The excellent children’s book “Listen to the Chickens with Elias Karellas – Karagiozis in the Land of Birds” is published by Susaeta
The popular philosopher Karagiozis meets ancient comedy and Aristophanes in a colorful lyrical tale. In this adaptation, Karagiozis and Barba Giorgos, disappointed with their city, look for the ideal place to live. They leave behind the impressive apartment buildings, cars, noise, and misery of the city and its people, and pour into the forest.
The whole theatrical performance on a music CD! Adaptation, lyrics, illustration: Elias Karellas With the voices of Elias Karella, Christos Thivaiou, Georgias Kefalas, Thanos Kosmidis Original music by String Demons Another excellent work by the renowned shadow player Elias Karella
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Elias Karellas started his career in the shadow theater in 1996. In 2002, for the first time in Greece, he gives a renewed breath to the Theater for Children and Youth, creating pioneering performances where the actor, the shadow, the doll coexist harmoniously on stage. the mask, multimedia, and live music. As a shadow actor and director, he has now acquired a unique identity in the field of entertainment.
At the Athens Concert Hall, he directs and participates since 2013 in the established cycle of events “Christmas at the Concert Hall”. At the same time, from November 2018, the Athens Concert Hall, recognizing the value and role of tradition, was created for the first time in Greece in collaboration with Elias Karellas, a hangout for the shadow theater, “Karagiozis’s house”.
He has also participated in productions at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, at the Athens and Epidaurus Festival, at the Summer Nostos Festival. He also directed and participated in performances at the Onassis Foundation, in collaboration with the “Greek Design”, at the Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens, at the Kappa, Proskinio, Rialto, and other theaters.
For his performances he has been honored with awards in Greece and abroad. Participates in festivals and events across the country. Organizes workshops and seminars for shadow theater for students and teachers. From time to time he participates in radio and television productions. He has been collaborating with Susaeta Publications since 2015.
