Dr Penelope Chatzidimitriou

Dr Penelope Chatzidimitriou holds a PhD in Theatre Studies from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an MA in Theatre Studies and Directing from Royal Holloway University of London and a BA in English Language and Literature from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. As a lecturer, she has rich experience in Greek and foreign universities in the field of theatre and performance studies, as well as English literature.

Her scholarly contributions include articles in esteemed publications such as Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Peter Lang, Theater der Zeit and China Theatre Press, as well as reviews for both international and Greek platforms, like Critical Stages-The International Association of Theatre Critics Journal and Athens Voice. Her most recent research, funded by the Greek Ministry of Culture, focuses on the interdisciplinary field of the theatrical representation of organ donation and transplantation (Medical Humanities). She is also currently exploring the area of Theatre and Ecology.

In 2022-2023, she was assigned in the position of scientific advisor by the European Cultural Centre of Delphi, for the educational programme “Nature & Man in Tragedy”. Since 2000, she has collaborated closely with the internationally acclaimed Greek theatre director Theodoros Terzopoulous, resulting in a published monograph and articles on his work. She is also a co-founder of the professional theatre company “Ars Moriendi” in Thessaloniki, holding the position of dramaturge.

• Introduction to Fiction
• Contemporary Anglophone Theatre
• British Literature and Culture

• Theatre directors and performance
• Acting and directing approaches
• Medical Humanities
• Theatre and Ecology
• Theatre and Trauma

Selected publications

• “Α Report to an Academy. A Postcolonial and Ecocritical Performance by Zero Point Theatre.” Special Topic: Franz Kafka in Theatre, edited by Aikaterini Delikonstantinidou and Hanna Strejkova, Critical Stages-The IATC Journal, December 2024, Issue no 30, https://www.critical-stages.org/30/%CE%B1-report-to-an-academy-a-postcolonial-and-ecocritical-performance-by-zero-point-theatre/
• «Οι Ερινύες στην Ορέστεια του Τερζόπουλου: Το Αρχαϊκό Τερατώδες, το Επικίνδυνο Άλλο», για το πρόγραμμα της παράστασης Ορέστεια, σκην. Θεόδωρος Τερζόπουλος, Εθνικό Θέατρο-Φεστιβάλ Επιδαύρου, Καλοκαίρι 2024 ["The Furies in Terzopoulos' Oresteia: The Archaic Monstrous, the Dangerous Other." Article for the theatre programme of Oresteia, dir. Theodoros Terzopoulos, National Theatre of Greece-Epidaurus Festival, Summer 2024 (in Greek)]
• «Όταν Πρωταγωνιστεί η Καρδιά: Προς μια Νέα Μεταουμανιστική Δραματουργία», Σκηνή-Το Περιοδικό του Τμήματος Θεάτρου του Α.Π.Θ., Αρ.15 (2024) ["When the Heart Stars: Toward a New Metahuman Dramaturgy." Skini-Journal of the Theatre Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), issue 15 (2023), https://ejournals.lib.auth.gr/skene/article/view/10228 (in Greek)]
• Από την Αναπαράσταση στην Συμπαράσταση: Το Θέατρο, η Δωρεά και η Μεταμόσχευση Οργάνων. ΥΠΠΟA, 2022 [Representations of Organ Donation and Transplantation in Theatre and Performance. Athens: Greek Ministry for Culture & Sports, 2022 (in Greek)]
• “Theodoros Terzopoulos come Artista-Ecosofo.” Special issue Intorno a Theodoros Terzopoulos, edited by Andrea Porcheddu and Gilda Tentorio, Stratagemmi Prospetive Teatrali, no 044, 2/2021: 41-48.
• “(Un)livable, (Un)grievable, (Un)mournable Bodies: Violence, Mourning and Politics in the Theatre of Theodoros Terzopoulos.” Terzopoulos, Tribute, Delphi, edited by Attis Theatre. Germany: Theater der Zeit, 2021: 186-191.
• “Tadashi Suzuki and Theodoros Terzopoulos: Crossing Boundaries, Creating Bridges,” edited by Savas Patsalidis, Critical Stages/ Scénes Critiques, The IATC Journal, December 2021, Issue no 24, https://www.critical-stages.org/24/tadashi-suzuki-and-theodoros-terzopoulos-crossing-boundaries-creating-bridges/?fbclid=IwAR0f5UbfRa08dUJxuYsZAopyTS-V3w5tvjabcRTj0tOTvcUzjexjiG2utAc 
• "Burial Sites. Do Ideologies Ever Rest in Peace? Performance and Democratic Citizenship in Marina Abramović, Leda Papakonstantinou and Teatr Zar.” Gramma/ΓΡΑΜΜΑ Journal of Theory and Criticism, Vol. 27 (2020), edited by Tatiani Rapatzikou, Zoe Detsi-Diamanti and Effie Yiannopoulou. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, https://doi.org/10.26262/gramma.v27i0.8986
• “Tadashi Suzuki and Yukio Ninagawa: Reinventing the Greek Classics, Reinventing the Japanese Identity after Hiroshima,” Contemporary Adaptations of Greek Tragedy: Auteurship and Directorial Visions, edited by George Rodosthenous. New York: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2016.
• Θεόδωρος Τερζόπουλος: Από το Προσωπικό στο Παγκόσμιο. Θεσσαλονίκη: University Studio Press, 2010. [Theodoros Terzopoulos: From the Personal to the Universal. Thessaloniki: University Studio Press, 2010. (in Greek)]
• "When the ‘Sandglass’ is Overturned: Robert Wilson’s (Mis)Interpretations of Ancient Greek Myth.” Anglo-American Perceptions of Hellenism, edited by Tatiani G. Rapatzikou. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007: 280-290.