Nikos Dionysios is an actor, director, choreographer, acting teacher and coach. He has taught at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), Central School of Speech and Drama, Goldsmiths University of London, Lancaster University, London Actors Centre (Equity), Italia Conti Academy, Stratford Festival of Canada, etc. At the Petras Drama School, in Athens, he created an intensive three year program on Ancient Greek Tragedy and Comedy. The unique program ran successfully for 10 years (until covid).

In 2007 and 2008 he directed and choreographed Aeschylus’ “Seven against Thebes” and Euripides’ “The Bacchae” which toured Italy (European Interreg IIIa program) with the Regional Theatre of Corfu. The play “Light and Dark” was presented in 2010, opening the ancient amphitheatre Bouleuterion of Ancient Messene, after 2,500 years. He directed Aeschylus’ “The Persians” at Petras Festival, “Ephemera” at the Central Stage of Michael Cacoyannis, and an adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s “Molloy” at Petras studio theatre. In 2024 he directed “Waiting for Godot” at the English-speaking Theatre of the No in Athens.

As an actor and director, he has given performances in Europe and N. America. His signature play “Ephemera” was honoured with the poetry of Margaret Atwood, Harold Pinter and Nikos Engonopoulos. In 2003 he directed and choreographed Aristophanes’ “The Birds” for the 50th anniversary of the Stratford Festival of Canada. He has written plays which have been presented in Toronto, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris and Edinburgh. The performance art piece “Repercussions” was presented at the Royal Albert Hall for Amnesty International.

NIKOS DIONYSIOS Mitrogiannopoulos was born in Athens and studied at the Art Theatre of Karolos Koun. As a lead actor in the Popular Experimental Theatre and other groups, he has performed Orestes in Euripides' “Orestes”, Eteocles in “Seven against Thebes”, Alcibiades in Shakespeare’s “Timon of Athens” with Dimitris Horn, Euripides in Aristophanes’ “Women of Thesmophoria”, Slink in "The Jungle of Cities" by B. Brecht (honorary distinction for acting), Marcel Cerdan and Yves Montand in “Edith Piaf” by Pam Gems, Robert in James Joyce's “The Exiles”, Dionysus in Euripides' "The Bacchae" and more. In 2018 he performed Dionysus, "Frogs" by Aristophanes, in 2019 Menelaus, "Iphigenia in Aulis" at Petras Festival Theatre and in 2023 the role of the Musician in Jose' Saramago’s "About Death... Life" at the Argo Theatre.

He assisted and co-organized the cultural agreement between Canada and Greece. He has collaborated as a cultural advisor with: Canadian Ministry of Indigenous Affairs, Canadian Ministry of Culture, Ontario Ministry of Culture and Multiculturalism and the Council of Native Americans. As co-founder of Artemis Culture, Nikos believes in the direct relationship between environment and art.

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