Tuesday 17, December 2025
Dr Athena Stourna and Architect Pablo Brerzal Cruz
                             1. Peter Brook: A biography
                            2. Presentation by Pablo Berzal Cruz: Performing Space Conference (Nauplio)
https://www.performingspace.org/
https://pda.uop.gr/events/diethnes-synedrio-performing-space-ioylios-2024-nayplio

Pablo Berzal Cruz, architect

 Presentation: Performing Space is a project that aims to explore the relationship between performance and the built environment from all disciplines that study human activity. The project is articulated around an annual international conference where academics and practitioners can present their work on performance and space, and a series of parallel workshops where different methods of approaching space and performance can be put into practice. In this presentation we will analyse these relationships between performance and the built environment, taking as an example the tendencies of the works exhibited in the first three editions of Performing Space.

Short CV:
"Pablo Berzal Cruz is an architect with a doctorate from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, an expert in landscape design and management from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and a performance artist. His doctoral thesis focused on ritual space. He has collaborated in immersive theatre projects such as 'El hilo de Ariadna' by Enrique Vargas (Madrid, 1994) or in the performances of the Tumulto artistic group (Granada, Madrid, Paris, Venice, Cartagena, 2007-2009). He was architectural director of the Madrid Contemporary Art Fair 'ARCO' (2003, 2006) and created the experimental architectural project 'Arch Lab' for the Spanish Ministry of Public Works (2003-2007). He has designed and curated numerous exhibitions (Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Madeira, Athens) and participated as an artist in solo and group exhibitions (Madrid, Seville, Athens). Since 2011 he has been teaching Performance and Space in the Master of Ephemeral Architecture at the Madrid Polytechnic. In 2021 he received a contract for academic excellence within the Margarita Salas Programme of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. In 2022, he launched the research project Performing Space, which explores the relationship between performance and space, and within which an international conference is held every summer in Nafplio. He recently completed his postdoctoral research 'Performing Epidaurus: Spatial Performativity at the Asclepieion of Epidaurus' at the University of the Peloponnese."

Dr. Athena Stourna, καλλιτέχνης και ερευνήτρια
Αθηνά Στούρνα – Τμήμα Παραστατικών και Ψηφιακών Τεχνών

Σπούδασε Σκηνογραφία/Ενδυματολογία (BA Honours) στο Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance και Θεατρολογία (Maîtrise, D.E.A.) στο Université de la Sorbonne-nouvelle - Paris III. Στο ίδιο Πανεπιστήμιο ολοκλήρωσε, με διάκριση, τη διδακτορική της διατριβή, η οποία εκδόθηκε στη Γαλλία (LaCuisine à lascène : boireetmangerauthéâtredu 20e siècle, PU de Rennes, 2011).
 Η έρευνά της επικεντρώνεται στη μελέτη του επιτελεστικού χώρου και της σκηνογραφίας, όπως επίσης στη σχέση φαγητού, ποτού και μαγειρικής με το θέατρο και την performance.Από το 2020 διδάσκει στο ΤΠΨΤ του Πανεπιστημίου Πελοποννήσου. Έχει επίσης διδάξει στα Τμήματα Θεατρικών Σπουδών των Πανεπιστημίων Πελοποννήσου και Πατρών, στο Τμήμα Εικαστικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Τεχνών του ΑΠΘ, στο Τμήμα Εσωτερικής Αρχιτεκτονικής, Διακόσμησης και Σχεδιασμού Αντικειμένων του ΤΕΙ Αθήνας, στο CYA (College Year in Athens), στο Μεταπτυχιακό Πρόγραμμα Θεατρικών Σπουδών του ΑΠΚυ και στο Πρόγραμμα Σπουδών «Ελληνικός Πολιτισμός» του Ε.Α.Π. Έχει λάβει ερευνητικές υποτροφίες από την Casa de Velázquez (Μαδρίτη) και από το Princeton University (The Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, 2017 και Friends of the Princeton University Library, 2019). Συμμετείχε στο The Mellon School of Theater and Performance Research, στο Harvard University. Είναι ιδρύτρια και καλλιτεχνική υπεύθυνη του πολυεθνικού Θιάσου Ωκύπους, με έδρα το Ναύπλιο, και έχει σκηνοθετήσει και σκηνογραφήσει παραστάσεις, που έχουν παιχτεί σε θέατρα, μουσεία και αρχαιολογικούς χώρους στην Ελλάδα, την Τσεχία, τη Μ.Βρετανία και την Αργεντινή. Ως μέλος της διεθνούς ομάδας καλλιτεχνών The Food Project έχει παρουσιάσει δρώμενα που συνδέουν το φαγητό με την performance (World Stage Design 2013, The PragueQuadrennial of Performance Design and Space, 2015, κ.ά.).

''Performing Architectures  - Andreas Skourtis: methods, practices, reflections''

Andreas Skourtis – Short CV
Andreas Skourtis is an award-winning architect, scenographer, and senior lecturer and the Programme Leader for BA Performance Design at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London. He is also leading and teaching on the Scenography Custer, MA/MFA Advanced Theatre Practice, since 2013. He studied architecture and acting and holds an MA in Theatre Design/Scenography from Wimbledon College of Arts.
Through his studio, Performing Architectures – Andreas Skourtis (http://performingarchitectures.com), he creates buildings, performances, installations, and educational activities. Notable works include a new Performing Arts Centre in Kampala and the New Stage of the National Theatre in Athens, awarded a Gold Medal at PQ2011. He has co-curated and designed exhibitions for PQ15 and PQ19, including the Staging Places exhibition at the V&A in London, and co-curated the Greek entry and the UK student entry at PQ23. His work has been shortlisted in the Performance Space Exhibition in both 2019 and 2023.

