Yiorgos Karakantzas

Trained at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) and the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette (ESNAM) in Charleville-Mézières, France. In 2001, he co-founded the Compagnie La Machine à Racines, followed by Anima Théâtre in 2004. His works include The Cabaret of Lost Souls (2002), Mr. H? (2008), Gojira (2015), Rebetiko (2020), and Mythos (2024). He has collaborated with Théâtre de Cuisine, Cirque Batard Cahin-Caha, and France 3 Television, among others. He has also worked with the ParaMana Puppet Theatre in Greece and the Alama d’Arame in Portugal. Since 2019, he has been an associate artist at the La Garance – Scène nationale de Cavaillon.