Christos Stanisis – Karagiozis and the riddle of the Mermaid in Kastellorizo
A work written especially for Kastellorizo.
In the blue cave of Kastellorizo a mermaid has appeared and to anyone who passes by she asks a riddle…
If they don’t answer it, she takes them into the blue cave.
Many pass by but no one can solve the riddle of the mermaid.
So Karagiozis decides to go there and solve the riddle in order to free all those who are prisoners of the mermaid.
Will he be successful?
The answer on stage…
He was born in Thessaloniki. He learned the art of shadow theatre from Eugene Spatharis.
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Since 1993 he has been performing in Greece and abroad. In schools (kindergartens, kindergartens, elementary schools, gymnasiums), in events of municipalities and cultural associations, in theaters, in music stages (Thessaloniki Mill, Glass musical theatre, etc.) at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, at the National Theatre of Northern Greece, at the opening of art exhibitions, at festivals in Greece and abroad, in various museums, etc. He has collaborated with many great artists, singers, actors, painters and dancers such as: Psarantonis, Nikos Dimitratos, Agathonas, Mimis Plessas, Christodoulos Halaris, Ross Daly, Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Konstantinos Palian, Kostas Alexandridis etc.
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He has had personal exhibitions with figures, sets, paintings and visual constructions and has participated in group art exhibitions. In June 2020 he participated in the TV series "Wild Bees".
In September 2020 he participated in the group art exhibition "from the side of the wise and the mad", a tribute to Theophilos Hadjimichael where he presented the performance "Karagiozis and Theophilos Megalexandros"
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In October 2020 he participated in the historical & visual exhibition "THE EVZONES" at the MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF ATHENS for the purposes of FERMELIS curated by Nikos Vatopoulos & Iris Kritikou. In December 2020 he began his collaboration with K.E.P.E.M where he presented the online performance "The carols" with the music and songs of Simon Karas. In February 2021 he painted for the International Day of the Greek Language for the Greek Consulate of Tunis. He has taught folk theatre and shadow theatre at the drama school of the National Theatre of Northern Greece and at private theatre schools.
- at the museum of the festival of Chen - Cun in South Korea,
- in Tolosa's El Topic (internationalpuppetcenter) in Spain,
- at the Théâtre Royal du Péruchet in Brussels;
- in the Folklore Museum of Kaloxylos – Naxos,
- and in various collections of institutions and private ones.
