The Great Tamer by Dimitris Papaioannou (2017)

Music Arrangement, Associate Lighting Designer

An international co-production, the work was conceived, visualised and directed by Dimitris Papaioannou in 2017 in Athens, Greece. It premiered at the Onassis Stegi Cultural Center in May 2021 and toured around the globe in more than 40 international festivals.

Conceived, visualized + directed by Dimitris Papaioannou

Performers: 
Pavlina Andriopoulou, Costas Chrysafidis, Ektor Liatsos, Ioannis Michos, Evangelia Randou, Kalliopi Simou, Drossos Skotis, Christos Strinopoulos, Yorgos Tsiantoulas, Alex Vangelis

Set Design + Art Direction in collaboration with Tina Tzoka
Artistic Collaborator for costumes Aggelos Mendis
Lighting Designed in collaboration with Evina Vassilakopoulou
Artistic Collaborator for Sound Giwrgos Poulios
Sound Design and operation Kostas Michopoulos 
Music Johann Strauss II, An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314
Music Adaptation Stephanos Droussiotis
Sculpture Design Nectarios Dionysatos  
Costume – Props Painting Maria Ilia 
Creative - Executive Producer + Assistant Director Tina Papanikolaou
Associate Lighting Designer Stephanos Droussiotis
Assistant Director + Rehearsal Director Pavlina Andriopoulou

Technical Director Manolis Vitsaxakis
Stage Manager Dinos Nikolaou
Assistant Sound Engineer Nikos Kollias

Assistant to the Set Designer – Set Painter Mary Antοnopoulou
Assistants to the Sculptor Maria Papaioannou + Konstantinos Kotsis
Production Assistant Tzela Christopoulou
Tour Manager + International Relations Julian Mommert
Executive Production Assistant Kali Kavvatha

Produced by
Onassis Cultural Centre - Athens (Greece)

Co-produced by
CULTURESCAPES Greece 2017 (Switzerland)
Dansens Hus Sweden (Sweden)
EdM Productions
Festival d'Avignon (France)
Fondazione Campania dei Festival – Napoli Teatro Festival Italia (Italy)
Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
National Performing Arts Center - National Theater & Concert Hall | NPAC-NTCH (Taiwan)
Seoul Performing Arts Festival | SPAF (Korea)
Théâtre de la Ville – Paris / La Villette – Paris (France)

Executive Producer
2WORKS

With the support of
ALPHA BANK + MEGARON - THE ATHENS CONCERTHALL

Premiere: 24 Μay 2017, Main Stage, Onassis Cultural Centre - Athens

photos by Julian Mommert