Μika Panagou
Stage & Costume designer

Current work and specialisation
Stage & Costume Designer for more than 50 Theatre Performances in the last 12 years .
Direction of the Stage & Costume Department of the Centre of Higher Education in Theatre Studies .
Professor of seminars and workshops for adults and children concerning theatre object constructions and costumes.
Professor of History of Costume in VELOYDAKIS Fashion school in both academic years as well as basic Professor in the innovative STYLING department of studies, since 2003.
Project manager in the projects COSTUME & TIME and VIRTUAL COSTUME MUSEUM, realized by the Centre of Higher Education in Theatre Studies, entrusted by the GREEK INFORMATION SOCIETY.
Events Creative manager. Design of innovative artistic events and Feast for companies and Municipalities, indoors or outdoors with special concepts .
Research & Collection of Authentic Costume material. Extended collection of actual Vintage clothing and Accessories of the last 2 centuries.
Representativeof AEROPLIO theatre, in European Festivals .
Direction of theatre workshops in England ( Feast ), Germany ( Interplay festival for young playrights, Β erlin 1998). And many others until today.
Manager in European projects ( Leonardo , Socrates , Minerva , Connect ), always in connection with theatre and the arts.
Professional experience
2000-2011 Stage and Costume design for the performances:
Miss Julie by Patrick Marber
Nora After a contemporary version of the Dollhouse of H.Ibsen
The End Game by S.Beckett
Georges Dantin by Moliere
Waiting for Godot by S.Beckett
12th Night by W.Shakespeare
Dancing elsewhere by Nikolas Kamtsis
Be my baby by Amanda Whitington
Blood moon by Nickolas Kazan
Lower depths of Gorgi in theatre topos allou
and for Aeroplio theatre for children
Stories for Loving and Tender Creatures, A Trunk full of Fairytales, Lost his Nose, A bird Flew over the mountains of the earth, Mythology, Falstaf the fat, Olive wreath for the winner, Colombus and many more.

1999
Stage and costume design for the performances :
"1779" a theatre & music performance about the island of kassos of the istitute of research and culture of kassos
Oddyssey of Aeroplio theatre
1998
Stage and costume design for the performance
The tempest by William Shakespeare
Interplay festival for young playrights , Berlin (participated as a representative for Greece as a tutor)
1997
Stage and costume design for the performance :
Around the world in 80 days of Aeroplio theatre
Gulliver voyage to the long-legged and big-heads for the municipal peripheral theatre of Komotini in Northern Greece
Costume design for the performance of the dance theatre contemporary" synthesis"
Directed a seminar of ancient greek mask making during the kulturspure festival in Germany
1996
Stage and costume design for the performance :
Mythology of Aeroplio theatre
Participation in the exhibition for children's theatre of the municipality of Athens with scene models and costume designs
1995
Stage and costume design for the performance:
Bible of Aeroplio theatre
1989-1995
Worked as an interior designer for Drysdale design associates, Washington D.C.
Stelios Agiostratitis and associates architecture company, Athens Greece
s.vasilioy and associates architecture company, Athens Greece
Studies
1988 graduate of the Mo raitis private school
1992 Vakalo school of arts and design
1994 b.a. in interior design marymount university washington d.c.
1995 centre of higher education in theatre studies
stage and costume design atelier
Foreign languages
English : proficiency for the english language 1987
French : superieur 2 stage 1987