Dimitris Horn Award is a Greek annual, honorary award and is given for the best performance by a young male actor in the past theatre season. The award, which bears the name of Dimitris Horn, an actor recognised as the best contemporary Greek theatre actor, was established in 2000 by Stamatis Fasoulis and Theodosis Isaakidis, with the financial support of Yannis Horn, the actor's brother. [1]
The prize of the award is the gold cross worn by the actor, which is passed from one awardee to another every year, accompanied by a cash prize of 3000 euro. [2] Candidates must be graduates of a drama school or have performed professionally for the first time no more than five years before the theatre period for which they are honoured.
...these awards are not a simple process. We follow the actors' progress over time and their attitude towards things, towards the theatre, an art form that is primarily handmade. There are many good actors out there, but in order not to be unfair to anyone, the awards are not given for the hit of the moment, but because there has been struggle and dedication. Then the award makes sense.
The award ceremony takes place every year at the "Dimitris Horn Theatre" (formerly "Dionysia Theatre"). The "Committee of the Dimitris Horn Award" is currently composed of: Stamatis Fassoulis (chairman), Lydia Koniordou, theatrologist Irini Moudraki and the journalists Myrto Loverdou and Antigoni Karali as members. [3] Members of the committee have been the theatrologist Kostas Georgousopoulos (chairman), Eleni Chatziargyri and Xenia Kalogeropoulou.
The future of the award is unknown as the initial fund from which the prize money was given is running out. The organiser of the awards, Stamatis Fassoulis, have sought the support of the Ministry of Culture to take over the funding of the award (3,000 euros per year) but nothing has been decided yet. [4]
Year | Recipient | Play | Role | Production | Refs / Notes |
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2001 | Dimitris Imellos | The Illusion (play) | Matamore | Theatre Company "Dolihos" | [5] |
2002 | Argyris Xafis | The Turn of the Screw (play) | The Man | Theatre of the New World | [6] |
2003 | Christos Loulis | Erotokritos | Erotokritos | DipetheK (Μunicipal Regional Theater of Crete) | [7] |
2004 | Kostas Vasardanis | Translations (play) | Manus | Simple Theater | [8] |
2005 | Nikos Kardonis | "The one that doesn't end: Greek poetry of the 20th century - Edition II" | dramatized poems | Experimental stage of National Theater of Greece | [9] Nikos Kardonis was nominated for the award for third time |
2006 | Kostas Gakis | "The cockroach" | he performed 16 different roles | Theatre of the New World | [10] Gakis also wrote the music of the play |
2007 | Giannos Perlegas | "The milk" | Adonis | National Theater of Greece | [11] |
2008 | Thanasis Alevras | "Heroes" | Natalia Alexeievna Bratuska Simeonidis | Athens Theater Company | [12] |
2009 | Makis Papadimitriou | "Motortown" | Lee | Theatre of the New World | Papadimitriou was nominated for the award for the second time [13] |
2010 | Mixalis Oikonomou | "Masked (play) | Daoud | Theatre of the New World | [14] |
2011 | Thanasis Tokakis | Twelfth Night | Sir Andrew Aguecheek | Elliniki Theamaton | [15] |
2012 | Dimitris Lalos | La Chunga (play) | Hosefino | "NAMA' group | [16] Dimitris Lalos is not a graduate of a drama school, so in order to be awarded, the Committe removed from the statute the condition that was in force until then, to be the awarded graduate of a reputable drama school. [17] |
2013 | Haris Fragoulis | When Nietzsche Wept (novel) | Sigmund Freud | "Thiseion, a theatre for the Arts" | [18] adaptation from the novel |
2014 | Giorgos Hrisostomou | Mistero Buffo | The fool | "Thiseion, a theatre for the Arts" | [19] |
2015 | Michalis Sarantis | Flandro Hippolytus (play) | Notis Serdaris Messenger | "National Theater of Greece" | [20] |
2016 | Argyris Pantazaras | King Lear "ΑΩ" | the fool monologue | Giorgos Kimoulis, actor | [21] |
2017 | Konstantinos Bibis | "The Oedipus Tree" | Oedipus | "Thiseion, a theatre for the Arts" | [22] |
2018 | Giannis Niarros | "Sleep Stella" | Giorgos Gerakaris | "National Theatre of Greece" | [23] |
2019 | Michalis Syriopoulos | Candide The City (play) | Candide Kimonas | "PORTA" "Athens Epidaurus Festival" | [24] |
2020 | Giorgos Tsouris | "170 square metres (Moonwalk)" | Grigoris | Theater company "Ma Non Troppo" | [25] |
2021 | Anastasis Roilos | "The Glass Menagerie" | Jim O'Connor | National Theater of Greece | a [26] |
2022 | Fotis Stratigos | "Cost of Living (play)" | John | "Porta Theater" | a [27] |
2023 | Dimitris Kapouranis | "Tebas Land" | Martin/Federico | a [28] |
^a Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece the award ceremony was postponed The awards were given at the 2024 award ceremony
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