Simos Kakalas

Simos Kakalas (b. Thessaloniki, Greece, 1973) graduated from the National Theater of Northern Greece’s (NTNG) School of Drama in 1996, where he worked as an actor and assistant director between 2000-2004.

He was a founding member of the theater organization ‘Nees Morfes’ (New Forms), in 1996, where he worked mainly as an actor. In 2003 he founded and directed the ‘Horos’ Theater Company; through this company he researched and directed his main projects until 2017. With both companies, he advocated for a physical and ‘poor’ theater, one that highlights poetic language and interaction.

Since 2017, he works as a freelance stage director and has collaborated, amongst other theaters, with the NTNG, the National Theater of Greece in Athens, The Athens & Epidaurus Festival, the Onassis Stegi and the National Opera of Greece. Working with masks, puppets, video projections and live music, he is in constant research of narratives and techniques. As an acting coach since 1995 he has taught in numerous schools and has organized workshops all over Greece.His work has been presented in festivals internationally, such as Dialog Festival (Wroclaw, Poland), 40th Tampereen Teatterikesa (Finland), 43rd Kontrapunkt International Festival (Poland), Sibiu International Theater Festival (Romania), Heidelbergerstuckemarkt (Germany), Athens & Epidaurus Festival (Greece), New Greek Wave (Theaterbremen, Germany), Europe Speaks Out! (Staatsschauspiel Stuttgart, Germany), and the Festival of UTE.