Title: Theatro Technis Content: thumb|Theatro Technis, Crowndale Road - geograph.org.uk - 675198 Theatro Technis is an off-West End 120-seat, townhouse theatre located in Camden. It was originally founded by George Eugeniou ,George Eugeniou founder of Theatro Technis, Unfinished Histories http://www.unfinishedhistories.com/history/companies/theatro-technis/ (see Wikipedia EN) and a group of actors five decades ago to meet the needs of the Cypriot community through "cultural theatre and educational activities”. The theatre has since evolved to being a hub of multi-faceted and multi-cultural activities hosting classics, new writing, international plays from overseas companies, live Greek music events , and Greek tragedies and is embedded as a vital part of London`s multi-cultural lanscape .The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre (Cambridge Illustrated Histories) Simon Trussler page 361 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cambridge-Illustrated-History-British- Histories/dp/0521419131 Theatro Technis also holds the annual London Greek Film Festival supported by the Thessaloniki Film Festival and ERT Greek Television.https://www.londongreekfilmfestival.com/odysseusawards2020.htmhttps://www.londongreekfilmfestival.com/ for 2019 Theatro Technis brings audiences back inside during corona http://islingtontribune.com/article/stage-return-for-the-actors-who-rehearsed- in-parks-and-on-zoom-calls ==History== ===Community Theatre === Bloody Guarantors, One In Seven ,The Vandals are Coming, Dowry with Two White Doves,https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?basicsearch=review%20for%20theatro%20technis%20and%20dowry%20%20https%3a%2f%2fwww.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk%2fsearch%2fresults%3fbasicsearch%3dtheatro%2520technis%2520dowry%2520with%2520two%2520white%2520doves%26retrievecountrycounts%3dfalse&retrievecountrycounts;=false Afrodite Unbound The National Engagement, A Revolutionary Nicknamed Roosevelt, The Best of Tofias, Contract, Hands Tied,Tied Hand, Gringland , Searching for the Lemons, The Fire Burns where it Falls ,and Two Lives” and “Cyprus Trilogy John Gulliver ,George Eugeniou directs his own Three Plays about Cyprus Cyprus Trilogy, Camden New Journal, 2 November 2017 Theatro Technis initiated "1967, Cyprus Week" , an annual festival to highlight the Cypriot culture and way of life in the United Kingdom and to create a greater awareness of the struggle of Cyprus against British colonialism and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.. === Greek Cypriot diaspora dramatists=== Theatro Technis has showcased the work of new Greek Cypriot diaspora dramatists like Stavros Lilitos whose work was celebrated with the revival of his The Old Suitcase and Under the Carob Trees in 1979 at Theatro Technis, and performed in both the Greek and English languages.Don Camillo was another play performed in the Greek Language.Don Camillo at Theatro Technis cast list,, March 1979. ===Ancient Greek Drama=== * Sophocles Oedipus King Aristophanes' famous satires, as Women in Parliament, in June 2013.Howard Loxton, "Women in Parliament – Aristophanes, translated by G Theodorides, Theatro Technis, Camden", British Theatre Guide. * 'Prometheus Bound' by AeschylusJim Hiley, Time Out , Jan. 1979 * Medea by Euripides Ned Chaillet, . "Medea." Times, 21 Jan. 1982, p. 13. The Times Digital Archive, http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/BNypv3 and George Eugeniou`s modern adaptation of Medea titled “A Hole in the Heart “Michael Billington, The Guardian , 17 January , 2004 * Adaptation of Aristophanes The Knights named Oh Democracy! George Eugeniou Oh Democracy!. For the full list of ancient Greek drama directed by George Eugeniou at Theatro Technis view Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama the Classic Centre at the University of Oxford. ===International Theatre Showcase=== International plays include the French and Spanish language performance of “Le Petit Prince” , and “La Casa de Bernad a Alba “ respectively, the premiere of