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London-based Performance Designer. Greek in origin•European in heart•International in practice Exploring Visual Dramaturgy through De-Re-Construction

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Honoured to be nominated for Designer of the Year at the International Opera Awards 2025.

Congratulations to my fellow nominees:
Ben Baur @benbaur
Paolo Fantin @paolofantindesigner
Erhard Rom
Rainer Sellmaier @rainer.sellmaier
Leslie Travers @leslietravers

Good luck! by @takis_design

Humbled to receive this recognition. With heartfelt thanks; unquestioning trust & creative freedom from the incomparable captain of our ship @calmccrystal & @englishnationalopera What an honour to collaborate with the finest makers & craftspeople from set to costume, props to wigs, millinery to scenic art! Its been an epic voyage!!#olivierawards #setdesign #costumedesign #operadesign #hmspinafore #enohmspinafore by @takis_design

Celebrating getting my PhD at last & publication of my book. What a day! Officially Dr @aaltoartsbooks @aaltouniversity @aaltoarts #meta-suit #de-reconstructingmasculinity #costume #fashion #doctorofthearts #aaltouniversity #Finland by @takis_design

Roméo et Juliette - West Australian Opera - Perth, Australia

Composer: Charles Gounod
Conductor: Christopher van Tuinen
Director: Rodula Gaitanou
Set & Costume Designer: takis
Lighting Designer: Bernie Tan-Hayes
Assistant Director: Anna Tsirigotis
Fight Director: Nastassja Norwood
Repetiteur: Tommaso Pollio

Roméo: Alastair Kent
Juliette: Samantha Clarke
Mercutio: Benjamin Del Borrello
Friar Laurent: Andrew Foote
Count Capulet: Christopher Hillier
Tybalt: Kohsei Gilkes
Duke of Verona: Jake Bigwood
Stéphano: Ruth Burke
Gertrude: Fiona Campbell
Gregorio: David Valsamidis
Benvolio: Vin Trikeriotis
Young Roméo: Oliver O'Toole
Young Juliette: Isla Graham
West Australian Opera Chorus
West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Co production with @stateoperasouthaustralia and @irishnationalopera

Photo Credit: @westbeachstudio by @takis_design

Lysistrata - Odeon of Herodes Atticus | Lycabettus Theatre | Theatro Dasous | Ellinikos Kosmos Theatre - Greece
@stamatis_kraounakis @athensepidaurusfestival

Music / Text / Direction: Stamatis Kraounakis @stamatis_kraounakis
Libretto contributors: Lina Nikolakopoulou | George Hadjidakis | Lakis Lazopoulos
Assistant Director: Marilena Moschou @marilena_moschou
Set & Costume Design: takis
Choreography: Thodoris Panas @theo__panas
Lighting Design: Stella Kaltsou. @stella_kaltsou
Dramaturgical Consultant: Evanthia Stivanaki

Lysistrata: Lena Ouzounidou @lenaouzou
Apollo Compère: Kostas Bougiotis @bouyotis
Kleoniki: Sophia Kounia @kouniasophia
Indian Woman: Elena Kafourou @kafourouelena
Babushka / Chorus Leader: Penny Xenaki
Minoan Woman: Georgia Amorgianoti
Lampito: Argyro Kaparou @kaparouargyro
A Girl: Venetia Kanavelli @venetiakanavelli
Theban Woman / A Disabled Soldier: Giorgos Stivanakis @stivanakisgiorgos
Theban Woman / Vangelas: Konstantinos Tsonopoulos @kos_tsonopoulos
Myrrhine: Stella Krouska @stellakrouska
Proboulos: Christophoros Stampoglis
Kinesias: Christos Gerontidis @christos_gerontidis
A True Athenian: Kostas Venetsanos @kostas.venetsanos
Folk Singer: Sakis Karathanasis @sakiskarathanasis
Cantor: Theologos Papanikolaou @theologos_papanikolaou
Herald: Spyros Pinkeridis @spyros_pinkeridis
Goddess Athena: Dimitra Galani @dimitragalaniofficial
Athens Hotty: Marilena Moschou @marilena_moschou
Athens Hotty: Maria Papadopoulou @mariapapadopoulou.mia

On-Stage Musicians
Music Direction | Orchestration | Piano: Dimitrios Andreadis
Keyboards: Dimitris Kiklis
Cello | Euphonium: Giorgos Tamiolakis
Double Bass: Lambros Papanikolaou
Violin: Theologos Papanikolaou
Guitar | Bouzouki: Kosmas Kokolis
Soloist | Mandolin | Spanish Lute | Bouzouki: Nikos Katsikis

