The logo of the post-migrant theatre Ballhaus Naunynstraße: a drawing of a dog’s head in profile, showing its teeth with its tongue hanging out. Next to the dog’s open mouth is a red star.

Ballhaus Naunynstraße

Dimitris Varkas

Dimitris Varkas

Dimitris Varkas is an actor, physical theatre performer and teacher from Greece who has worked and toured internationally all over Europe, the UK, Georgia, Russia, China, Korea and others. He graduated with a BA from the School of Drama at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece. He performed with various theatre groups in Thessaloniki including Piramatiki Skini tis Technis. Dimitris holds a MA in Acting from the Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) after studying with the internationally acclaimed, award winning Teatr Piesn Kozla / Song of the Goat Theatre in Wroclaw, Poland. He joined the company in 2012 and has been a key collaborator in the development of Portraits of the Cherry Orchard, Crazy God, Island, Hamlet ‒ A Commentary and most recently Anti-Gone Triptych where he undertook the main part of Creon, exploring the soundscape of ancient Greek language and composing melodic chants for the chorus in ancient Greek. He is also a performer in the theatre’s award winning performance, Songs of Lear. Since 2014, Dimitris has been leading workshops in Greece and abroad. As of 2017, he teaches at the Bral School of Acting in Wroclaw, Poland.

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