Prodromos Tsinikoris

Photo: Pinelopi Gerasimou

Bio

Prodromos Tsinikoris works as a freelance theater director, dramaturg, and performer. Born in Wuppertal, Germany, to Greek immigrant workers, his work includes documentary and devised theater performances. He has collaborated, among others, with the Athens Epidaurus Festival, the Onassis Stegi, the National Theater of Greece, the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, and the Münchner Kammerspiele. From October 2015 to July 2019, in collaboration with Anestis Azas, he was the artistic director of the Experimental Stage [-1] of the National Theater in Athens. Since 2020, he is co-curating the International Forest Festival for the State Theater of Northern Greece in Thessaloniki.

Prodromos Tsinikoris and Anestis Azas have been co-writing and co-directing their performances since 2011. They revolve around sociopolitical topics such as immigration and refugees, the rise of the far-right and the concept of Greekness, the state of homelessness and mass touristification, and the privatization of public organizations such as the Greek railways.

Their work has been presented in many international venues and festivals: Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin; Münchner Kammerspiele; Le-Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg; Chantiers d’Europe, Paris; Lessingtage Theater Festival at Thalia, Hamburg; Heidelberger Stückemarkt; Hellerau, Dresden; Zürcher Theater Spektakel; Mladi Levi Festival, Ljubljana; Sirenos Festival, Vilnius; Festival Grec de Barcelona; International Theater Amsterdam (ITA); MESS International Theater Festival, Sarajevo; Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne; IKSV International Theater Festival, Istanbul; Ballhaus Naunynstrass, Berlin, among others.

Prodromos Tsinikoris was a participant of The Critical Practices Program of Οnassis AiR 2019-20 and of the Tailor-made Fellowships program 2022-23.

Artistic Research

Continuing my focus from previous works on social, financial and political issues, like migration, brain drain, homelessness and the rise of far-right political parties, I researched the after-effects of the shared economy environment on the daily life of the precarious Athenian working and middle class.

Will we be able to distinguish between private and professional life in the future? What will “New Work” look like? How will the “gig economy” finally not prevail? … were some of the questions that preoccupied me throughout the 3 months residency and participation at The Critical Practices Program of Onassis AiR.