He passed away, at the age of 85, director and writer Nikos Perelis, the man who set up the National Theater’s experimental scene in 1996, bringing new air to domestic theatrical events.

His rich work includes more than 150 works, Greek and foreign, and he was the founder of important theatrical players.

During the dictatorship, from Montreal, Canada, where he was with Greek students and French artists, he contributed to the anti -dictatorial struggle, through performances and translations.

From the mid -1970s until the late ’90s, he put his directorial signature on major performances of ancient drama, including “Hippolytus”, “Hecavi”, “Iphigenia in Taurida”, “Trojans – Hecavi – Iphigenia in Avlida” Herodion, at the Lycabettus Theater and of course at the National Theater.

Born in 1940 in Mytilene, he studied theater at the National Theater School, with teachers Angelos Terzakis, Socrates Karantinos, Thanos Kotsopoulos, Takis Mouzenidis, Lykourgos Kallergis, Stelios Vokos.