Cyprus Theatre Organisation

Harris Kafkarides

 

Βorn in Nicosia in 1978.  He studied scenography at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design (University of London) and holds a BA (Hons) in Theatre Design for Performance and an MA in Scenography.

For the past 20 years, he has been working as a set designer with THOC (Cyprus Theatre Organization), independent theatres (Satiriko, ETHAL, Scala, Ena, Dionysos), and other theater groups both in Cyprus and abroad. In 2003, he was awarded at the 10th Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space for his set design for the play "Troades" with honorable distinction. In 2006, together with Melita Kouta, he founded the theater group PARAVAN, which has been involved in the creation of numerous theatrical performances, curating exhibitions and festivals with distinctions both domestically and internationally. From 2007 to 2021, he taught scenography and theater, and since 2022, he has been the Technical Supervisor at THOC.