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Thanasis Georgiou: Maturing Means Letting Go of Certainties

Published January 15, 2026, 05:05
Thanasis Georgiou: Maturing Means Letting Go of Certainties

Actor and director Thanasis Georgiou talks about his relationship with Cyprus, which has deepened over the past 15 years following the success of the play “Ligo Akoma”. He explains that it took him a long time to return to directing after that performance, as he prefers not to chase opportunities but to let them come to him. His collaboration with THOK and the direction of Loulia Anagnostaki's play “To Those Who Listen to Me” represent a new challenge for the artist. Georgiou states that he is interested in the core of a text and the author's language, placing great importance on translation. He emphasizes that he approaches each work, whether contemporary or classical, with the same enthusiasm and the same anxiety to find the connection between himself and the author. Tragedy, however, is a particularly challenging genre, as it requires an internal openness and a disruption that he himself seeks in his work. Regarding how he reads plays over time, Georgiou says he has shed his fear and retained his enthusiasm. Now, he is interested in exploring what a text creates in his own world. His relationship with time is vague, but this helps him let collaborations come naturally, without chasing them.