BIOGRAPHY
YANNIS DIDASKALOU
Yannis Didaskalou was born in Athens in 1986. He has been involved with theatre since 2008, taking part at university theatre groups, theatre workshops and seminars. He works as a Director and Performer. He studied workshops such as Theatre Mask, Physical Theatre, Body and Ancient Drama e.t.c. Now, he is studying Directing and Acting, at the School of Drama – Faculty of Fine Arts in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is also teaching Acting at Parsifal Laboratory of Theatre, and has directed: performances that have been 1st awarded. (“ The story will always be the same, nothing is going to disappoint it” , “Mr K.’s story”), performance at ΤEDx University of Macedonia, performances at the drama school of National Theatre Of Northern Greece. e.t.c. He has performed as an actor and dancer at Venice Open Stage Festival (Venice). He has attended seminars such as Ancient Drama and Politics, organized by National Theatre of Northern Greece. In 2014 he founded a Drama experimental theatre group in Thessaloniki named “Apo ton pempto stixo kiolas faltsoi” (faltsoi theatre group), participating on the Bridges #SKG festival in Thessaloniki, with the performance named “Our inner tragedy”, on his direction. In 2019 this performance based on ancient drama plays was on tour in Greece, on Festivals and Ancient Theatres. He is one of the Artistic Director and producer of the unique Festival ArtWalk: How to make memories, a "an artistic walking" festival, from one ancient theatre to another, in Greece.
Some of his performances have taken place on International Festivals, such us “The 10th Shanghai International Experimental Festival 2020”, Shanghai Theatre Academy, China, 2020 (ITI και STA), on 32nd Ιnternational Festival of University Theatre of Casablanca, Morocco, 2020, (FITUC and ΙΤΙ), Furore 2020, International Festival for Young Theater, Ludwigsburg 2020, 2nd Re-Connect Online Performance Festival 2021 (Partnered with the University of Maryland, as well as arts organizations in Iran, Argentina, Switzerland, and France), Fisico 2021 (Alba International Physical Theatre), Venice Open Stage International Festival 2021, 42nd Fadjr Festival (Iran) (ITI) 2024, Fist19 (Serbia), International Dublin GTF (Dublin) etc.
ARTWORK
RESEARCH ON THE WORK OF GROTOFSKI
2019
Research.
School of Drama – Faculty of Fine Arts in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2019.
Performer/Researcher: Christina Bakastathi
Assistant Performer: Marianna Rantou
EVE II OR THE NARRATIVE OF AN ATTEMPT
2020
Eve II or The narrative of an attempt, directing. Based on the novel “When I was an artwork” of Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt. School of Drama – Faculty of Fine Arts in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, February 2020.
(Teacher supervisor: Michael Marmarinos)
and
Director:
Yannis Didaskalou
Actors:
Felice Topi
Themis Papadopoulos
Giorgos Chrysikos
Dramaturg:
Yannis Didaskalou
Felice Topi
Scenography/Light Design:
Yannis Didaskalou
Mask: Electra Papa
Costume Design/
Scenography assistant:
Maria-Margera Vizareli
Music: Giannis Demogiannis
FURORE 2020, International Festival for Young Theater, Ludwigsburg 2020.
and
STA Festival, Shanghai International Experimental Festival 2020, Shanghai Theatre Academy, 2020.
and
FITUC Festival, 32nd Ιnternational Festival of University Theatre of Casablanca, ,Morocco, 2020. (FITUC and ΙΤΙ)
TEN DAYS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
May 2020
Performance.
Duration: 10 days. 2 hours per walk.
Continuous discussion
Audio & video recording.
Materials: my body and my voice Ismene. Her body and her voice. Marsupial. Her water and her food. Backpack. Unicorn mask. Operator. Cellphone for recording.
The city.
And its pedestrians.
THE KASPAR BOX
2019-2020
The Kaspar Box, first titled as Goats and monkeys, based on Kaspar by P.Handke, directing.
