Theatro Technis Archives - North West End UK

Theatro Technis was founded in 1957 by George Eugeniou, a Cypriot actor who came to London to study drama. It has a long and strong history of creatively supporting local working class and immigrant communities. The pioneering Eugeniou died last year, aged 93. The theatre's new Creative Director is Kerry Kyriacos Michael, a second-generation North London Cypriot. He was previously Artistic Director & Chief Executive of Theatre Royal Stratford East. It's a fitting tribute to the founder and a return to the theatre's roots, that Michael would choose to launch the 2026 season by directing a new play by English/Cypriot writer, Philip de Voni. The Ophiolite is Voni's first full length stage play. Set in Cyprus and the UK, it looks at a family torn apart by grief and the consequences of e...

Opening with a beautiful dance sequence that takes a ghastly turn to reveal the news of a horrifying homophobic attack, Kumar Muniandy’s solo play Second Class Queer is a raw exploration of identity through the lens of race, sexuality, and post-colonialism. Muniandy portrays Krishna, a queer Indian Malaysian man who is living in Berlin, where he attends a gay speed dating event. This event provides the framework for the majority of the 60-minute play as we watch Krishna chat with five different men, each conversation slowly revealing Krishna’s buried trauma and guilt over his role in his mother’s death. It’s a clever structural device that lends itself to some interesting dialogue and light humour — delivered with plenty of charm by Muniandy — but many of the conversations feel m...

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The Ophiolite – Theatro Technis

Second Class Queer – Theatro Technis