GET TO KNOW US!
Founded in 2018, TooFarEast is a company based in Athens, which specializes in production and distribution of contemporary dance, theatre and performance.
Lately, we have been on fire, working on unique ways to empower the contemporary performing arts. We are a team of four, looking for and channelling ideas around the world, by working on international projects, establishing long lasting relationships and touring great art.
WE BELIEVE
That through art we can broaden our minds and expand our horizons. We are happy to support artists in internationalising their projects and practices.
That through art we can advocate equality and the well-being of marginalised social groups. We are proud to have staged “Medea in Drag”, the first drag show ever presented on an archaeological site in Greece.
That through art we can achieve social inclusion, shape our identity and our vision for the future. Together with Eleusis 2023, the local communities and international artists, such as Olivier Grossetete or Julie Desprairies, we are reimagining the city’s routes, history, present and future.
OUR TEAM
NIKOS MAVRAKIS
Nikos Mavrakis completed his degree in Theatre Studies at the School of Drama, Faculty of Fine Arts at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki as well as Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 University in Paris. In 2018, he got his “MA in Events and Experience Management” at Goldsmiths University of London, a program which is focused on transforming an event to a unique experience for the spectators, by engaging them in a holistic way.
Since 2014, he has been working on cultural management, supporting Greek directors with their local and international activity. He is the production manager of the much esteemed director, choreographer & performer Euripides Laskaridis, having organised performances in Brussels, Hong Kong, Madrid, New York as well as Onassis Stegi in Athens. He has undertaken numerous productions of Eleusis 2023 – European Capital of Culture. Specifically: Participatory Ephemeral Monument by Olivier Grossetete, History History History by Hungarian-Canadian Deborah Pearson and Un Autre Mystere by the French choreographer Julie Desprairies, who specialises in dance performances in public space. He has also collaborated with directors and actors such as Prodromos Tsinikoris, Iro Bezou, Lydia Koniordou, Charis Pehlivanidis, Korina Vasiliadou and others.
He has repeatedly worked on municipal festivals, as a production coordinator in the international festival of Dimitria and on 2017, along with the honorary professor Apostolos Vettas and the mayor of Thessaloniki, Yiannis Boutaris, during the organisation of the municipal Christmas Festival, “Christmas for All” where 130 festive street activities took place.
He attended the training programme of edification for festival managers, organized by the Festival Academy and European Festivals Association. Furthermore, he has participated in the summer academy of the International network IETM regarding the development of international networks for co-producers and innovative ways of creating international cooperation. Driven by the idea of the globalisation of the performative arts, he has attended a six day workshop run by the internationally known manager Iva Horvat, during Athens and Epidaurus festival.
In 2018 he founded TooFarEast, a company based in Athens, which has been active for almost five years now, organising performances in important theatres, cultural centres and organisations around Greece, such as the Athens Epidaurus Festival, Onassis Stegi, the Greek National Opera and others.
In 2019 he has undertaken a collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, a series of performative readings of ancient dramas at archaeological sites, with the complicity of vulnerable social groups (ROMA women, LGBTQI+ community, refugees, recipients of mental health services etc), an idea developed by the professor Philippos Oreopoulos and directed by Korina Vasiliadou and Themis Theocharoglou.
Since 2014 and to this day he is the co-founder and operator of OMAZ, a platform that voluntarily supports artistic groups/companies that lack the means to present their work by themselves.
Since 2014, he has been working on cultural management, supporting Greek directors with their local and international activity. He is the production manager of the much esteemed director, choreographer & performer Euripides Laskaridis, having organised performances in Brussels, Hong Kong, Madrid, New York as well as Onassis Stegi in Athens. He has undertaken numerous productions of Eleusis 2023 – European Capital of Culture. Specifically: Participatory Ephemeral Monument by Olivier Grossetete, History History History by Hungarian-Canadian Deborah Pearson and Un Autre Mystere by the French choreographer Julie Desprairies, who specialises in dance performances in public space. He has also collaborated with directors and actors such as Prodromos Tsinikoris, Iro Bezou, Lydia Koniordou, Charis Pehlivanidis, Korina Vasiliadou and others.
