About

I am a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and co-programme Leader for MA Creative Writing. I’m also a playwright, theatremaker and researcher, and the artistic director of the contemporary Greek and science fiction theatre company Cyborphic.

Research interests

My research interests include science fiction (in theatre, film and literature) and utopian/dystopian literature and philosophy. I'm also interested in science-fiction characters in theatre and film from the perspective of both a writer and a theatremaker. Finally, I am interested in Greek, British and - broadly speaking - European playwriting.

I am happy to hear from prospective PhD students on the following topics: utopian/dystopian fiction, science fiction, science fiction playwriting or screenwriting (and speculative fiction more broadly including fantasy and horror), The Weird and The Absurd, adaptation, anime, literature and philosophy, Greek literature and theatre (ancient or modern).

Recent publications

Books

• Adam Roberts: Critical Essays. Essay collection co-edited with Anna McFarlane, published by Gylphi in October 2016

Chapters

• “Science Fiction Theatre”, in The New Routledge Companion to Science Fiction , edited by Mark Bould, Andrew M. Butler and Sherryl Vint, 13 June 2024
• New Model Writer (with Anna McFarlane) in Adam Roberts: Critical Essays, published by Gylphi in October 2016
• Etherotopia, or a country in the mind: bridging the gap between utopias and nirvanas, in The Individual and Utopia. Routledge, March 2015

Journals

• From Genre to Zenre, in Alluvium Journal, October 2014. Available online at: http://www.alluvium-journal.org/2014/10/17/from-genre-to-zenre/
• Past and Future of Science Fiction Theatre (with Susan Gray), in Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, July 2014

Playwriting credits

• Posthuman Meditation, a Zoom performance / science fiction audio drama, presented during Talos IV theatre festival, 8 November 2020, in co-production with the Cockpit Theatre in London. Also presented at Being Human Festival 2021
• Melanippe Wise, Reconstruction based on Euripides’ lost play Melanippe Wise, co-written with Dr. Andriana Domouzi, staged reading presented at the Hope Theatre in London (November 2019), funded by ICA (Institute of Classical Studies) and the University of Derby
• Mayuri, science fiction play originally performed at the 2019 Talos Theatre Festival in London, 2 December 2019. Further productions: Kensington + Chelsea Festival and Edinburgh Fringe, 11 & 20 August 2021
• Last Tragedy: science fiction play originally performed at the 2018 Talos Theatre Festival in London, 22 March 2018, and which is also produced by Cast Iron Theatre (Brighton, November 2018) and Otherworld Theatre (Chicago, November 2018)
• Voice: fantasy play performed at the Bread and Roses Theatre in London (May 2015)
• Bunnies: absurdist drama performed at the Theatre “Glam Bar” in the Technopolis of Gazi, Athens (May 2009)

Creative publications

• The Trauma Tourist (khōréō, December 2024, forthcoming)
• The Friend Who Was Silent (Radon Journal, September, 2024. Pushcart Prize nominated.)
• Etherotopia (Impossible Spaces, July 2013)
• Gameplay (Cosmos Magazine, April 2013)
• Zombie History (Twisted Dreams, February 2013)
• A Boy, Alone (Quantum Realities, April 2013)
• The Painter’s Dream (The WiFiles, April 2013)
• Karyatis Unbound (Sorcerous Signals, February 2013)
• The Doers (Polluto: The Anti-Pop Culture Journal, February 2013)
• Bears (The Mad Scientist Journal, August 2012)

Professional interests

As the artistic director of a science fiction theatre company, I am interested in theatre production, new writing, science fiction theatre and its performance. I’m also interested in modern and contemporary Greek theatre, and the reception of classical Greek theatre. I have founded The Internet Database of Science Fiction Theatre, the conference series Stage the Future and Performing Greece, and am currently working on my second academic book.

Qualifications

• BA in Acting, Athenian Stage Drama School (Greece)
• MA in Playwriting, University of Central Lancashire
• PhD in Creative Writing, Birkbeck, University of London

Recent conferences

I have presented papers, seminars and lectures at a range of different conferences and universities. I've given talks at the following universities: Birkbeck, University of London; SOAS, University of London; Canterbury Christ Church University; Arizona State University; University of Liverpool.

I have also presented at the 13th International Conference of the Utopian Studies Society and my own Stage the Future and Performing Greece conferences.

Experience in industry

• I am the Artistic Director of Cyborphic, a science fiction theatre and Greek theatre company based in London
• I founded Talos: the Science Fiction Theatre Festival of London in 2015 and have been organising more theatre festivals and theatre workshops since
• I am experienced in working with new writers, both in an educative and a professional context, forming collaborations, creating networking opportunities, leading creative writing workshops, selecting scripts for production, directing new work
• I have twice been the festival director of the North London Literary Festival in 2016 and 2017, hosted by Middlesex University

Teaching responsibilities

I’ve taught a range of modules for both the MA in Creative Writing and the BA in Creative Writing and Publishing.

For the BA in Creative Writing and Publishing, I'm currently supervising dissertations for:

• 6PU507 Independent Study

For the MA in Creative Writing, I'm currently teaching on:

• 7CW502 Writing Apprenticeship
• 7CW506 Writing Commission
• 7CW999 Independent Project