Griselda Gambaro `s Siamese Twins ,https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/siamesetwins-rev Jonathan Lovett for The Stage : "Receiving a worthy tribute, in its long overdue UK premiere, this atmospheric production succeeds in weaving comedy into menace, and vice versa, helped by Kostas Panagiotou evocative score". "Brilliantly capturing a period of mistrust and state-sponsored violence, she turned to the story of Cain and Abel, depicting one brother destroying another while adding some deeply unsavoury characters on the side of the police."The Stage, Jonathan Lovett, The Siamese Twins , September 9, 2011 and Japan`s Mugensha Theatre Company." Theatro Technis booked us. The founder, George Eugeniou, is a Cypriot, so I think he was sympathetic to foreign dramatists such as us, Mugensha Theatre Company Nobuko Tanaka about George Eugeniou, "Japan Times",30 October 2008 ==New Writing== Theatro Technis featured John Guare`s "Bosoms and Neglect" in 1992.https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fXWALFdhyusC&pg;=PA191&lpg;=PA191&dq;=theatro+technis+new+york+times&source;=bl&ots;=6_-SpwDCZp&sig;=ACfU3U3diVkATKnQ9W9miEKmLV0L1IFySw&hl;=en&sa;=X&ved;=2ahUKEwjDuIfVkqzqAhU8TxUIHaoJD3g4ChDoATACegQICRAB#v=onepage&q;=theatro%20technis%20new%20york%20times&f;=false In 2003 Theatro Technis premiered Justin Butcher`s “The Madness of George Dubya” , reviewed by The Guardian`s Michael Billington “Satire is all but dead on the London stage, so this show by Justin Butcher deserves the warmest of welcomes. Even if it is largely a topical update of Kubrick's Dr Strangelove, it had a packed house at this north London fringe theatre cheering it to the echo.”.https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2003/jan/16/theatre.artsfeatures1 The successful run of “The Madness of George Dubya” at Theatro Technis led to its transfer to the Pleasance Theatre in Islington and also garnered support from celebrities such as Justin Hoffman http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2731981.stm In his yearly review of British Theatre Billington remarked “The most cheering aspect of the year was the varied and rapid response to the Iraq crisis. At Theatro Technis, Justin Butcher wrote and directed The Madness of George Dubya - ignored by most critics until it transferred to the West End –“ https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2003/dec/17/theatre3 ==Theatro Technis actors== Andreas Markou, Stelios Kyriacou, Andy Lysandrou, Spyros Kyprianou, Maroula Eugeniou,Theatro Technis Unfinished Histories http://www.unfinishedhistories.com/history/companies/theatro-technis/ Peter Polycarpou, Eve Polycarpou ,C Kenward, The Hecuba Gap. University of Warwick (2011) Angelique Rockas,https://kingscollections.org/catalogues/kclca/collection/g/greek- diaspora-archive/ Anna Savva,Cosh Omar, The Battle of Green Lanes. Stratford East (2004).https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QTI2DwAAQBAJ&pg;=PT17&lpg;=PT17&dq;=anna+savva+theatro+technis#v=onepage&q;=anna%20savva%20theatro%20technis&f;=false Alkis Kritikos, APGRD, Alkis Kritikos Theatro Technis. Oxford University Centre of Classics http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/people/12247 George Savvides,Basil Panayis, Faces George Savvides. Hellenic Television https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0umK_5FYEEY John Eastman , Jackie SkarvellisAristophanes, The Frogs,Theatro Technis.https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/the-frogs-theatro- technis-9522 ==Academic Citations== *Theatre of Ethnic Minorities in British theatre history has been explored in : *Jeffers, Alison. "Introduction." Culture, Democracy and the Right to Make Art: The British Community Arts Movement. . London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2017. 1–32. Bloomsbury Collections. Web. 17 Jan. 2020. . *The Arts Britain Ignores: the Arts of Ethnic Minorities in Britain by Naseem Khan (Commission for Racial Equality, 1976) *‘Theatro Technis at 31’ by Andy Nicola (Artrage, Issue 20, Spring 1988, pp 14–17)