Paris Erotokritou is a theatre and film director. He trained at RADA and for the past decade has created a remarkable and singular body of theatre work, reimagining classical masterpieces from writers such as Shakespeare, Euripides and Georg Büchner, Ostrovsky to name but a few. He is the artistic director and founder of the award-winning theatre company Fresh Target Theatre Ensemble.

Paris has staged productions in the United Kingdom, Greece and Cyprus and worked in theatre companies such as Cheek by Jowl, Royal Shakespeare Company, National Youth Theatre, Bush Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East.

Apart from his work with Fresh Target Theatre Ensemble he has collaborated twice with the Cyprus National Theatre, in a critically acclaimed production of Wajdi Mouawad’s Scorched and in 2019 in the first ever Greek-language production in Cyprus of Richard III (Award for Best Actor in a play in the National Theatre Awards). He also directed Shakespeare’s Hamlet with Fresh Target Theatre Ensemble, which again marked the first professional production of the play in Greek in the country.

He has been nominated thrice for the best director award at the annual Cyprus theatre awards while a number of his productions have been in the official selections of important festivals and cultural events such as the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama, the opening of the European Capital of Culture 2017 and the Kypria International Festival.

THEATRE PRODUCTIONS

Richard III, by William Shakespeare

Alcestis, by Euripides

Psychologie d'un époux de Syros

Hamlet, by William Shakespeare

The Ero(n)tas Project, Kinitiras

It’s A Family Affair, by Alexander Ostrovsky

Scorched, by Wajdi Mouawad

Leonce and Lena, by Georg Buchner

Nitsa, by George Trillides

A Respectable Wedding, by Bertolt Brecht

Heart of a Dog, by Mikhael Bulgakov

A Slight Risk, by Paris Erotokritou

Promises, by Andrew Thompson

The Fall, by John Webber, Theatre 503

Wolfgang, Yiannis Mavritsakis Giles

Home Project (various writers)

Love and Money, by Dennis Kelly

The Kitchen, by Arnold Wesker, RADA

A Slight Risk, by Paris Erotokritou

Contractions, by Mike Bartlett

New World Order/One for the Road

New World Order/One for the Road

The Lover, by Harold Pinter

ASSOCIATE/ STAFF/ ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Fall of the Kingdom, Rise of the Foot Soldier, by Somalia Seaton, Director Nadia Latif

Homegrown, by Omar El-Khairy, Director Nadia Latif

RADAR Festival (various writers)

‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, by John Ford, Director Declan Donnellan

Seagull Cinema (Brazilian Writing), Theatre 503

Yerma, by Federico Garcia Lorca, Director Burt Caesar (RADA)

FILM

Scratch, Paris Erotokritou | Writer & Director (short film)

Precisely, Harold Pinter | Director (short film)

WORKSHOP LEADER/ MASTERCLASSES

- Drama Teacher, Music Moments Studio, Nicosia, 2019 till present

- National Youth Arts Trust, Drama Workshop Leader – January to March 2015

- Kinitiras Artistic Residency Athens Greece, Drama Workshops, 2014, 2015

- Workshops at Taipei National Theatre & Oxford Playhouse with Cheek by Jowl February/April 2014

- Workshop Coordinator at Bush Theatre London RADAR Festival- September to November 2013

-Workshop at RADA MA Theatre Lab Postgraduate Students - October 2013

EXPERIENCE AS WRITER & TRANSLATOR

- Cyprus 7, Collection of humorous short stories written in English, April 2019

- Scratch, Short Film Script, November 2018, funded by the Cyprus Movie Board

- Translated Duncan Macmillan’s Lungs in Greek, (stage play)

- Adapted Arnold Wesker’s play The Kitchen For a RADA production

-Adapted Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi for Paravan Proactions

- Adapted Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel ‘Heart of a Dog’ for Paravan Proactions

- A Slight Risk (writer), full-length stage-play written in English presented at the Kypria International Festival 2012 in the context of Cyprus’ EU Presidency 2012.

- Adapted Yiannis Skarimbas’ short story, Jack’s Master, for the theatre

2012: Nominated for best director Cyprus Theatre National Awards
2016: Nominated for best director Cyprus National Theatre Awards
2017: Nominated for best director Cyprus National Theatre Awards