Giannis Kakleas

Giannis Kakleas was born in Thessaloniki. He studied Drama at the Drama School of the Greek Art Theatre “Karolos Koun”.

He got a postgraduate degree in Drama from the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art on London and graduated from the School of Direction of the Drama Centre of London.

He was the art director of Technochoros (1981-2003) and Municipal Regional Theater of Kalamata (1989-1991 & 2003-2006).

He has directed more than 120 theater performances, including: Waiting for Godot (Εntopia Theater), I, Antonin Artaud (Fix Icehouse), The Great Magic (Fix Icehouse), Beast in the Back – a comics performance (Technochoros), Angela (Technochoros), Vodka Molotov (Ilisia Theater), Victor, or Power to the Children (Technochoros), Denise Calls Up (Apothiki Theater), Bullets over Broadway (Park Theater), Roberto Succo (Technochoros), Oops! – a comics performance (Technochoros), Mala (Pallas Theater), The Carnival of the Animals-with Jeremy Irons (Odeon of Herodes Atticus), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Municipal Theater of Kalamata), The Altruists (Diana Theater), The Diary of a Scoundrel (National Theater), Lysistrata (National Theater, Ancient Theater of Epidaurus), The Servant of Two Masters (Municipal Theater of Crete), The Courtyard of Miracles (National Theater), Oh, These Ghosts! (Britannia Theater), Demon (Pallas Theater), Mercier and Camier (Athens Festival), Clockwork Orange (Apothiki Theater), Cyrano (Pallas Theater and Pantheon Theater), The Frogs (National Theater), The Acharnians (Ancient Theater of Epidaurus), Nine (Pantheon Theater), Hamlet (Municipal Theater of Piraeus), Madam Sousou (Pallas Theater), The Mystery of Irma Vep (Britannia Theater), 4.48 Psychosis (Athens Festival), Killing Game (National Theater), Shakespeare in Love (Hellenic Cosmos), Rhinoceros (Kivotos Theater), etc.

He has directed music performances with E. Arvanitaki, A. Protopsalti, M. Frangoulis, D. Papadimitriou, A. Kalogiannis, A. Vissi, V. Papakonstantinou, N. Bofiliou, etc.

He has taught Drama and Direction, and he has translated plays (“Party time” by Harold Pinter, “Red Cross” by Sam Shepard, “Lord Byron’s Love Letter” by Tennessee Williams, “The Birds”, “The Frogs” and “The Acharnians” by Aristophanes, etc.)