CHRISTINA KYRIAZIDI

ABOUT ME

Christina Kyriazidi is a Greek theatre-maker, poet, musician, podcaster and award-winning performer, playwright and screenwriter, based between Berlin and Athens. She studied acting and playwriting in Greece and the UK (University of Exeter), and she has worked as a performer, director, theatre educator and dramaturge in New York, Europe and South America. She has collaborated with international theatre groups, including Odin Teatret, and she has created 17 solo performances, blending poetry, theatre, dance and music, that have toured festivals, theatres and galleries in Greece, Germany, France, Italy, Argentina, Brazil and NYC (Festival d'Avignon OFF, Magdalena Theatre Festival, United Solo Festival, etc). Her theatre plays have been awarded and performed in Greece, Germany, Brazil and Spain (Hellenic Union of Writers 2002, Ministério da Cultura do Brasil - Prêmio da FUNARTE 2015, Dramaturgia Sobre la Crisi - PIIGS Festival Barcelona 2016, Festival du Théâtre Francophone de Berlin, 3rd International Epidaurus Film Festival, etc), and her poetry is published in Greece. In 2024, her solo performance [OBLIVION] was awarded in New York by the United Solo Festival, the largest festival of solo performances in the world, as the Best International Show. She is also the founder of various international art projects, including the story collection platform [STORY FOR FOOD] in Berlin and the International Storytelling & Performing Arts Festival [We Love Stories] in Chania, Crete.