Theater of changes
Welcome
Dear friend,
It has been already fourteen years since Vilia Hatzopoulou, Thodoris Atheridis and myself, founded the Theater of Changes (ToC).
I feel the need to make a short account of the work that has been done so far and set certain goals for the future.
ToC gives you the opportunity to study acting by selecting on your own the teacher you prefer and whose method will bring you closer to achieving your goal of becoming an actor.
This system has already been a novelty amongst the existing working systems applied in Greece and it is satisfying enough that other drama schools soon applied a similar system.
ToC’s flexibility regarding its academic curriculum, joined – maybe for the first time – professionals and amateurs of the acting world who realised after overcoming the first traces of awkwardness, that there is no real division between them. Yesterday’s amateur may become an excellent professional through hard work. In all cases, the issue – as far as their training is concerned – is for both the same: the role and performing it at its best.
ToC gave the opportunity to actors and actresses that have studied in other drama schools, in the past, to continue with their training and keep themselves updated with new methods and techniques concerning their profession. Many of ToC’s actor – students take part in theatrical, movie and television productions.
ToC’s students realize from the very first lesson that becoming a good actor requires hard work. In fact, very hard work. However, students learn that they must decide themselves when they feel ready to start their career and not transfer this responsibility to someone else to do so, on their behalf. Sometimes, this may lead someone to overestimate his/her abilities but other times actor – students decide soon enough to take matters in their hands and from this point of view, we are witnessing that many ToC’s graduates participate in theater groups all over the country.