Photo credit: @elinanophoto | Thomas Daskalakis | Paris Tavitan by @takis_design

Death in Venice - Teatro Grande - Brescia, Italy

Libretto by Mary Myfanwy Piper
From the novel by Thomas Mann
Music by Benjamin Britten
Conductor: Daniel Smith
Director: Rodula Gaitanou
Set and costume: takis
Choreography: Mattia Agatiello
Lighting design: Fiammetta Baldiserri
Lighting design assistant: Veronica Varesi Monti
Video designer: Dick Straker
Choirmaster: Diego Maccagnola
Choir OperaLombardia
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali

Gustav von Aschenbach: Toby Spence
Traveller/Elderly Fop/Old gondolier/Hotel manager/Hotel barber/Leader of the players/Voice of Dionysus: Dominic Sedgwick
Voice of Apollo: Danilo Pastore
Hotel porter: Xin Zhang
A guide/English clerk: Eugenio Maria Degiacomi
Strawberry seller/Danish lady: Serena Pulpito
Lido boatman/Polish father/Restaurant waiter: Dario Battaglia
Lace seller/Russian mother: Chiara La Porta
Russian nanny/Beggar woman: Ilaria Molinari
Glass maker/Strolling player (boy): Fabio Sabadini
French girl/Strolling player (girl): Federica Cassetti
Newspaper seller/French mother: Chiara Torosani
Russian father/Gondolier 2: Marcello Zinzani
Priest in St. Mark's/German father: Renato Cadel
Ship's steward/Hotel waiter: Marco Tomasoni
American 2/Gondolier 1: Davide Cucchetti
American 1/Gondolier 3: Jacopo Grenti
English lady: Letizia Egaddi
German mother: Isabella Di Pietro

Co-production Teatri di OperaLombardia, Fondazione I Teatri di Reggio Emilia

Photo credit: Umberto Favretto | Dick Straker | Vito Lo Russo by @takis_design

Grease - Rondo - Gothenburg, Sweden

Producer: Nanette Hayes
Executive producer: Bosse Andersson
Co-producer: Vicky von der Lancken
Director & Swedish translation: Klas Wiljergård
Choreographer: Jennie Widegren
Musical director: Nils Petter Ankarblom
Set and costume design: takis
Lighting design: Palle Palmé / Johan Bjellsäter
Sound design: Oskar Johansson
Hair and make-up: Erika Niklasson
LED content: Formförbundet
Musical director (conductor): Alice Lidberg
Creators: Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

Cast:
Danny: Anton Ewald
Sandy: Lovisa Bengtsson
Kenickie: Nils Reinholtz
Rizzo: Pia Ternström
Marty: Vanja Engström
Frenchy: Arantxa Álvarez
Sonny: Martin Jonsson
Roger: Martin Wallin Andersson
Doody: Clive Rudd
Patty: Emilie Evbäck
Miss Lynch: Anna Mannheimer
Eugene: Emil Henrohn
Teen Angel: Boris René

Ensemble:
Emilia Berglind
Felicia Loveflo Lindström
Olivia Sears
Olivia Kungsman,
Petter Mario Skoglund
Kenny Lantz
Daniel Koivunen
Vi Duc Vo

Produced by: 2Entertain and Vicky Nöjesproduktion by @takis_design

Un Ballo in Maschera - Opera Holland Park, London
@operahollandpark @jamesohp

Conductor: Michael Papadopoulos @michaelpapconductor
Assistant Conductor: Otis Lineham @otis_lineham
Director: Rodula Gaitanou @rodulagaitanou
Associate Director: Harriet Taylor @harriet_taylor
Designer: takis @takis_design
Lighting: Simon Corder @simoncorder
Choreography: Steve Elias @welshelias72
Fight Director: Bret Yount @bretfights
Assistant Choreographer | Fight Support: Sophia Priolo @sophia.priolo
Chorus Master: Richard Harker
Repetiteur: Berrak Dyer @berrakdyer
Prop Maker: Emma Glithero

Amelia: Elin Pritchard @elinpritchardsoprano
Gustavo: Matteo Desole @matteo.desole
Anckarstrom: Dario Solari @dario.Solari
Oscar: Rhian Lois @rhianlois
Madame Arvidson: Rosalind Plowright OBE @rosalindplowright
Count Ribbing: Jihoon Kim @bassjihoon
Count Horn: Duncan Stenhouse @duncanstenhousebass
Cristiano: Benson Wilson @baritonebenson
Madame Arvidson’s Helper: Robert Jenkins
Un Giudice: Ian Massa-Harris McFeely @ianmhm

Opera Holland Park Chorus
City of London Sinfonia

Opera Holland Park Production team: @jamesohp @ruthymuchilland @monique_foulger
@mirri.ver @mark_syrri @beth.hoarebarnes

Photo credit: Craig Fuller @craigfullerphotography by @takis_design

The Merry Widow - Buxton Opera House - Buxton

Composer: Franz Léhar
Conductor: Iwan Davies
Director: John Savournin
Revival Director: Bence Kalo
Set and Costume Designer: takis
Lighting Designer: Ben Pickersgill
Revival Choreographer: Merry Holden