School of Drama – Faculty of Fine Arts in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, November 2019
Fisico 2021 - Alba International Physical Theatre, Alba, Italy,
May 2021
Venice Open Stage, Venice, Italy,
June 2021
Director
Dramatourg:
Yannis Didaskalou
Actor:
Christina Bakastathi
Scenography/Costume Design:
Marina Konstantinidou
Ino Pikioni
Director assistant:
Giorgos Konstantinou
Light design:
Yannis didaskalou
Ino Pikioni
LITTLE EYOLF
2018
Henrik Ibsen “Little Eyolf”
Project of Little Eyolf
"I'd like to cultivate every noble seed that he has inside him to flourish and bear fruit. And something more... to strengthen the feeling of happiness inside him"
Director:
Yannis Didaskalou
Actors:
Giorgos Christoforidis
Georgia Skorda
Themis Papadopoulos
THIS IS OUR LIFE. BUT I WANT SOMETHING ELSE
January 2018
This is our life. But I want something else.
Director
Light designer
Scenography:
Yannis Didaskalou
Thessaloniki 2018
"Κανένα έλεος για εμάς που αιώνες ολόκληρους βασανιστήκαμε, συρθήκαμε σε άσκοπους πολέμους, σε επαναστάσεις, νικήσαμε και νικηθήκαμε. Εμείς... Οι αισθηματικοί άνθρωποι. Οι ευσυγκίνητοι, οι άπιστοι για ζωή. Εμείς. Οι αφύλακτοι αριστοκράτες της ιστορίας".
Λ. Αναγνωστάκη.
This is our life.
But I want something else.
Actors:
Κατερίνα Σταύρου
Αλέξανδρος Μαχαιρίδης
Χαρά Γιώτα
Διονυσία Μιχαλοπούλου
Στέλλα Γλουτίδου
Ηρώ Γίτσα
Γιάννης Κωνσταντινίδης
Ίριδα Ροδίτου
Ιωάννα Θεοδωσιάδου
Ιρμα Λίγδα
Γρηγόρης Σπίγγος
Κωστής Καπελλίδης
Αλέξανδρος Γκουντινάκης
Ιωάννα Τριάδα Στρούλιου
Μαρία Γκουτιούδη
Νίκη Ρουσάκη
Φανούρης Σκύρλας
Γιώργος Χρυσικός
Κωνσταντίνα Βαϊραμάκη
Μαριάννα Ράντου
Θανάσης Μάζνας
Λουκής Καπετάνιος
Ελλη Καλούδη
Δημήτρης Μαχαιρίδης
Νίκος Ψιλάκης
Αννέτα Χρυσίδου
VICTOR,
OR POWER TO CHILDREN
«Μα επιτέλους ποιος είμαι; Μήπως πάσχω από μεταμόρφωση;
Δεν είμαι πια ο Βικτόρ;»
by Roger Vitrac
Directing Project on Vitrac’s play
Director
Scenography
Light Design:
Yannis Didaskalou
Actors:
Anneta Chrysidou
Kostis Kapellidis
Themis Papadopolos
2018
METAMORPHOSIS
2016
by Franz Kafka,
performance at the drama school of National Theatre Of Northern Greece - 2016
Director/Scenographer:
Yannis Didaskalou,
Miltos Tsiantos
Dramatourg:
Miltos Tsiantos
Actors:
Miltos Tsiantos,
Giorgos Christoforidis,
Stefania Chondraki
Marileni Kouzou
Technical support: Magda Skoupra, Mara Malgarinou Michalis, Papadimitriou, Skeyi Andreou
Supervisor: Giannis Rigas
NTO T'A PRES KOTSIDETE
(I'LL CUT YOUR BRAIDING)
2019
by D. Papamarkos
Ντο τ’ α πρες κοτσσίδετε
directing. School of Drama – Faculty of Fine Arts in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, June 2019
Διήγημα από το βιβλίο του, με τίτλο "Γκιακ" (εκδόσεις Αντίποδες).
Υ.Γ.
Η γιαγιά μου, μου έλεγε ότι κάθε άνθρωπος είναι τουλάχιστον δύο ιστορίες. Μία που λένε οι άλλοι για εμάς και μία που ποτέ δε λέμε εμείς για εμάς. Και πως αυτές οι ιστορίες μας ορίζουν.
