The director, actor and writer died at the age of 85 Nikos Perelisfounder of the Experimental Stage of the National Theater. Informing the loss of Nikos Perelis, Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni made the following statement:
“We say goodbye today, with particular sadness, Nikos Perellis, a staunch theatrical man, in which he broke for decades. With a solid studies in Greece and Canada, a student of prominent actors and directors, Nikos Perelis, Contemporary repertoire, while also honored as a playwright.
He has worked, for decades, with the most prominent scenes in Athens, Athens and Thessaloniki, but also in the region, and with a large number of his peers. Characteristic representative of his long course is his unmistakable passion for constant experimentation, which was channeled into the formation and direction of new theatrical figures. Celebrating, of course, the founding of the National Theater Experimental Stage, the idea of the one who received flesh and bones in 1996, and which he was creatively directed for five years.
With the loss of Nikos Perelis, our theater mourns a complete and dedicated worker, who combined innovative look and constant searching with hard work and indefinable inspiration. With his career, Nikos Perelis shaped the Greek theater and shaped it, in an uninterrupted and fruitful dialectical relationship.
To his relatives, many of his associates, friends and students I sincerely address condolences. “