Evdokimos Tsolakidis

Evdokimos Tsolakidis
Born	1962 Thessaloniki
Occupation	Actor, director, acting coach and teacher

Evdokimos Tsolakidis (Greek: Ευδόκιμος Τσολακίδης; born 1962), is a Greek actor, director, playwright, drama teacher, founder and artistic director of the Theater of Changes.^[1][2][3] In April 2010, he was elected member of the board of the Greek Center of the International Theater Institute where he is listed as Member and Stage Director.^[4]

Education

He graduated from the high school of Ambelokipi in Thessaloniki. He studied at the Medical School of the University of Rome. He was awarded the diploma of the Drama School of the National Theater of Northern Greece with honors. He continued his studies in drama, acting and directing in New York City (HB Studio) funded by the U.S.A. Government (Fulbright Foundation). He is also a graduate of the Greek Open University (Humanities Section, European Culture).

Acting career

He has worked as an actor in many troupes, including the State Theater of Northern Greece, the National Theatre of Greece, the Spyros Evangelatos Auditorium, the Regional Theater of Crete and Thrace, the troupes Karezi-Kazakos, Aliki Vougiouklaki, George Kimoulis, Xenia Kalogeropoulou etc. He took part in film and television productions and directed plays in Greece and abroad.

Teaching career

He is the founder and the Artistic Director of Theater of Changes (founded in 1998) where he directs plays and teaches to this day. Theater of Changes hosts each year about a thousand of students being taught by actors, directors and other artists. At the same time, Evdokimos Tsolakidis teaches systematically in Rome (International Acting School, Cinecitta)^[5] and in London (Giles Foreman Acting Studio) as well as in Stockholm (Kulturama), in Istanbul ( Müjdat Gezen Art Academy, SAKM), in Tbilisi (Marjansvilli Theater), in New York City (Theaterlab), in Paris (Ecole de Théatre de Paris, TRIXTER), in Amsterdam (Easylaughs group), in Kathmandu (Dabali Theater), in Izmir (Tiyatro Terminal) as well as in different parts of Greece. . He has participated at International Theater Festivals (Romania, Iran, Switzerland and Mexico) and has taught at the Theater Department of the Universities of Alexandria in Egypt, Tehran in Iran, Ciudad del Carmen in Mexico. He was chairman of the jury of the International Theater Festival in Agadir (Morocco 2007).

International Festival of Making Theater

Every year since 2005, he has organized In.F.o.Ma.T. (International Festival of Making Theater), an international meeting of theater makers from around the world.

Publications

He has published the following books: “Acting without teacher” by KOAN editions, "Improvisation in Theater" by EXANDAS editions and the plays Athens - Moscow and Nothing by Dodoni editions. Athens - Moscow has been translated into Iranian by Sakineh Arabnejad, and published by Afraz editions and was staged in Tehran, directed by Katayun Feiz-Marandi. Both plays have been staged in Zurich, directed by Anna Tsixli, “Nothing” has been translated in Turkish by Kemal Basar, has been published along with the magazine “Yeni Tiyatro” in March 2010 and has been staged in Istanbul in 2012 and in Izmir in 2013).

References

1. «Έγκλημα στον Πύργο της Βαβέλ» TheaterEntropia.gr, 1ο Φεστιβάλ Εναλλακτικής Σκηνής, 12 April 1980. (Greek language)
2. Δικαίωμα και στην τέχνη Eleutherotypia, enet.gr, 16 November 2010. (Greek language)
3. τι παίζεται στις θεατρικές σκηνές To Vima, 28 October 2001. (Greek language)
4. Board Members Greek Center of the International Theatre Institute
5. 9/10 Maggio 2009 Master Class International Acting School Rome (Italian language)

External links

• National Theater of Northern Greece
• Greek Center of the International Theatre Institute
• Theater of Changes