Pavlos Thanopoulos
Set & Costume Designer
60 designers
57 projects
Born in Athens. He studied Art History at the University of Toulouse and Costume and Set Design at Wimbledon School of Art and Central Saint Martins. He worked in the costume department of the Royal Opera of Covent Garden, London and for the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse. In 2004, he worked as an assistant to Sophia Kokosalaki in the costume design for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Athens. He has worked for theatre performances, dance and opera with directors including Nikos Mastorakis, Argiro Chioti-Vasistas, Marianna Kalbari, Sophia Mavragani, Giorgos Oikonomou, Raia Tsakiridi and Maria Maganari. He has designed many exhibitions at the Benaki Museum, the Jewish Museum and Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation. He designed the anniversary exhibition 1821 Before and After at Benaki Museum to celebrate the bicentenary of the Greek Revolution. From 2009 to 2012, he worked with Angelos Delivorrias for the curation and design of the re-exhibition of Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika Gallery and the exhibition of Interwar Generation. He taught costume design at Vakalo Art & Design (2009-2013).
For this set design, I thought of a format resembling a house yet not actually being one, an open space where she feels she is watched, a place she wants to break free from, but in which she has chosen to be imprisoned. Her room is the only getaway, as she can hide her secrets there in a dirty black crevice on the floor, a symbol of her existential void in the clinical environment where she moves. I wanted the costumes to be modern and simple and illustrate the characters of the play properly, unadorned, unembellished. Hedda Gabler by G. Dousis is a new play composed especially for the Greek National Opera. I believe the creation of such a play for the particular stage is always a unique moment of collaboration and creation for both contributors and audience.
Music: Giorgos Dousis
Libretto: Eri Kyrgia
Conductor: Andreas Tselikas
Direction: Raia Tsakiridi
Set & Costume Design: Pavlos Thanopoulos
Dramaturgy: Marina Mergou
Movement: Korina Kokkali
Lighting Design: Christos Tziogkas
Photos: Patroklos Skafidas
For this set design, I thought of a format resembling a house yet not actually being one, an open space where she feels she is watched, a place she wants to break free from, but in which she has chosen to be imprisoned. Her room is the only getaway, as she can hide her secrets there in a dirty black crevice on the floor, a symbol of her existential void in the clinical environment where she moves. I wanted the costumes to be modern and simple and illustrate the characters of the play properly, unadorned, unembellished. Hedda Gabler by G. Dousis is a new play composed especially for the Greek National Opera. I believe the creation of such a play for the particular stage is always a unique moment of collaboration and creation for both contributors and audience.
Born in Athens. He studied Art History at the University of Toulouse and Costume and Set Design at Wimbledon School of Art and Central Saint Martins. He worked in the costume department of the Royal Opera of Covent Garden, London and for the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse. In 2004, he worked as an assistant to Sophia Kokosalaki in the costume design for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Athens. He has worked for theatre performances, dance and opera with directors including Nikos Mastorakis, Argiro Chioti-Vasistas, Marianna Kalbari, Sophia Mavragani, Giorgos Oikonomou, Raia Tsakiridi and Maria Maganari. He has designed many exhibitions at the Benaki Museum, the Jewish Museum and Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation. He designed the anniversary exhibition 1821 Before and After at Benaki Museum to celebrate the bicentenary of the Greek Revolution. From 2009 to 2012, he worked with Angelos Delivorrias for the curation and design of the re-exhibition of Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika Gallery and the exhibition of Interwar Generation. He taught costume design at Vakalo Art & Design (2009-2013).
Music: Giorgos Dousis
Libretto: Eri Kyrgia
Conductor: Andreas Tselikas
Direction: Raia Tsakiridi
Set & Costume Design: Pavlos Thanopoulos
Dramaturgy: Marina Mergou
Movement: Korina Kokkali
Lighting Design: Christos Tziogkas
Photos: Patroklos Skafidas
