Aris Balis

Born in Patras. He graduated from the Greek National Theatre Drama School in 2012. As an actor, he has collaborated with directors such as Ektoras Lygizos, Dimitris Karantzas, Akillas Karazisis, Yannis Houvardas, George Koutlis, Natasha Triantafylli, Dimitris Tarlow, Alexandros Efklidis, Blitz, Konstantin Bogomolov, Ludovic Lagarde, Efi Theodorou, Lilly Meleme, Argyro Chioti, Giorgos Skevas, Dimitris Xanthopoulos, Dimitris Agartzidis, Sophia Marathaki in works of the Greek and international repertoire at the National Theatre of Greece, Athens Epidaurus Festival, Onassis Stegi, Greek National Opera, Avignon Festival, etc. Along with Panagiotis Exarheas and Kornilios Selamsis, they co-created the event Registered which was performed in the GNO Alternative Stage and later at the Katakouzenos House Museum. In 2019 he directed Nikos Karouzos’ Ode Neolithic and Nocturnal to Kronstadt at Bios. In 2022 he directed William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost as part of Parabases, the SNFCC’s Reader’s Theater.