ALEXANDROS EFKLIDIS

Born in Thessaloniki, he studied at the School of Drama (Faculty of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), where he also completed his PhD. Ηe con-tinued with postgraduate theatre studies at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris III. He is Assistant Professor at the Department of Performing and Digital Arts (University of the Peloponnese) and has taught at the School of Drama (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), at the Department of Music Science and Art (University of Macedonia), at the Department of Theatre Studies (University of Patras) as well as at the Drama Schools of the National Theatre of Greece and the National Theatre of Northern Greece, where he also worked as a repertoire consultant. As a director, mainly of music theatre and opera, he has worked with the Greek National Opera, Athens Epidaurus Festival, Neukölln Opera (Berlin), Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Opera of Thessaloniki, ‘Beggars’ Operas’, Municipal Theatre of Patras, Onassis Stegi, etc. He has directed works of classical repertoire as well works of contemporary composers, such as Giorgos Koumendakis’ The Μurderess (Greek National Opera, world premiere, 2014). From 2017 to 2025 he was Αrtistic Director of the GNO Alternative Stage.