“The DIPETHE Patras is an organization that is of great importance and I am putting forward a plan for the coming years on how it will have an even greater social intervention in the local community, but also the wider region and why not also on a pan-Hellenic level”.
This is what Giorgos Roufas notes, speaking to pelop.gr, who today submitted his candidacy for the position of Artistic Director of DIPETHE Patras, something he had already done two years ago, when Loukas Thanos was finally chosen for the position.
Known through his appearances on the small and big screen and with a long career on the stage, Giorgos Roufas spoke to pelop.gr about his design regarding the DIPETHE Patras: “What interests me mainly in design is how any interventions will create a new public in the wider region which will develop critical thinking, be educated and become a social ambassador against the social phenomena that concern us” he points out and continues: “Unfortunately, every day we see many phenomena of violence, femicide, bullying, online bullying etc. I believe that theater can project new standards, new trends and new models of social education, values and democracy. I am mainly concerned with how educationally and theatrically we will be able to combine as many performing arts as possible under the umbrella of DIPETHE Patras. I want to emphasize how important the performing arts are. and that is my purpose if given the opportunity.”
Giorgos Roufas teaches at the Kapodistrian University, while from September his new collaboration with the Democritus University will begin. This year we see him in “Julia’s Consulate”, with the filming being completed in May, while soon on the big screens we will see him alongside Alexandros Tsouvelas, in the film “Symphoria tis Simfora”.
But one of Giorgos Roufa’s great loves is the theater, and this is the second time he has applied for this position. “I believe that there are things that have not been done at a pan-Hellenic level, that have not been highlighted. The theater should have the momentum and enter the schools, social institutions, unite with the Universities, to create a web of cohesion where there will be theater pedagogy” characteristically notes G. Roufas and adds “The theater should be essential to become a prevention tool”.
George Roufas talks to pelop.gr about his decision to apply for the position of Artistic Director of DIPETHE Patras
In conclusion, Giorgos Roufas emphasizes that what Patras needs is a new audience. “A new, dynamic audience should be created, so that after some years we can say that we helped to change something.”
Giorgos Roufas actor-writer-director, graduated from the higher drama school “EMBROS” in 2000, has been active in the field of theater and cinema since 1999. He has taken directing and acting courses with Robert Stouroua, Theodoros Terzopoulos, Aveza Papadopoulou , Dimitris Kataleifos, Amalia Moutousis. He has directed at the State Theater of Northern Greece, the DIPETHE of Patras, the Municipal Theater of Piraeus and the Free Theater, he has been involved in production management, directing and writing plays for teenagers. He has starred in classic and contemporary works of world drama. She teaches acting and improvisation with objects. He has taken lessons in percussion, Byzantine music and orthophony. He was a Panhellenic boxing champion (Children and Adolescents). He also studied at the “Administrative Finance” school in Patras.
From 1999 to 2023, he has participated in more than 35 shows, with renowned colleagues and directors, while his presence on the big screen is also important. On television, he has participated in well-known series, such as “Sasmos”, “At five”, “Maestro”, “After the fire”, “Wild Bees”, “One moment two lives” etc.
The other candidates
As for the other candidates for the position of Artistic Director, so far the confirmed nominations apart from Giorgos Roufas are the following: Dimitris Georgalas, Fanis Diplas, Yiannis Kalantzopoulos, Antonis Kokkinos, Christos Strepkos.
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