With tears in his eyes Thanos Birkos in “Studio 4” for his collaboration with John Kakleas since 2013 he publicly thanks and is deeply grateful for what he has given him. While he remembers their first very funny meeting at an audition that led to the beginning of their collaboration.

-Did things come easily?

“Until Samos, things were difficult. The only thing that held me like an anchor and I thank him publicly was Yiannis Kakleas. I was in his team since ’13 we did very great jobs and I am grateful and I will be moved, because Kakleas who gave me opportunities and things to do which was a dream”

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-How did you meet Kakleas?

“From an audition. He auditioned for Cyranos and it’s a very funny story because I was late to the audition, I ended up going last. I enter a hall in Drosopoulou, the actors who listen know it, a leader and he would put 15 of us in a circle on chairs and one by one he would come forward and we would present what we wanted to present and he would ask for a song.

And in front of me some kids who were already playing in the Demons come out… “My God” I say “Where am I going” I sat like an aunt and admired them. I almost clapped. And I say I will experience it.

I get up and say I’ve prepared Chekhov’s Marriage Proposal, hmm he says, I continue: I’ve also prepared the sosia from Moliere’s Amphitryon.. Play he says I start and play.. nice he says, song? After what I’ve heard if I sing the switches will go down, I say.

He tells me don’t say what you prepared say a song you know. I figured he won’t take me anyway and I say I’ll have fun. And I said Mazonaki. I had the audacity in front of Kakleas to sing Tesseris pane… We had a great time.

This happened at the beginning of November and on my birthday I received an email that I was selected for the show. I didn’t believe it. I was in the street screaming like crazy. The best birthday present I have ever received”