Thekla Gaiti

Thekla is a graduate of the Veaki Drama School and holds a postgraduate degree in MSc Theatre and Society: Theory, Stage Practice and Teaching from the School of Fine Arts at the University of Peloponnese. She has also studied contemporary singing at the National Conservatory of Athens, ensemble physical theatre at the DUENDE School, and economics at the Athens University of Economics and Business. Additionally, she has completed Level I of the Breathwork therapeutic breathing technique.

As an actress and performer, Thekla has collaborated with Greek and international directors in theatre, film productions, and TV commercials. She has also worked as a singer alongside musicians, composers, and vocalists, performing in concerts across Greece and making television appearances.

In recent years, her artistic focus has shifted toward conceptual photography projects and an in-depth exploration of post dramatic theatre. In the summer of 2022, she created and performed “metaδραματικό | postdramatic”, a solo performance that serves as a practical application of her research. She continues to showcase this work at national and international festivals, receiving recognition and awards at every event she participates in.

Since 2017, Thekla has been teaching the Self-With-Others technique in Athens to groups of various levels, as well as in international artistic residences. During her postgraduate studies, she also taught at the Department of Theatre Studies at the University of Peloponnese as a scholarship holder of the supportive teaching program. Committed to lifelong learning, she actively participates in artistic training programs related to her field.

She is a founding member of the artistic company Experimenta, where she organizes theatrical productions and educational seminars and oversees the operation of the Experimenta space in Metaxourgeio.

Currently, Thekla is performing in “Gkiak” by Demosthenes Papamarkos, directed by Konstantinos Dellas at Stathmos Theatre in Athens (11 December 2024 – 16 March 2025)

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New age

Beginning of September. Beginning of a new age. Beginning of a new life. My beloved friend, her young son and I are getting ready for a long, evening walk through the streets of the densely packed neighbourhood. She and I, same but different, women starting afresh, at...

The count

382 beautiful things and 12 stupid things was the blonde six-year-old’s count on the way from his home in the city to his grandma and grandpa’s house in the country. That was what he announced to his mother, coming to the conclusion that the world was more beautiful...

At the bottom

“Drink water”, he tells me and holds me tightly by the arms seconds before he leaves me there, on the platform, alone waiting for the train that will take me away from his summer. He could have told me to take care, to write now and then, to think of him. Perhaps he...

Melted ice cream

Summertime. It’s July but it’s rainy and windy, like autumn. Something starts to slowly shift within me: a sluggish reaction to this sudden weather change. I can still smell the sunscreen on my skin. I am summer. I smell the rain. It’s autumn. I’m confused. I touch my...

Crossing the sea

I’m in a German town, in a stranger’s house, sitting on the edge of the bed, in a room that feels distant and unfamiliar. I bow my head to look at my shoes. All of a sudden, I’m overwhelmed and paralysed by the thought that today would have been my second wedding...