Supervisor: Victor Ardittis
Director/Dramaturg/
Light design:
Yannis Didaskalou
Κείμενο: Δημοσθένης Παπαμάρκος / Δημήτρης Δημητριάδης
Director Assistant: Κωστής Καπελλίδης
Actors:
Αννέτα Χρυσίδου
Βασίλης Ασημακόπουλος
Γαλάτεια Αγγέλη
Γιάννης Κωνσταντινίδης
Εβελίνα Βαϊου
Ευρυδίκη Κατωμέρη
Κατερίνα Σωτηρίου
Κυριακή Ρηγοπούλου
Μαίρη Βασιλάκη
Μαριάννα Ράντου
Μυρτώ Βασιλάκη
Νίκος Μήλιας
Σοφία Καλπακτσή
Χαρά Γιώτα
TODAY PEOPLE LOVE ME
2018
School of Drama – Faculty of Fine Arts in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2019.
Director/Light design:
Yannis Didaskalou
Supervisor: Eleftheria Deko
WE ALL HAVE BEEN UBU
2018
Performance. School of Drama – Faculty of Fine Arts in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, based on “Ubu King” A.Jarry - 2018
Director/Scenographer:
Yannis Didaskalou
"Μα τι κόσμος είναι αυτός;
Πώς θα την βγάλω καθαρή;"
THE DEPRESSED
2019
Depressed, directing. School of Drama – Faculty of Fine Arts in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, October 2019.
Director
Light design:
Yannis Didaskalou
Scenographer: Georgi Pampaka
Actor: Sofia Bletsou
Musician: Giorgos Chrysikos
Photographer: Evaggelia Kariofilli
Πρόκειται για ένα διήγημα της Λένας Κιτσοπούλου, από το βιβλίο της “Μεγάλοι δρόμοι”, που διασκευάστηκε σε μονόλογο.
Supervisors:
Efi Stamouli
Lila Karakosta
THE GIRL NAMED THURSDAY
2018
Devised Theatre
About Greek Immigration.
Dh.Pe.The. Serron, May 2018
Director
Light Design:
Yannis Didaskalou
Actors:
Georgia Skorda
Chara Giota
Loukis Kapetanios
Anneta Chrysidou
Dimitris Macheridis
Giannis Tsiavos
Musicians:
Giorgos Chrysikos
Fanouris Skyrlas
Iris Roditou
THE STORY WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME, NOTHING IS GOING TO DISAPPOINT IT
2014
Devised theatre,
Athens, Bios, 2015 -
Awarded on Scratch Night of Bob Theatre Festival 2015
Director: Yannis Didaskalou
Actors:
Velimvasaki Athina
Kotselou MElina
Mouzopoulos Aris
Mpampila Maria
Pitidis Michalis
Svoli Athanasia
Siskou Ioanna
Sofia Emmanouela
Felice Topi
Argiris Papadopoulos
HAVE Ι NONE
2017
by Edward Mond
performance at the drama school of National Theatre Of Northern Greece - 2017
Director/
Scenographer/
Dramaturg:
Yannis Didaskalou
Giorgos Christoforidis
Actors:
Giorgos Christoforidis
Katerina Papadaki
Ioannis Mustakidis
Michalis Papadimitriou
Kemanetzis Stefanos
Supervisor: Giannis Rigas
OUR INNER TRAGEDY
2019 tour
Our inner tragedy, based on ancient drama and mythology
Festival #SKG Bridges 2019
Festival Dion - Livithra, 48th Olympus Festival, July 2019
Open Theatre of the Society for Continental Studies (EHM) - Ioannina, July 2019
Roman Odeon Nicopolis, July 2019
Open Theatre of Paramithia, August 2019
Open Theatre of Mesolongi, August 2019
Open Theatre of Mountain - Kastoria, August 2019
Director/
Scenographer/
Light Design:
Yannis Didaskalou
Choreographer:
Alexandros Gkountinakis
Yannis Didaskalou
Director assistant:
Felice Topi
Marianna Rantou
Costume Design:
Natalia Palantza
Dramaturg:
Yannis Didaskalou
Stavros Moschis
Musician: Giorgos Chrysikos
Photographer: Giannis Konstantinidis
Production Coordinator: Marina Kolokouri
Execution of production/Communication: Marianna Rantou
Actors::
Chara Giota, Alexandros Gkountinakis, Kostis Kapellidis, Merina Kolokouri, Marianna Rantou, Niki Rousomani, Georgia Skorda, Ntorina Tachirai, Giorgos Christoforidis, Anneta Chrysidou
UBUMATERIAL
2021
Performative archive
UBUmaterial
Based on UBU Roi by Alfred Jarry
Three actors-narrators, isolated due to COVID-19’s lockdown, explore UBU Roi by Aldfred Jarry. How can rehearsals go ahead through cameras? Is it possible to explore a character at home? What does the required distance between the members of the troupe mean and is it possible to overcome it through the zoom? These and other questions PAPALANGKI theatre aims to explore with its new production, UBUmaterial. From streets, schools and prisons, to Instagram and the rest of the world, with UBUmaterial PAPALANGI theatre continues to look for new ways to approach audiences, wherever they exist.
