Pedio Technis - Champ d’Art theater company is an artistic company with the aim
of promoting theatrical research, new forms of artistic expression, contemporary
Greek and foreign drama, and highlighting hidden aspects of the cultural field.
Since 2013, it has been involved in nationwide theatrical premieres of
well-known Greek and foreign authors. Additionally, it organizes the festival “A
Festival in Samothrace,” funded by the Ministry of Culture and the European
Festival Fund of Emerging Artistas (EFFEA), and has also served as the Greek
partner of the Creative Europe program Jeune Théâtre Européen - Jeune Public.
Creative Europe
Pedio Technis Theater Company has been the Greek partner of the Creative
Europe program Jeune Théâtre Européen Jeune
Public)
(JTEJP), led by the French National Theatre Espace des Arts, Scène Nationale
Chalon-sur-Saône, and Jeune Théâtre National, along with four other
participating organizations from corresponding countries: Art Veda (Tunisia),
National University of Ireland Galway (Ireland), Staatstheater Mainz (Germany),
and ArtFraction (Serbia).
Jeune Théâtre Européen Jeune Public was a European project researching
multilingual theater, a form of theater that involves the coexistence of two or
more languages on stage and explores ways of theatrical communication that do
not rely solely on linguistic understanding. It is a trend experiencing
significant growth and development in Europe as it seeks to unify theatrically a
world already unified in terms of mobility. The program achieved to gather a
group of artists from different countries and with different language
backgrounds and cultures, working on various theatrical projects and touring
across Europe.
Project activities:
Novi Sad (Serbia), July 4-6, 2022
Chalon-sur-Saône (France), Octobar 10-15, 2022
Mainz (Germany), December 19-21, 2022
Galway (Irland), February 18-20, 2023
Tunis (Tuisia), May 7-9, 2023
Athens (Greece), June 18-20, 2023
Chalon-sur-Saône (France), October 11-13, 2023
As part of this, Pedio Technis Company presented the showcase of the
theatrical performance “Borderline”, written by
Venia Stamatiadi, directed by Eva Oikonomou-Vamvaka, and featuring Kostas
Nikouli, Thanasis Kefalas and Venia Stamatiadi. The performance included Greek,
Albanian and French and was presented at the Municipal Theater of Piraeus.
A Festival In Samothrace
“A Festival in Samothrace” is a four-day cultural festival held annually on the
island of Samothrace. It is organized by the theater company Pedio Technis in
collaboration with Collective Strates, as well as a group of volunteers
permanently residing on the island. The festival focuses on contemporary
creation, presenting a wide range of artistic activities each year. Its events
aim to combine theater, music, dance, photography, acrobatics, as well as
creative workshops for youth and children.
She is a graduate of the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art
in France (Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique – class of 2015),
and the Drama School of the Art Theatre - Karolos Koun (2010).
She works as an actress in France, Greece, and Cyprus, having collaborated with,
among others, ERT (Greek Broadcasting Corporation), the Athens and Epidaurus
Festival, the National Theatre, the Greek Art Theatre, the Municipal Theatre of
Piraeus, the Municipal Theater of Kavala, THOC (National Theatre Organization of
Cyprus), the Onassis Cultural Center, the French Institute in Athens, Bookvoice,
the Michalis Kakogiannis Foundation, Théâtre 95 Cergy-Pontoise, Théâtre de la
Commune- Centre Dramatique National, and Espace des Arts-Scène Nationale de
Chalon-sur-Saône.
Ilias Latsis was born and raised in Athens. He is a graduate of the drama school
at the Art Theatre - Karolos Koun. He has attended acting seminars with Andreas
Manolikakis, who teaches the Actors Studio Method. After completing his studies,
he began working in the theater as an actor, participating in various
productions. Some of these include «ο Βουρκόλακας,» «Στέλλα Βιολάντη» directed
by Giorgos Lyra, «οι Ηλίθιοι» directed by Petros Philippidis, «’Όταν ο Ήλιος»
directed by Dimitris Philippas, and others. Simultaneously, he is a co-founder,
along with Venia Stamatiadi, of the company ‘Pedio Technis,’ producing several
performances.
