The Hellenic Union of Theater and Performing Arts Critics awarded today its first theater and performing arts awards for the 2022-2023 theater season at the Athens Conservatory (“Aris Garoufalis” hall).

The Grand Theater Award was given to Reni Pittakis.

The president of the Union, Savvas Patsalidis, prefaced the awardee by stating the following: “An actor with a developed sense of the peculiarities and difficulties of live communication, an actor with a deeply cultivated sense of measure, the temperature of the board and the action, the chemistry of the bodies, the musicality and rhythmicity of each articulated word, the significant silence and the equally significant pause, attentive to every detail, charismatic, with a flexible acting load, she loved the board as it loved her very much. And the people of the square, even more so.”

Here are the awards in detail:

1. LIGHTING DESIGN AWARD

Nikos Vlasopoulos (Spirtokuto. The Musical, based on the film by Yiannis Economidis, libretto by Yiannis Economidis – Doris Avgerinopoulos, directed by Yiannis Niarros, Onassis Foundation House).

2. MOVEMENT/CHOREGRAPHY AWARD

Hara Kotsali (The Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Aris Biniaris, Ark Theatre).

3. MUSIC AWARD – MUSIC DESIGN

Thodoris Oikonomou (Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights, directed by Amalia Bennett, National Theater-REX).

4. COSTUME AWARD

Paris Mexis (The Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Aris Biniaris, Ark Theatre).

5. SCENERY AWARD

Tina Dzocka (Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights, directed by Amalia Bennett, National Theatre-REX).

6. VIDEO ART AWARD – FLASH ANIMATION

Pantelis Makkas (Euripides’ Hippolytus, directed by Katerina Evagelatos, National Theatre, Epidaurus Festival).

7. BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD DI.PE.THE.

DI.PE.THE. Roumelis – Tangled Hair by Nikolaos Laskaris, dir. Tasos Pyrgieris.

8. THEATER AWARD FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS

Stories to keep you awake (text based on plays by Noel Gregg, directed by Thanos Tokakis, National Theatre).

Rapunzel without a fairy tale (by Mike Kenny, directed by Ilias Karellas, Kappa Theatre).

9. CONTEMPORARY GREEK PROJECT AWARD

And the god planted paradise by Valeria Dimitriadou (directed by her, group C. for Circus, Contemporary Theatre).

10. DRAMA PRIZE

Sofia Karagianni & Myrto Athanasopoulou (Well, you were killed early by Chronis Missios, directed by Sofia Karagianni, Theater 104).

11. YOUNG/NEW ACTOR AWARD

Dimitris Mamios (Well, you were killed early by Chronis Missios, directed by Sofia Karagianni, Theater 104).

Anna Marka-Bonisel (Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, directed by Savvas Stroumbos, Simio Miden group, Attis-Neos Choros Theater).

12. INTERPRETATION AWARD

Miltiadis Fiorentzis (Andy by Dimitris Agiopetritis-Bogdanos, dir. Dimitris Agiopetritis-Bogdanos, New World Theatre).

13. PERFORMING ARTS AWARD

Luna by Rika Benveniste, dir. Damianos Konstantinidis (Angelus Novus Group, Theater on the Bus).

Sebastian by Vassilis Noulas & Costas Tzimoulis (directed by Vassilis Noulas, Nova Melancholia Group, PLYFA Venue).

14. DIRECTING AWARD

Thomas Moschopoulos (Alistair McDowell’s Pomona, Porta Theatre).

15. BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD

Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull (directed by Savvas Stroumbos, Simio Miden group, Attis-Neos Choros Theater).

16. GRAND THEATER PRIZE

Reni Pittakis

PRAISES

1st Commendation

Deaf theater group “Crazy colors” (the praise was received by Elli Merkouri, actress and director of the group).

2nd praise

Theatrical Workshop of the Korydallos Penitentiary (the praise was received by Stratis Panourios, director of the group).

The jury of the awards consists of: Smaro Kotsia, Ioanna Blatsou, Giorgos Papagiannakis, Savvas Patsalidis, Eleftheria Raptou, Tonia Tsamouris, Dimitris Tsatsoulis.

The Board of Directors of the Hellenic Union of Theater and Performing Arts Critics consists of: Savvas Patsalidis (president), Irini Moutraki (vice-president), George Papagiannakis (secretary), Grigoris Ioannidis (treasurer), Evi Prusalis (Public Relations director). Members of the Union are: Eleni Varopoulou (honorary member), Marika Thomadaki (honorary member), Zoi Berveropoulou, Sofia Eftychiadou, Grigoris Ioannidis, Dio Chancellor, Matina Kaltaki, Annie Koltsidopoulou, Corentini Despina, Kotsia Smaro, Ioanna Liutsia, Irini Moutraki , Errietta Belekou, Ioanna Blatsou, George Papagiannakis, Savvas Patsalidis, Eleni Petasi, George Pefanis, Evi Prusali, Eleftheria Raptou, Sophia Simelitidou, Tektonidou Paraskevi, Tonia Tsamouris, Dimitris Tsatsoulis, Gianna Tsokou, Natassa Hasiotis.

The award ceremony was presented and coordinated by theater critics and founding members of the Union, Matina Kaltakis and George Papagiannakis. The great Theater Award was designed and donated by the NTUA painter-professor Dimitris Sevastakis.