Hanna Glawari: Paula Sides
Danilo: Dominic Sedgwick
Don Zeta: Richard Burkhard
Valentina: Elizabeth Karani
Camille: Luke Sinclair

Photo credit: Genevieve Girling by @takis_design

Nabucco - Savonlinna Opera Festival - Finland

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Ivan Lopez Reynoso
Director: Rodula Gaitanou
Set and costume designer: takis
Lighting designer: Jake Wiltshire
Choreographer: Lauren Poulton
Chorus master: Jan Schweiger

Nabucco: Damiano Salerno | Brian Major
Abigaille: Marigona Querkezi
Ismaele: Giorgio Berrugi
Fenena: Ena Pongrac
Zaccaria: Petri Lindroos | Timo Riihonen
Anna: Johanna Nylund | Iirislona Segerstam
Abdallo: Otso Sipilä
The High Priest of Baal: Henri Uusitalo

Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir
Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra

Photo credit: Toni Härkänen by @takis_design

Mother Courage and her Children- Globe Theatre - London
@the_globe

Written by Bertolt Brecht
Translator: Anna Jordan

Director: Elle While
Assistant Director: Samuel Tracy
Designer: takis
Composer: James Maloney
Movement Director & Choreography: Anna Morrissey
Movement Director & Choreography: Lucy Cullingford
Fight and Intimacy Direction: Rachel Bown-Williams of RC-Annie
Voice and Text: Nia Lynn
Casting Director: Becky Paris CDG
Casting Associate: Alice Walters

Assistant Designer: Maighread McGinley
Costume Assistant: Lise Bondu
Model Maker and Props Assistant: Piera Lizzeri
Costume Supervisor: Karen Hopkinson

Swiss Cheese: Rawaed Asde
Sargeant / Clerk / Man: Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge
Child: Eiden River-Coleman
Kattrin: Rachelle Diedericks
Woman / Soldier: Sarita Gabony
Recruiter / Fur Coat / Soldier: Keaton Guimarães-Tolley
Eilif: Vinnie Heaven
Yvette: Nadine Higgin
Child: Sienna-Raw Kenna-Braithwaite
Ensemble / Cover: Daniel Rainford
Minister: Ferdy Roberts
Narrator: Max Dunham
General / Bloody nose / Orange Sargeant: Simon Scardifield
Chef: Nicolas Tennant
Mother Courage: Michelle Terry
Ensemble / Cover: Ayla Wheatley

📷 Marc Brenner by @takis_design

Lysistrata - Odeon of Herodes Atticus - Athens
@stamatis_kraounakis @athensepidaurusfestival

Music / Text / Direction: Stamatis Kraounakis @stamatis_kraounakis
Libretto contributors: Lina Nikolakopoulou | George Hadjidakis | Lakis Lazopoulos
Assistant Director: Marilena Moschou @marilena_moschou
Set & Costume Design: takis
Choreography: Thodoris Panas @theo__panas
Lighting Design: Stella Kaltsou. @stella_kaltsou
Dramaturgical Consultant: Evanthia Stivanaki

Lysistrata: Lena Ouzounidou @lenaouzou
Apollo Compère: Kostas Bougiotis @bouyotis
Kleoniki: Sophia Kounia @kouniasophia
Indian Woman: Elena Kafourou @kafourouelena
Babushka / Chorus Leader: Penny Xenaki
Minoan Woman: Georgia Amorgianoti
Lampito: Argyro Kaparou @kaparouargyro
A Girl: Venetia Kanavelli @venetiakanavelli
Theban Woman / A Disabled Soldier: Giorgos Stivanakis @stivanakisgiorgos
Theban Woman / Vangelas: Konstantinos Tsonopoulos @kos_tsonopoulos
Myrrhine: Stella Krouska @stellakrouska
Proboulos: Christophoros Stampoglis
Kinesias: Christos Gerontidis @christos_gerontidis
A True Athenian: Kostas Venetsanos @kostas.venetsanos
Folk Singer: Sakis Karathanasis @sakiskarathanasis
Cantor: Theologos Papanikolaou @theologos_papanikolaou
Herald: Spyros Pinkeridis @spyros_pinkeridis
Goddess Athena: Dimitra Galani @dimitragalaniofficial
Athens Hotty: Marilena Moschou @marilena_moschou
Athens Hotty: Maria Papadopoulou @mariapapadopoulou.mia

On-Stage Musicians
Music Direction | Orchestration | Piano: Dimitrios Andreadis
Keyboards: Dimitris Kiklis
Cello | Euphonium: Giorgos Tamiolakis
Double Bass: Lambros Papanikolaou
Violin: Theologos Papanikolaou
Guitar | Bouzouki: Kosmas Kokolis
Soloist | Mandolin | Spanish Lute | Bouzouki: Nikos Katsikis

Photo credit: @elinanophoto by @takis_design