Michail Marmarinos

Michail Marmarinos was born in Athens and studied neurobiology, theatre, and theatre direction. In 1983–84, he founded the theatre company Diplous Eros – Theatre Company, which was later renamed Theseum Ensemble.

His productions have been staged at major institutions in Greece—including the National Theatre of Greece, the National Theatre of Northern Greece, the Onassis Stegi, and the Athens Epidaurus Festival—and have travelled internationally to festivals in Austria, Belgium, Venezuela, France, Germany, Georgia, Switzerland, Japan, Spain, Italy, China, Korea, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, and Serbia.

He has participated in international co-productions with, among others, Albrecht Hirche, Heiner Goebbels, Daniel Wetzel and Helgard Haug (Rimini Protokoll), VeenFabriek and Paul Koek, as well as the Noh Theatre and Gensho Umewaka.

In addition to directing, he has performed as an actor in numerous theatre productions and films by acclaimed Greek directors.

He served as General Artistic Director of 2023 Eleusis – European Capital of Culture, and is currently the Artistic Director of the Athens Epidaurus Festival.

He is a member of the International Heiner Müller Society and the International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis, and served as president of the Hellenic Centre of the International Theatre Institute from 2006 to 2009. He has taught at the Universities of Patras, Nafplio, and Thessaloniki, where he held the position of full professor from 2006 onward.

He has received the Mikhail Tumanishvili Award in Tbilisi, Georgia, and has been named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.