Follow UBUmaterial on Instagram: @ubumaterial
Original play translation: Zoe Samara.
Direction:
Yannis Didaskalou
Tasos Angelopoulos.
Dramaturg: Panayiota Konstantinakou. Digital Media Dramaturg: Christina Papagiannouli.
Scenic and costume coordination: Matina Megla.
Graphics & Subtitles: Christos Tsavlidis.
Performers: Dimitris Kapetanios, Dimitris Lolis, Liana Taousiani.
2nd Re-Connect Online Performance Festival, 2021 (Partnered with the University of Maryland, as well as arts organizations in Iran, Argentina, Switzerland, and France)
M.A.I.R.O.U.L.A
2020
by Lena Kitsopoulou
Asteria Theatre
Director:
Tasos Aggelopoulos
Director assistant:
Yannis Didaskalou
Set/costume design: Matina Megla
Scenographer assistant: Maria Chrysafi
Actor:
Liana Taousiani
Production:
Papalangki Theatre Group &
Di.Pe.The.Serron
ITHACAS
TEDxUniversityofMacedonia
2014
Performance.
This talk -in its performance form -was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The idea is to reach a destination throught movement and improvisation, throught contact and co-operation.
Thessaloniki, Greece, 2014.
Director: Yannis Didaskalou
Amateur University Theatre Ensemble
Pera Dothe
"It's not my doma but lets hang out together"
2021
Performance.
MOMus - Experimental Center for Arts
Thessaloniki, Greece, 2021
Director/Performer: Yannis Didaskalou
Produced at inspireproject2021,
MOMus
The anatomy of an existence - gynecoctony
2021
Installation
Zrenjanin National Museum,
Serbia
Underground Gallery,
Timisoara, Romania
Bensousan Han Gallery,
Thessaloniki, Greece
Mother as woman, woman as a mother, woman as a goddess, goddess as a woman:
Last month in Greece more than 14 women were assassinated by a different
man.
The society talks about assassination, without targeting disadvantageous position of the women.
Materials:
red neon lamps
plaster
3D printed pvc toy soldiers
Creator: Yannis Didaskalou
Produced for NeoNlitic 3.0
The NeoNlitic exhibition is organized by Wood Be Nice and supported by the team composed by Mihaela Ion, curator of the exhibition, Anca Spiridon (communication and promotion), Cristina Elena Florea (editor and social media) and Cora Manole (editor).
24 artists: Daniel Loagăr (RO), Andrei Cornea (RO), Alex Manea (RO), Jelena Petrovic (SRB), Ion Alexandru (RO), Niko (GR), Dana Catona (RO) Ana-Maria Panaitescu (RO), Dana Simion (RO), Cezar Lăzărescu (RO), Semantix (RO), Darko Trajanovic (SRB), Milorad Stajcic (SRB), Alexandru Daniel Florea (RO), Vlad Basarab (RO), Yannis Didaskalou (GR), Alma Gyovai (RO), Gabriela Monica Tîrziu (RO), Dejan Mrdja (SRB), Georgia Orfanidou (GR), Alexandru Răduță (RO), Valentina Savić (SRB), Valentin Soare (RO) and Radomirka Siljanoski (SRB).
1821-2021: A performance in the absence of us
2021
Documentary
24TH THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
VOULI TV
AGORA DOC MARKET of 24th TDF
2021 was the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution. What do we really know about it? Do people really need to reinforce their national spirit? The thoughts of an artist trying to get inspiration from a historical event and the attempt to create a performance. Some artists give their answers to issues of national existentialism.
