Anestis Azas

Anestis Azas works as a freelance theater director in Greece and German-speaking countries. His work includes classical texts, contemporary playwrights, documentary and devised theater performances. He has collaborated, among others, with the Athens Epidaurus Festival, the Onassis Stegi, the National Theater of Greece, the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, and the Münchner Kammerspiele. From October 2015 to July 2019, in collaboration with Prodromos Tsinikoris, he was the artistic director of the Experimental Stage [-1] of the National Theater in Athens. From 2012 to 2023, he taught direction at the National Theater of Greece Drama School.

Anestis Azas and Prodromos Tsinikoris have been co-writing and co-directing their performances since 2011. They revolve around sociopolitical topics such as immigration and refugees, the rise of the far-right and the concept of Greekness, the state of homelessness and mass touristification, and the privatization of public organizations such as the Greek railways.

Their work has been presented in many international venues and festivals: Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin; Münchner Kammerspiele; Le-Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg; Chantiers d’Europe, Paris; Lessingtage Theater Festival at Thalia, Hamburg; Heidelberger Stückemarkt; Hellerau, Dresden; Zürcher Theater Spektakel; Mladi Levi Festival, Ljubljana; Sirenos Festival, Vilnius; Festival Grec de Barcelona; International Theater Amsterdam (ITA); MESS International Theater Festival, Sarajevo; Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne; IKSV International Theater Festival, Istanbul; Ballhaus Naunynstrass, Berlin, among others.