prisons (2016 -2020).
- In collaboration with the National Theatre of Greece (2016 – 2019) .
- In collaboration with the General Secretariat for Crime Policy (2016 -2020)
Director - 2020 “The Persians” – Aeschylus (Work in progress)
- 2019: “Glengarry Glen Rose” -David Mamet
- 2018:“Ward No. 6”- Anton Chekhov
- 2017: “The tempest”- William Shakespeare
- 2016 : “The guest” based on Kipling’s poem “if”-Devised Theatre – supportive by Therapy centre for dependent individuals
Benaki Museum
Titled: Theatrical Voices 2016- 2018
Director:
- 2018:“3 Kriezotou Street” The 30’s generation of Greek Poets -– The Ghika Gallery
- 2018: “About Alexandros”- The legends of Alexander the Great – “Iskandar Name” – Persian Poetry 12th century – Museum of Islamic Art
- 2017: ”What the old man said”- The life of Theodoros Kolokotronis and the Greek War for Independence in 1821 -Main Building – Collection of Historical Heirlooms
- 2017:”Erofili’s needlework” based on Erofili by Chortatsis-Main Building – Post – Byzantine and Neo Hellenic Art.
- 2017:”Twelve heads of Garlic and Fifteen onions”-12th Century Byzantine poet by Theodoros Prodromos.-Main Building –Byzantine Art
- 2016: ”Philoctetes”- The Initiation of Neoptolemos”-Sophocles -Main Building – Prehistoric – Ancient Greek and Roman Art
National Theatre – Experimental Stage
Directos
- 2006: «Honour the Mother and the Father from The Ten Commandments» – Devised theatre
- 2004 – 2005: “The Kreutzer Sonata” by Leo Tolstoy, adaption by Stratis Panourios – National Theatre of Greece – Experimental Theatre.
Cyprus Theatre Organization
Director
- 2011: ”Three princesses dancing and singing” by Stratis Panourios-Children Theatre
- 2009: “The gift” by Stratis Panourios- Children Theatre
Municipal Regional Theatre of Patras
Director
- 2014: «Happy birthday Mr. Shakespeare» Municipal Regional Theater of Patras, by Stratis Panourios.
- 2013: “The Boy With A Suitcase”- Mike Kenny
- 2013: “Outis Suite” based on Homer’s Odyssey
Municipal Regional Theatre of Agrinio
Director
- 2008: “The Fearless” by Stratis Panourios
Municipal Regional Theatre of Corfu
Director
- 2008: The Beauty and the Beast by Xenia Kalogeropoulou and Thomas Moschopoulos
Society of “Cultural Attempts”
Director
- 2015:“The Death Of The Nile” by Agatha Christie
- 2015:“waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett
- 2015: “The Maids” by Jean Genet
- 2015: “One night with Tennessee” one act plays by Tennessee Williams
- 2014: “The importance of being Earnest”-Oscar Wild
- 2014:”The swansong”-Anton Chekhov
- 2013:”The cherry Orchard”- Anton Chekhov
- 2012:”The seagull”- Anton Chekhov
- 2011: ”The Present is sold”-One Act plays by Stratis Panourios
- 2010: ”Comedia”- by Stratis Panourios
Cultural organisation “Kochili”
Director
- 2015 :“Live or Ride” by Stratis Panourios
- 2014: “Earth’s Song” by Stratis Myrivilis. Co-Production Organization “Kochili” and the North Aegean region.
- 2012 “Strindberg Marathon – Paria”, ‘Swedish Institute of Athens’
- 2012 :”BLÄSTRAD”by Mats Kjelbye
- 2012: “Odysseus treasure” based on Homer’s Odyssey in Academia Theatre.
- 2010: “The Emperor of Portugal” by Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish Institute of Athens.
- 2009: “The Colored Books» Dramaturgy stories of Stratis Myrivilis. Tour in Lesvos Island and the prefecture of Aitoloakarnania. A co-production of the Municipal Regional Theater of Agrinio and the Cultural Organization “Kochili”
Local Government of North Aegean Region
Director
- 2009: “Eternal Wives” Adaptation of Mark Twain’s short story,” The Diaries of Adam and Eve – Adaption by Stratis Panourios, «Performances in Georgiadis Mansion as part of the Festival “Love – Death,” Mytilene. A production of the Prefecture of Lesvos.
- 2008: “A spoonful of Sweet Cherry” Dramaturgy by Lilly Meleme. Performances in Georgiadis Mansion as part of the Festival “Meetings of contemporary art with tradition” a production of the Prefecture of Lesvos.
