Euripides Laskaridis

Euripides Laskaridis expands his scenic universe with a new piece made for many bodies. A space where the things we know we knew are now behind. ELENIT is a tragic comedy, with characters who are touchingly real and painstakingly realised, yet unashamedly imaginary. Characters that exist in a machine interested only in the urgency of the moment. Euripides Laskaridis uses notions of ridicule and transformation to explore the perseverance of humankind in the face of the unknown. His works are marked by a sense of contained chaos: deep and detailed dives that tap into who we are by staying true to the specifics of a most personal vision. Unconventional and non-linear, they play with the possibilities of what lies all around – breaking, distorting, reforming and fiddling with commonplace materials and the detritus of everyday life to create the unexpected. The body is the medium through which Euripides’ spaces come to life. Through them open new territories that are – by sudden turns – hilarious and heart-rending, grotesque and affecting, frightening and absurd. An ensemble piece for ten creatures and a wind turbine, ELENIT forgoes all reason to forge a space without past or future.


EURIPIDIS LASKARIDIS is a director and performer. Two dominant themes run through his artistic identity: ridicule and transformation. He studied acting in Athens at the Karolos Koun Art Theatre and directing in New York at Brooklyn College on an Onassis Foundation Scholarship. He has been performing since 1995, working with such directors as Dimitris Papaioannou and Robert Wilson. He began directing his own work in 2000 – both stage works and, later, award-winning short films. In 2009, Euripides founded the OSMOSIS company and began presenting site-specific works at the Athens Festival, the Greek National Theatre, the Embros Theatre squat and elsewhere in Greece. In 2013, OSMOSIS also began to undertake workshops and community projects.