Vassilis Papatsarouchas
Set & Costume Designer
60 designers
57 projects
Born in Athens in 1975. He studied painting, set design and graphic design in the Athens School of Fine Arts under the tutelage of Triantafilos Patraskidis, Giorgos Ziakas and Leoni Vidali. He has presented his work in five solo exhibitions in Greece and abroad and has participated in several group exhibitions. To this date, more than fifty books illustrated by him have been published in Greece and abroad. He has received the Greek Illustration Award twice and the Greek Visual Communication Design Award twice. In 2008, he was a nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration. In theatre, he has collaborated as a set & costume designer with Yiannis Anastasakis, Akilas Karazisis, Niketi Kontouri, Stamatis Kraounakis, Nikos Mastorakis, Thomas Moschopoulos, Stavros Tsakiris, Nikos Hatzopoulos. He has also directed three short films: Giorgos Ziakas: Theatre – Film – Painting (2018), Traum (2021), Green Light (2021).
From the first reading, without going into too much detail, I had the impression the play was a slow-moving universe. With minimal colours. Like shadows without bodies. The words are articulated in whispers. Tender and at the same time spooky. These two characteristics are very close. Ideally, with a push so light, almost non-existent. I was not interested in the description; I was interested in what lay underneath, what we must dig a little -or deeper- to bring to the surface. The cast of characters took place afterwards. Everything took its place, but the world had already been found. It was found through playing and, fortunately, in most cases you need others to play with. And through this calling, you want your co-players/teammates to feel comfortable, to make it their own game. That’s the only way.
Author: Pedro Calderόn de la Barca
Translation – Direction: Thomas Moschopoulos
Set & Costume Design: Vassilis Papatsarouhas
Movement: Christos Papadopoulos
Lighting Design: Nikos Vlasopoulos
Photos: Patroklos Skafidas
From the first reading, without going into too much detail, I had the impression the play was a slow-moving universe. With minimal colours. Like shadows without bodies. The words are articulated in whispers. Tender and at the same time spooky. These two characteristics are very close. Ideally, with a push so light, almost non-existent. I was not interested in the description; I was interested in what lay underneath, what we must dig a little -or deeper- to bring to the surface. The cast of characters took place afterwards. Everything took its place, but the world had already been found. It was found through playing and, fortunately, in most cases you need others to play with. And through this calling, you want your co-players/teammates to feel comfortable, to make it their own game. That’s the only way.
Born in Athens in 1975. He studied painting, set design and graphic design in the Athens School of Fine Arts under the tutelage of Triantafilos Patraskidis, Giorgos Ziakas and Leoni Vidali. He has presented his work in five solo exhibitions in Greece and abroad and has participated in several group exhibitions. To this date, more than fifty books illustrated by him have been published in Greece and abroad. He has received the Greek Illustration Award twice and the Greek Visual Communication Design Award twice. In 2008, he was a nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration. In theatre, he has collaborated as a set & costume designer with Yiannis Anastasakis, Akilas Karazisis, Niketi Kontouri, Stamatis Kraounakis, Nikos Mastorakis, Thomas Moschopoulos, Stavros Tsakiris, Nikos Hatzopoulos. He has also directed three short films: Giorgos Ziakas: Theatre – Film – Painting (2018), Traum (2021), Green Light (2021).
Author: Pedro Calderόn de la Barca
Translation – Direction: Thomas Moschopoulos
Set & Costume Design: Vassilis Papatsarouhas
Movement: Christos Papadopoulos
Lighting Design: Nikos Vlasopoulos
Photos: Patroklos Skafidas
