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"Without water, the flower that blooms withers." Lorca in the scenes of Cyprus

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Scientific Association of Theatre Scholars (ESOTHE)

Theatrical scholars Gianna Georgiadou, Anna Kalvari, Andri Ch. Konstantinou, Isabella

Meletiou, Sofia Panagiotou and Nikoletta Tziaouri research and present a summary

the journey of Federico Garcia Lorca's plays on the stages of Cyprus - from

in 1963, when Monica Vassiliou staged and embodied the Wonderworker, until

today – examining, among other things, the troupes' preferences regarding the repertoire

and the reception of performances by critics.

Research coordination: Andris C. Konstantinou, Frederick University.

Event organization: Scientific Association of Theatrologists (ESOTHE).

Gianna Georgiadou

Theater expert and actor.

As a workshop facilitator, she has worked in the Educational Programs of the Ministry of Education, has collaborated with the TheatrEtc group and with the theater group of the National Theater of Cyprus. She was a member of the Board of Directors of the Limassol Theater Route, where she participated in the editing of its Theater Diaries. Her articles have been published in magazines. In recent years, she has been working at ETHAL while she collaborated as an assistant director in theater productions with directors Marina Vronti, Alexia Papalazarou and Achilleas Grammatikopoulos.


Anna Kalvari

Theater/dramatologist.

Graduate of the Department of Theatre of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, majoring in Dramatology. She has collaborated with the State Theatre of Northern Greece, the Persona Theatre Group, the Rialto Theatre and the Fresh Target Theatre Ensemble in dramaturgy, research, editing and production. She participated in the Theatre in Palm Hybrid Residency 2023 and is a member of the editorial team of the magazine Anev, where she writes theatre reviews. At the same time, she is developing the personal project “drama + logos”, an online diary of contemporary theatre creation.


Andri H. Konstantinou

Theatre Theorist, Associate Professor, Frederick University.

Graduate of the Department of Theatre Studies of the National University of Athens and PhD in the Department of Theatre of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She collaborated as an assistant director with L. Vogiatzi and E. Gavriilidis and directed small-scale performances. She designed and animated theatre workshops, taught theatre at all levels of education in Greece and Cyprus, directed performances in schools. She taught at the University of Cyprus, served as a dramatist at the National Theatre of Cyprus, and worked on the creation of the Cyprus Theatre Museum. Her scientific publications mainly concern theatre in modern Cyprus.


Isabella Meletiou

Theater scholar, actress and professor of Theater Studies in Secondary Education.

Graduate of the Department of Theatre of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, holder of a postgraduate degree (with distinction) and a graduate of the Drama School Vl. Kafkaridis. He has many years of teaching experience at all levels, in Special Education and in programs of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. He is currently vice-president of the Scientific Association of Theatre Experts and a member of the Thymeli Performance Evaluation Committee. He has presented papers at the Cyprus Theatre Museum and at the Summer Institute of Ancient Drama on the teaching approach to Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound. He is fluent in Italian.


Sofia Panagiotou

Theatre scholar, theatre educator, substitute teacher of Theatre Studies in Secondary Education.

Graduate of the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of Patras and holder of a master's degree from the Open University of Cyprus.

She is active in the field of theater and theater education, is the artistic director of a children's theater workshop and an amateur adult group and has presented numerous theater productions. She has collaborated with amateur groups as a director, set designer, costume designer and artistic consultant in performances awarded at the THOK Amateur Theater Festival. Her work focuses on connecting theater with education, community and cultural memory.


Nikoletta Tziaouri

Theatre scholar, theatre educator.

A graduate of the Department of Theatre of the University of the Peloponnese and holder of a postgraduate degree in Theatre in Education from the Open University of Cyprus. Since 2012, she has been working at the Cyprus Theatre Museum, where she is involved in the organization and digitization of theatre archives and the planning and animation of educational programs. She writes as a theatre critic for the magazine Anev, has published her work in the digital magazine Harti, has edited publications of the Cyprus Centre of the International Theatre Institute and participates as a member of the committees of the National Theatre Council for the School Theatre Games.


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