Stratis (Efstratios) Panourios

Stratis was born in Lesvos Island in Greece in 1967. He is a theatre director, filmmaker, actor and writer. He has written plays, short stories, poetry, essays and screenplays. He teaches Applied Theatre at the National and Kapodostrian University of Athens.

He studied film directing at the University of Greenwich, London and theatre directing and acting at the National Theater of Greece.

He has directed more than 50 theatre performances and shorts films, inside and outside of the borders of Greece. Has also collaborated with a diverse range of major theatres across the world and some of these include the National Theatre of Greece, The National Theatre of China and The Theatrical Organization of Cyprus.

Proficient researcher relating to the training of young directors and theatre writers predominantly focusing on the methods and techniques related to ancient Greek tragedy, William Shakespeare and Anton Chekhov.

He runs 1st Theatre Workshop, by the National Theatre of Greece in collaboration with Korydallos Prison in Athens and Anti – Crime Policy of Greece since 2016. Presented “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare in 2017, “Ward n.6” by Anton Chekhov 2018, “Glengarry glen Ross” by David Mamet 2019, “The Persians” by Aeschylus 2022 (work in progress)

Received the award from the international English magazine “Acquisition International” for its entire work: “Business Excellence Winner – Theater Director of the Year 2018 – Greece” and also was a TEDxAthens speaker in 2017.

“Shakespeare on Mars” is the first book of “The Tetralogy of the Terrestrial Planets”