Cyprus Week- Thursday 23 July

Chrisanthi is a Cypriot actor and theatre maker. She studied at Queen Mary University of London and Columbia University in New York. During her studies, she co-founded Stage 3, an award-winning participatory theatre experience in collaboration with People’s Palace Projects. She has performed across Europe, New York, and the UK and showcased her work at venues including Theatre Deli, Camden People’s Theatre and Gate Theatre. Her debut play ’74 was staged at Barons Court Theatre for Voila! Theatre Festival 2024 and nominated for an OffFest Award. The Kitchen Table, her one-act play, was selected for Reboot Festival 5 and staged at the Arches Lane Theatre. She is part of E-Co, the core touring company of THE HERDS, opening the Venice Dance Biennale 2025, Manchester International Festival and BBC performance at the Royal Albert Hall.

Founder Member of Theatro Technis, 1957.

Panos Savvides is a professional actor. He studied at the International School of Acting and co-founded Woodlands Theatre Company. He produced “Kiss of the Spider Woman”, “Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay”. Panos is very closely associated with Mr George Evgeniou at Theatro Technis where they co-produced “The Inheritors”. Panos played the Wise Man in “Wealth” at Dugdale Centre (Dir. Manos Tsotras). Other stage productions include, “The Immigrants” at the Electra Theatre (Dir. Roberta Fox) and the “Phoenician Women” at the Theatro Technis where he played Oedipus (Dir. George Evgeniou). At The Cyprus Community Centre he played the Dedective in “Fonazi o Kleftis” Panos co-produced and starred in a short film “Sea Urchins” (Co-Producer/Dir. Lou Panteli). Panos, also co-starred in “Panos and Cascadia” (Dir. Rob Jelly). He has worked on many plays with Vasili Panayi. TV credits include The Bill, London’s Burning, Queen of the East starring Jennifer Saunders (BBC TV Dir. Robert Chapman). He also played Captain Stephanos in “Sea of Fire” (BBC TV, Dir. Robert Del Maestro) and featured in “Undercover Customs” (Dir. Robert Khodadad). Feature films include “The Phantom Warrior", “Hitmen" and “The Bezonians". Commercials include British Telecom, MTV promo, Duyvis Pastrelli-Amsterdam and a main feature for Vodafone amongst many others. Film credits include "A Kind of Hush"(Dir. Brian Stern), "Arabs in London" (Dir. Anwar Kawadri), "Troy"(Dir. Woflgang Peterson) and "Alexander" (Dir. Oliver Stone). He has appeared in the series "Petrino Potami" on PIK1 TV for Cyprus. More recently Panos performed his one man show “The Interpretation” as part of The Camden Fringe Festival and “Cypria"by Elena Pavli and he played Agamemnon for Hecuba at Theatro Technis. Panos will be doing his one man show in October.

My name is Constantine Louis; friends know me as Costas. I was born in Alexandria and have spent many years in Greece, where I was a teacher in Katerini, Litochoro and Thessaloniki. Before retiring I mentored SEN students, at Middlesex University. I am a member of a number of groups and organisations, which include Camden Carers, Carers UK (I was the main carer for my two sons), The British Library Book Club, Age UK Camden, Age UK London and Age UK National, Older Peoples Advisory Group (OPAG) that meets monthly at the British Library, The National Portrait Gallery, Theatro Technis, Hampstead Theatre, New Diorama, Camden and Islington Educational Appeals Panel, Lykeion Ton Ellinidon, The Hellenic Centre... I love the theatre; I must have spent a small fortune over the years. And it was like a dream when a group of people about my age (I am over 85) were invited to write two plays, which were put on stage at Hampstead Theatre. Since then I have embarked on writing theatrical plays and hope to see some of them on stage, while I’m still around.

Mikaela is a Cypriot musician and creative based in London. She completed her postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Music and an Artist Diploma at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance supported by the institution and Help Musicians UK. As Co-Director of Company Concentric, she co-created and directed Remainder, featured at both the Havering Dance Festival and the Resolution Festival at The Place, London, and Play On, showcased at the Resolution Festival. She also directed SAFARI at Shift + Space, Theatre Deli. Mikaela has served as a music consultant and hand double to actors on film sets, notably for A Gentleman in Moscow on Amazon Prime.

Sebastião is a London-based Portuguese playwright and director. He studied English and Drama at Queen Mary University of London and completed an Mst in Creative Writing at the University of Oxford. During his studies, his play Son of Man was awarded first place by Ella Hickson at the Oxford New Writing Festival. His play Space Dogs was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017. In 2019, he was awarded the winner of the Stockwell Playhouse’s ‘One Act Play Festival’ with Not Helping. He co-wrote ’74 as part of the Voila! Theatre Festival 2024, where it was nominated for an OffFest award. His work has been staged at Theatre N16, Baron’s Court Theatre, Drayton Arms Theatre and The Lambeth Fringe 2025.