“Golfo” by Spyridon Peresiadis
Date: Saturday, 24 May 2025
Hour: 20:00
Venue: Aigialeia Municipality Multicenter Conference Hall
IDYPHON Publications, based in Aigio, has released a new edition of the theatrical play Golfo by Spyridon Peresiadis, with philological editing by Irini Pampouki and artwork by Eleanna Martinou.
Panagiotis Koubouras, philologist and poet, will speak about this beloved play, which continues to enchant theatre lovers of all ages throughout Greece.
Maria Panagiotakopoulou, author and head of Idyphon Publications, will present the new edition of Golfo.
This edition preserves the freshness of Peresiadis’ deeply poetic language—words he dictated to relatives and friends in 1893 while blind. First performed in Akrata by local amateur actors, Golfo continues to express enduring values and truths of a Greece that still stirs the soul of every Panhellene.
Ioanna Stefanatou, theatrologist and actress, will perform a representative monologue by Golfo. A monologue by Tassos will also be performed by actor Fanis Diplas.
The Women’s Traditional Choir of the Aigio Music Workshop will present songs inspired by Golfo, arranged and accompanied by researcher-composer Sakis Papadimitriou.
The event will be coordinated by Athina Skandami, educator.
 | Dionyssis (Sakis) Papadimitriou - Composer, Musician, Researcher Philologist, musician, and composer. Graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Ioannina, the Pedagogical Academy of Ioannina, and the Department of Education at the University of Patras; currently a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Patras. Teacher and soloist of classical guitar, as well as various traditional string and wind instruments. Holder of a degree in Byzantine Music, researcher of Greek music, and founder of the musical ensembles “Aigio Music Workshop” (1992) and “Hydyphono” (2004). His works have been released on CD and have been presented in numerous concerts in Greece and abroad, in collaboration with some of the most renowned Greek performers. |
 | Fanis Diplas - Actor, Director Fanis Diplas was born in Patras (1966). He graduated from the Drama School “ARCHI - N. KARRAS” and is a member of the Greek Actors’ Union (S.E.H.). He began his professional involvement in theater in 1993. Since 2000, he has been working in Patras as the Artistic Director of the theater group “Viomichaniki” and of the Lithographeion Theater. He has acted in short films and occasionally teaches Theatrical Practice. He is also a lifelong student at the Department of Theatre Studies – University of Patras, and a graduate of ASETEM-SELETE (Department of Electrical Engineering). |
 | Ioanna Stefanatou - Actress, Theatrologist She was born and raised in Aigio. She holds a degree in Italian Language and Literature from the School of Philosophy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, as well as a degree in Theatre from the School of Fine Arts at the same University, with a specialization in Acting. She speaks English, Spanish, and Italian. Over the past years, she has participated in numerous theatrical performances across Greece and is a representative of both amateur and professional theatre, having also excelled in many Acting Art seminars in the past. She works as a Drama Education teacher in primary education and, at the same time, works as an actress with the Patras Municipal and Regional Theatre (DIPETHE), Epikentro, and Lithografio. Recently, she completed her postgraduate studies in the Department of Theatre Studies at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Patras. |
 | Eleana Martinou - Visual Artist Eleanna Martinou was born in Athens (1981). Studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (2006) and graduated with a MA in the Arts (2009). She is a studied musician (Athens Conservatoire 1987-2003). Her works are presented in solo and group exhibitions, art fairs and festivals in Greece and abroad. She is a Phd researcher, Athens School of Fine Arts (2018-). The following works of hers are included in the new edition of the play Golfo. Find out more about Eleanna here |
 | Spyridon Peresiadis - Playwright Spyridon Peresiadis was born in Mesorrougi, Achaia, Greece in 1854 and died in Athens in 1918 due to the Spanish flu pandemic that swept the world at the time. His greatest success is the play “Golfo”. More about Peresiedis at the attached biography below. |