Duration: 12:22
Cast & Crew:
Director/Writer: Yannis Didaskalou
Assistant Director: Giannis Tomtsis, Felice Topi
Production Manager: Felice Topi
Original Score: Giorgos Chrisikos
Narrator: Konstantinos Theodoropoulos
Cast: Felice Topi & Themis Papadopoulos
Cinematography: Giannis Tomtsis & Yannis Didaskalou
Editing: Yannis Didaskalou
Sound Design: Giorgos Chrisikos
Graphic Design: Sofia Topi
Artists Appearing: Rafaela Tsompanoudi, Dimitris Naziris, Marianna Rantou, Stella Goultidou, Argiris Papadopoulos, Giorgos Chrisikos, Kostas Karampas, Dimitris Adamidis, Themis Papadopoulos, Katerina Michailidou, Kostis Kapellidis
External Assistant:
Lila Karakosta, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Theatre
Aris Fatouros, Program Advisor at Hellenic Parliament Television (Vouli TV)
External Sources:
Istoria (Komikotragiki) tou neoellinikou kratous 1830 – 1974, Vasilis Rafailidis
Fustanelles kai Chlamides, Christina Koulouri
Special Thanks: Municipality of Thermaikos for providing Municipal Theatre Kappa for filming.
Trailer url: https://youtu.be/Yd1iQoztMIs
INSECTUM or There are insects that dance
Direction: Yannis Didaskalou
Dramaturgy: Stella Tsaousi
Assistance direction: Dafni Karletti
Choreography: Alexandros Gkoudinakis
Music: Capétte
Lighting design: Fani Polyxeni Kourtidou Vlachogianni & Yannis Didaskalou
On stage
Dimitris Louizidis
Description of the play
Marios Chakas wrote about people with dreams and how life got in the way. Poetic and pragmatic at the same time, the writer creates an environment that makes the shock of realization even more intense. Dimitris is an actor who is coming to the end of his theatrical studies or to a new beginning. Mitsos had a dream as well and he did it, he accomplished that dream. His lux toilet. But what happens when you accomplish everything? What is there for you to wait for?
A direction, which has the spectators in a special place with the media it uses. Dimitris and Mitsos co-exist tied to a climbing rope and both feel the need to talk.
Dramaturg’s note
Lux life. Happiness. Restrains. Is there such thing as self-realization? if yes, what is it? And what can a person do, when he succeeds at everything?
Dimitris is doing his thesis and Mitsos is looking through his life’s diary searching for something. He does not know what he is looking for, but then again nobody knows until this something is brought before him.
Mitsos stumbles upon his work, his home, his partner. And he stops wondering “how much is worth this thing called life”, unlike Marios Chakas.
This question was the motive for a stage approach that wants to talk about this rope that has every person tied up. A climbing rope, which in the case of Insectum keeps both the actor and the character restrained and enforces the communication and gap that exists at the same time between the two.
Stella Tsaousi
Instead of a director’s note
Nothing can make you stand at your eye level except of your feet.
And maybe your heart too.
Then you need a rope to keep you standing in those moments when your feet cannot keep going.
That does not mean you will not fall - falls are blessing after all: you look at yourself from down below, just like when you were a little child.
Yannis Didaskalou
INSECTUM OR THERE ARE INSECTS THAT DANCE
42ND Fadjr International Theatre Festival
Tehran,
Iran 2024
FADJR & ITI
FIST19
Festival International Student Theatre
Belgrade
Serbia
FIST19
EVE II OR THE NARRATIVE OF AN ATTEMPT
STA Festival
10th International Experimental Festival
Shanghai 2020
STA & ITI
FITUC Festival
32nd Ιnternational Festival of University Theatre of Casablanca
Morocco 2020
FITUC & ITI
FURORE International Festival for Young Theater
Ludwigsburg 2020
ADK
THE KASPAR BOX
FISICO 2021
Alba International Physical Theatre Festival
Alba 2021
FISICO
VENICE
OPEN STAGE Festival 2021
Venice
Italy 2021
VENICE OPEN STAGE