CHRISTINA KYRIAZIDI

Theatre Maker, Poet, Musician, Podcaster, and award-winning Performer, Playwright & Screenwriter.

ABOUT ME

Christina Kyriazidi is a Greek theatre-maker, poet, musician, podcaster, and award-winning performer, playwright, and screenwriter, currently based between Berlin and Athens. She studied acting and playwriting in Greece and the UK (University of Exeter), and has since worked as a performer, director, theatre educator, and dramaturge in New York, Europe, and South America. Christina has collaborated with renowned international theatre groups like Odin Teatret and created 17 solo performances that combine poetry, theatre, dance, and music. Her work has been featured in festivals, theatres, and galleries across Greece, Germany, France, Italy, Argentina, Brazil, and New York (including Festival d'Avignon OFF, Magdalena Theatre Festival, and United Solo Festival).

Her theatre plays have garnered multiple awards and been staged in Greece, Germany, Brazil, and Spain, including recognition from the Hellenic Union of Writers (2002), the Ministério da Cultura do Brasil - Prêmio da FUNARTE (2015), and the PIIGS Festival in Barcelona (2016). Her poetry is also published in Greece. In 2024, her solo performance [OBLIVION] won the Best International Show award at the United Solo Festival in New York, the world's largest solo performance festival.

In addition to her artistic work, Christina is the founder of several international creative projects, including the [STORY FOR FOOD] platform in Berlin and the International Storytelling & Performing Arts Festival [We Love Stories] in Chania, Crete.