He has repeatedly worked on municipal festivals, as a production coordinator in the international festival of Dimitria and on 2017, along with the honorary professor Apostolos Vettas and the mayor of Thessaloniki, Yiannis Boutaris, during the organisation of the municipal Christmas Festival, “Christmas for All” where 130 festive street activities took place.
He attended the training programme of edification for festival managers, organized by the Festival Academy and European Festivals Association. Furthermore, he has participated in the summer academy of the International network IETM regarding the development of international networks for co-producers and innovative ways of creating international cooperation. Driven by the idea of the globalisation of the performative arts, he has attended a six day workshop run by the internationally known manager Iva Horvat, during Athens and Epidaurus festival.
In 2018 he founded TooFarEast, a company based in Athens, which has been active for almost five years now, organising performances in important theatres, cultural centres and organisations around Greece, such as the Athens Epidaurus Festival, Onassis Stegi, the Greek National Opera and others.
In 2019 he has undertaken a collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, a series of performative readings of ancient dramas at archaeological sites, with the complicity of vulnerable social groups (ROMA women, LGBTQI+ community, refugees, recipients of mental health services etc), an idea developed by the professor Philippos Oreopoulos and directed by Korina Vasiliadou and Themis Theocharoglou.
Since 2014 and to this day he is the co-founder and operator of OMAZ, a platform that voluntarily supports artistic groups/companies that lack the means to present their work by themselves.
CHRISTOS CHRISTOPOULOS
Christos is a production manager based in Athens, Greece. He holds a BA in Theatre Studies from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and an MSc in International Event & Festival Management from the Edinburgh Napier University. In 2019, Christos took part in the Atelier for Young Festival Managers organised by the Festival Academy, an initiative of the European Festivals Association. He has attended the seminar on Event Safety & Security by EventScotland, Scotland’s national agency for events. His education is completed by a series of seminars and workshops around arts and cultural management by the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Bocconi University, MoMa, etc. From 2014 to 2019, he worked as an assistant director of the renowned artist Lena Kitsopoulou presenting projects at Onassis Stegi, Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Art Theatre – Karolos Koun, Dimitria Festival, Onassis Cultural Center NY, Public Theater, Théâtre de Vidy, Théâtre St-Gervais etc. From 2019 to 2020, he was a member of the artistic team of Eleusis 2023 – European Capital of Culture focusing on the contemporary performing arts. During his collaboration with Eleusis 2023, he undertook the coordination of a series of artistic projects with established and emerging artists as well as the coordination of Synikismos Festival in 2019. Currently, Christos is working at TooFarEast as a Creative Producer.
KONSTANTINA DOUKA GKOSI
Konstantina studied theatre at the School of Drama, Faculty of Fine Arts at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Bachelor & Integrated Master), with a major in dramatology and dramaturgy. She also holds an MA on “Greek & World Theatre: Drama, Performance, Education” from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has also attended three online courses about project management: “Initiating & Planning Projects”, “Budgeting and Scheduling Projects” and “Managing Project Risks and Changes” from the University of California, Irvine (2020). In 2019, she participated as a speaker at the two-day scientific conference “Dimitris Bogris: the writer of the sea in the Greek Theatre”, with her paper about the marginalisation in Bogris’ plays. Since 2016, Konstantina has been working as a dramaturg in various performances in Greece, as in Athens, Thessaloniki, Crete, Patra, etc., as well as in many festivals such as Off-Off Athens (2017), Bob Theatre Festival (2017), Open Stage_City’s Voices Festival (2019) and others. She has also worked as a light designer and light technician in performances at theatres Aneton, Amalia, Epi Kolono, Avlaia, Taf Theatre, and others. Since 2018, Konstantina has been working at TooFarEast as a Project Developer.
ARISTIDIS KREATSOULAS
Aristidis holds a BA in History from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and a BA in Classical Piano from the National Conservatory (Athens). He also attends the MA Neogräzistik at the Freie Universität Berlin. Since 2014, he has been working at the front of house of the National Theatre (Greece) and the Athens Epidaurus Festival. Since 2015, he has been part of the Chios Music Festival production team working in co-productions with institutions such as the Berliner Dom State & Cathedral Choir, the Athens Epidaurus Festival and others. He has also worked for institutions and festivals such as the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Animasyros. In 2021 he collaborated with Polyplanity Productions as a production assistant for the international project “Amal – The Walk”. Aristidis has been working at TooFarEast as a Production Assistant.