Training: English Language – Literature and Drama (Aristotle University of Salonica, National Drama School of Northern Greece – grad. 1986) Cinema (Laboratorio della Communicazione Udine, Italy – grad. 1987)
Theatre: He directed many plays of the modern and classical repertory for Amore, Porta, Aliki, Horn and Theseum theatres of Athens, State Theatre of Northern Greece, National Theatre of Greece, Athens and Epidaurus Festival and the Riverside Studios, London: (among others) LA VENEXIANA/Anonymous Venetian, LE MASSERE/Goldoni, LOVE/L. Petroushevskaya, SHOPPING AND FUCKING/Ravenhill, CLOSER/Marber, THE CHERRY ORCHARD/Chekov, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHNG, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, TWELVETH NIGHT, MACBETH/Skakespeare, LIFE IS A DREAM/Calderon, LA DOUBLE INCONSTANCE/Marivaux, THE ORPHAN OF ZAO/Xi Xun Xiang, ELEKTRA/Hoffmanstahl, THE TURN OF THE SCREW/H. James, MISTERO BUFFO/Dario Fo, RINOCEROS/Ionesco, LA RONDE/Schnitzler (Theatre of Pireaus), BACCHAE, ALKESTIS/Euripides, WOMEN OF TRACHIS/Sophocles (National Theatre of Greece-Epidaurus), IFIGHENIA AMONG THE TAURIANS/Euripides (National Theatre of Northern Greece-Epidaurus)
Additionally he staged his own original theatrical compositions: SO MUCH WATER SO CLOSE TO HOME (based on Raymond Carver’s short stories) METAMORPHOSES+ (inspired from Ovid), LA MEDUSE (inspired from Gericault’s Le naufrage de La Meduse)
Co-artistic director of Amore/Notos theatre company between 2001 and 2008. Since 2014 he is the artistic director od PORTA THEATRE ATHENS where he staged acclaimed productions of the following plays: LILIOM/Molnar, MOJO/J.Butterworth, SPEAKING IN TONGUES/A. Bovell, LES CAPRICES DE MARIANNE/A. de Musset, K’s TRIAL/based on Kafka, CANDIDE/based on Voltaire, FARENHEIT 451/R. Bradbury, THE COST OF LIVING/M. Majok, SURGEON OF HONOUR/Calderon, POMONA/Alistair Mc Dowall. He has translated or adapted himself (from English, French, Italian as well as ancient Greek into modern Greek), most of the plays he staged.
He has written (some in collaboration with X. Kalogeropoulou) and staged many plays for young audiences. Among others NOAH FAMILY, SLEEPING BEAUTY IS AWAKE, KING STAG, THE LUCKY SOLDIER, THE MYSTERY OF HAMELIN, THE MAGIC CIRCLE, THE TREASURE ISLAND
He has also written librettos and staged operas for children (SILENCE THE KING IS LISTENING – composer N. Kypourgos for Athens Megaron and BEWARE THE PRINCE CAN BE DIRTY – composer N. Kypourgos for the Athens National Opera)
Theatre in Canada: ELEKTRA/Sophokles (Startford Shakespeare Festival of Ontario 2012), THE SEAGULL/Tchekhov (Perchance Theatre, Cupids-Newfoundland), LITTLE MENACE-PINTER PLAYS/Pinter (Soulpepper, Toronto)
Operas: Greece: COSI FAN TUTTE/Mozart, THE TURN OF THE SCREW/Britten, ST JEAN AU BUCHER/Honneger, TAMERLANO/Handel, PUSS IN BOOTS/Cui, MANON/ Massenet (Athens Megaron, Greek National Opera)
Italy: MACBETH/Verdi (Spoleto), L’INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA/Monteverdi (Cremona, Como, Ravenna, Mantova), LE ROSSIGNOL-G.SCHICCHI/ Stravinsky-Puccini (Cagliari)
Film/TV: Video-Clips, tv-films, and documentaries, and the full length documentary “Meri Amen”
Teaching: He taught acting and directing in various Drama Schools, Academies, Universities, Workshops and Masterclasses in Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Canada and South Africa.
Awards: National Greek Award for best documentary film 1995, Golden Knight Minsk-Belorussia Film Festival 1996, Premio Abbiati 2003 Italy for best Opera Staging, Critics Guild Award for Ancient Drama 2009, Kuhn Award 2011 for most innovative staging, Best Director 2003 Award, Hellenic Association of Theatre and Performing Arts Critics plus numerous awards for best staging and directing in various magazines and web-sites.
Et cetera: Direction of the artistic segment of the Closing Ceremony of Athens Olympics 2004
Email: tmoschoa@thea.auth.gr
