Cyprus Week- Monday 20 July

Dr Georgios Nicolaou is a Greek Cypriot space plasma physicist based in the UK and a Lecturer at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory, where his research focuses on heliophysics, solar wind plasma and space instrumentation. Alongside his academic work, he is active as a musician and participates in selected cultural and performance projects in the UK and Cyprus. Together with Elena Hadjiafxendi, he co- created Space on Stage, an interdisciplinary collaboration exploring connections among music, performance, and scientific ways of understanding space, perception, and presence.

Lee started acting at a later stage in life before that she was successful business owner. She attended the The London Academy Drama School obtaining a LAMDA. She has worked in local theatre and appeared in various short films. Lee also worked on various Greek Tragedy productions at Theatro Technis with the late George Eugeniou and was involved in his very last play reading. George loved animals especially Lee's dog Duke who would always be at the rehearsals!

Born in London to Greek Cypriot parents, Soulla Christodoulou is an award-nominated novelist, poet and educator whose work often explores Cypriot identity, migration and diaspora connection. Her storytelling is rooted in place, memory and belonging, with a growing emphasis on adapting Cypriot narratives for film and visual media. She is the author of six novels, including The Summer Will Come and Alexander and Maria, the latter of which received a nomination for the RSL Ondaatje Prize in 2021. The Summer Will Come was selected as a book club read by Barnet Libraries during London's Year of Learning Festival in 2019, is under contract for translation into Greek, and is currently in development as a feature film, reflecting Soulla’s commitment to bringing Cyprus-centred stories to international screens. Alongside her writing, Soulla is deeply engaged in education, mentoring and creative collaboration. She was awarded the CYDIA Award for Literature at the Cyprus Diaspora Forum in May 2026 in recognition of her literary achievements. Through her work, she maintains strong links with Cypriot and diaspora communities across Cyprus, the United Kingdom, the United States, South Africa and Australia, using storytelling as a bridge between cultures, generations and creative industries.

Elena Hadjiafxendi is a Greek Cypriot actress, singer and creator based in the UK. Her work is rooted in the cultural memory, literature and musical traditions of Cyprus and the wider Mediterranean, spanning music, theatre, film, television, poetry and live performance. Her practice explores the intersection of voice, text and storytelling, creating interdisciplinary work where presence and language converge. She has performed across the UK and Europe in theatre, concert and literary contexts, as well as in film and television. Elena is the founder of The Vintage Project and co-creator of Space on Stage, and the lead singer of Unicorn Frequency.

Lucy trained Rose Bruford and works in the Greek/Cypriot and English languages. Theatre includes: A View From The Bridge, Oedipus, Italian American Reconciliation, Macbeth, Yerma, Medea Redux, Hecuba, Invitation to a Beheading, Trojan Women. One women plays: Elena Pavli’s Cypria, Maria Vigar’s The Machinist, Giorgos Neophytou’s Manoli! She’s appeared in many plays directed by Sam Neofytou and George Eugeniou for Theatro Technis. Working in Cyprus she played the lead in a Greek Cypriot TV Series and appeared in feature films - Costas Dimitriou’s Road to Ithaka, Panicos Chrysanthou’s Akamas. Toured in plays for Theatro Ena and Alpha Square. Voice work includes: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Alexander, Munich, Mamma Mia and radio dramas for London Greek Radio. Film/TV music videos includes: The Bill, Newsnight, Bad Girls, Quanna, Fish n’ Chips, Smoking Guns, Bubbles. Award winning short films include: Laura Hypponen’s film Quadraturin, Vicki Psarias film Broken, various shorts by Karine Bedrossian, Dimitri Papazahariou’s film Leventis and recently Liam Pinheiro-Rogers new film Scelus. Recent theatre includes: touring Artun Gökşan Lurucinali and Vasili Panayi’s trilingual Greek, Turkish, English play Aphrodite’s Children. Maria Vigar’s play Love in a Foreign Land directed by Anastasia Revi. An Album of Stories directed by Marios Theoharous for the Cyprus High Commission in the UK. Aristiea in the premier of The Ophiolite by Philip de Voni, directed by Kerry Kyriacos Michael MBE. She will be performing in the late George Eugeniou's Stellas Letter on Friday 24th July.