- 2008: “Nikos Kavadias poetry”
- 2007 – 2008: “Readings” Tribute to Elias Venezis, Argyris Eftaliotis, Stratis Myrivilis – Nikos Kavadias. Municipality of Mytilene
- 2007: “I wanted to say this memory” The Story of a mansion of Mytilene through texts and poems of Stratis Anastellis, Vasilis Samiotis, Nikos Athanasiadis, Odysseus Elytis, Alcaeus, Sappho and newspaper headlines Lesbian Releases 19th and 20th century. A production of the Prefecture of Lesvos.
- 2004: “Theophilus Hadjimichael – Thyrophylax(Gatekeeper)” A play inspired by the life and work of the homonymous painter with the support of the House of Theophilus, Ministry of the Aegean and the Prefecture of Lesvos, Dramaturgy – by Fotis Marazopoulos.
Hellenic Centre of the international theatre Institute/ Forum of Contemporary plays
Director
- 2009: “For Julia” by Margareta Garpe, – BIOS Theatre
- 2008: “Locusts”by Biljana Srbljanovic – BIOS Theatre
- 2007: “Panic” by Mika Millyaho, Athens in multicultural centre BOOZE
Shaolin theatrical performance “The guardian-protector of the Shaolin Temple” The gong fu school of “Shaolin Temple Secular Disciple’s Union in Greece”
- 2016:“The guardian-protector of the Shaolin Temple” Second Versionby Shì miào diān in Vembo Theatre – Athens
- 2014: “The guardian-protector of the Shaolin Temple” First Version by Shì miào diān in Michael Cacoyiannis Foundation Centre (MCF)
Stathmos Theatre – Athens
- 2015: “Fahişe Çika” by Thomas Korovinis
University of Piraeus
- 2013:“Three sisters ”- Anton Chekhov
Moraitis School
- 2012:”Dear Me” – Devised theatre
Fine Art School
- 1998: ‘Psimithies’ by Stratis Panourios a production of the Theater Group “En Plo”
Theatre Dentro Cyprus
- “2019 “Doctor Glas” by Hjalmar Söderberg
PUBLICATIONS
Theatrical Plays
- 2019: “TheThreeTragedians”-Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides come back to Athens after 2500 years to see what their theater and tragedies have done.
- 2011: “Comedia”-A play inspired by Luigi Rigoboni’s script “The Italian Married in Paris”
Children&Young Theatre
- 2003: “Arion’sJourney”-A play that I wrote on the occasion of my son’s birth.
- 2008: “TheFearless”-A Fairy Tale Inspired by the Grimm Brothers’ Story,
- 2009: “TheGift”-A Fairy Tale Inspired by Jeff Brumbeau’s Fairy Tale “The qiultmakers’s gift”.
- 2011: “Threeprincessesdancingandsinging”-A play about the birth of my daughter and the story of her name.
- 2014: “HappyBirthdayMr. Shakespeare- «A fantastic meeting of William Shakespeare with his son after 450 years».
- 2015: “Live-Love-Ride”-A demonstration of safe motorcycle riding in collaboration with YAMAHA.
One act plays
- 2011: “Thepresentissold”-six single acts for the economical crisis in Greece.
- 2010: “P.I.N”-“The Impact of Financial Lending during the lifetime of a Greek householder”.
- 2008: “IlSilenzio”-A one-act single play dedicated to my father and the Greeks who fought the Nazis in World War II.
- 1998: “Psimithies”:”The agony of a hagiographer about his creation nowadays”.
Adaptions
- 2000: “Lily”Theatrical adaptation inspired by the novel“Nathaniel HawthorneThe Lily’s Quest or Apologue 1837”.
Academic Papers published in Springer 2018
- “Actors in a Museum: Towards an Innovative Theatre Stage” in 7th ICSIMAT, Athenian Riviera, Greece 2018 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-12453-3_57
- “Follow the Trail of Culture Through Time: The Use of Archeological Sites as Performance Space”in collaboration with Katerina Nikolopoulou 7th ICSIMAT, Athenian Riviera, Greece 2018https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-12453-3_83
AWARDS
- 2018: Received the award from the international English magazine “Acquisition International” for its entire work: “Business Excellence Winner – Theater Director of the Year 2018
- 2015: First Prize of the LIVE-LOVE-RIDE play at the Valitsa Theater Festival.
- 2008: Third Prize at the GREEK SINGLE PARTNERSHIP COMPETITION organized by the Rhodes International Translation Center and DIPETHE Rhodes. With the one-act “Silence”
- 2006: First Prize for Theater Work at the 2nd Aegean Theater Writers Competition from the Homeric Cultural Center of Chios Municipality with the play “Arion” for children
- 1991: First Poetry Prize at the Panhellenic Competition of the literary magazine Magazine with the poem “Oh!” Love »
EDUCATION
2020: Film Studies – Directing – University of Greenwich (BA Hons)
2003: Theater Directing – National Theater Experimental Scene – Workshop of Acting and Directing
1993: Acting – Diploma Drama School of National Theater
1992: Writing Theatre School – National Company of Greek Playwrights