 NOVEMBER and DECEMBER 2024 at LSA
Tuesday, November 5, 2024, Meeting and Conversation with Scenographer and Multidisciplinary artist Mrs. Eleni Palogou (LSA alumni and ΜΑ Programme Scenography HKU, Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Eleni Palogou and CV link: https://greeceatpq.gr/designers/palogou/

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Masterclass with Scenographer and Professor at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama - University of London Mr. Andreas Skourtis.
Links: https://www.cssd.ac.uk/staff-profiles/andreas-skourtis
and website: www.performingarchitectures.com

Also,

Meeting and Conversation with Scenographer and Visual Artis Mrs Ariadne Sergoulopoulou (LSA alumni and ΜΑ Programme Scenography HKU, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
and
Tuesday, December 17, 2024, Masterclass with scenographer, theatre maker and researcher Dr. Athena Stourna, Professor at the Department of Theatre Studies, University of Peloponnese
Link: https://cyathens.org/profiles/stourna-athena/

LSA Graduate Exhibition 2024 will take place on Thursday June, 20, 18:00 to 22:00 at Fournos Theatre, Mauromichali Str. Athens https://fournos-culture.gr/el/.
Exhibition Curator: Ariadne Sergoulopoulou, Scenographer, Visual Artist.(LSA alumni)

George Fytas, Scenographer, the Departure of Interior Architecture, School of Applied Arts & Culture, University of West Attica and graduate LSA student (2022 -2023) is now attends the Master of Fine Art in Scenography (MFA Scenography) του Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London

MASTERCLASS with VLADIMIR BOUCHLER

Wednesday15, February, 18.30 - 21.30

Vladimir Bouchler worked as a coach with such giants of industry as Keanu Reeves, Emma Thompson, Annie Giradot, Erland Josephson and many others. Vladimir Bouchler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Bouchler

LABORATORY OF SCENOGRAPHY, ATHENS (LSA) - Individual Workshops and Masterclasses 2023 and EUROPEAN THEATRE AND FILM INSTITUTE - programme Interdisciplinary Dialogue
presents a MASTER CLASS for designers and technicians of theatre and film by renowned coach, director and actor
VLADIMIR BOUCHLER

Deadline to confirm your participation: Friday 10, February.
email: contact@mariachaniotaki.gr

Masterclass with Architect, Scenographer and Lecturer at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama - University of London Mr. Andreas Skourtis.
Wednesday, December 14 2022
Title: “UN-Set Design: η διαδικασία δημιουργίας της παράστασης IN[A]HABIT ως παράδειγμα σκηνογραφικού συν-σχεδιασμού
 https://www.cssd.ac.uk/staff-profiles/andreas-skourtis
and website: www.performingarchitectures.com.

Masterclass with Theater and Opera Director Irina Brown.
Thursday December 9, 2021 at 18:00
Zoom meeting in English language with LSA students .
Discussions on the field of Directing - Director’s approach to story – telling and the using of space as an active ingredient of story - telling. 
links/ Irina Brown: https://arts.ucdavis.edu/faculty-profile/irina-brown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_Brown

 LSA Lecture:
“Creating Encounters with the Unknown:
A Scenographic Research through Space and Digital Media”

with Scenographer and Visual Artist Pedro Sanchez Carbajo*

In this lecture, Pedro Sanchez Carbajo will offer his view on the process of making performative works, using the space as the starting point through which to present different realities. To do it, he will present and explore themes such as the understanding of reality and the virtual from a broader perspective, reading and working with spaces, playing with perception, understanding the artistic research as a process, composing experiences through narratives, and the importance exploring and questioning the role of the spectator.

** Pedro Sanchez Carbajo is a multidisciplinary artist and designer researching the boundaries between theatre, film, installation and scenography with an interest for experiential art. His works are often presented as site-specific interventions (from video-walks to multimedia installations) that seek to acknowledge and activate the spectator through their senses, feelings and emotions.
https://www.pesanca.com/ruptures-of-reality

Zoom Lecture due to covid -19 

 “How to think/ Scenography” with Scenographer and new media artist Alegia Papageorgiou
online two days workshop on Friday, February 26, 18:00 to 21:00 and on Wednesday, February 3, 18:00 to 21:00

On Tuesday, February 2, 2021 we are delightful to welcome at LSA, via skype,  Dr. Sofia Pantouvaki, Costume Designer (PhD) - Professor of Costume Design, Aalto University, Finland,
 Meeting issue:
"Theatrical costume design in the live spectacle: contemporary approaches"
The workshop-lecture will present new approaches and practices from the field of theatrical costume internationally, in order to highlight the multiple dimensions of the contemporary theatrical costume.
Dr. Sofia Pantouvaki
www.sofiapantouvaki.com
https://research.aalto.fi/en/persons/sofia-pantouvaki
LSA
website www.mariachaniotaki.gr
blog: https://maria-chaniotaki.tumblr.com/teaching

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On Tuesday 24, November 2020, a zoom meeting from London - UK took place at LSA  with Professor Andreas Skourtis:
Meeting issue: “'Performing Architectures: Η Δραματουργία του Χώρου στη Σκηνογραφία' / 'Performing Architectures: Scenography and Spatial Dramaturgy'
Professor Andreas Skourtis: http://performingarchitectures.com/