Evdokimos Tsolakidis, is a Greek actor, director, playwright, drama teacher, founder and artistic director of the Theater of Changes.
Education
He graduated from the high school of Ambelokipi in Thessaloniki. He studied at the Medical School of the University of Rome. He was awarded the diploma of the Drama School of the National Theater of Northern Greece with honors.
He continued his studies in drama, acting and directing in New York City (HB Studio) funded by the United States.A. Government (Fulbright Foundation).
He is also a graduate of the Greek Open University (Humanities Section, European Culture).
Career
He has worked as an actor in many troupes, including the State Theater of Northern Greece, the National Theatre of Greece, the Spyros Evangelatos Auditorium, the Regional Theater of Crete and Thrace, the troupes Karezi-Kazakos, Aliki Vougiouklaki, George Kimoulis, Xenia Kalogeropoulou et cetera He took part in film and television productions and directed plays in Greece and abroad. Theater of Changes hosts each year about a thousand of students being taught by actors, directors and other artists.
At the same time, Evdokimos Tsolakidis teaches systematically in Rome (International Acting School, Cinecitta) and in London (Giles Foreman Acting Studio) as well as in Stockholm (Kulturama), in Istanbul ( Müjdat Gezen Art Academy, SAKM), in Tbilisi (Marjansvilli Theater), in New York City (Theaterlab), in Paris (Ecole de Théatre de Paris, TRIXTER), in Amsterdam (Easylaughs group), in Kathmandu (Dabali Theater), in Izmir (Tiyatro Terminal) as well as in different parts of Greece.
. He has participated at International Theater Festivals (Romania, Iran, Switzerland and Mexico) and has taught at the Theater Department of the Universities of Alexandria in Egypt, Tehran in Iran, Ciudad del Carmen in Mexico. He was chairman of the jury of the International Theater Festival in Agadir (Morocco 2007).
Every year since 2005, he has organized In.F.o.Ma.T. (), an international meeting of theater makers from around the world.
Membership
In April 2010, he was elected member of the board of the Greek Center of the International Theater Institute where he is listed as Member and Stage Director.