The dogs
The Dogs / Ta Skylia (2024-25), dir. Anestis Azas/written by Gerasimos Bekas, Anestis Azas, Michalis Pitidis, devised theatre piece, Athens & Epidaurus Festival, July 2024 (premiere) (winner of 1st Audience Award) / Kivotos Theatre, Athens, spring-summer 2025
Gary Salomon: performer, musician, actor
Photos: Karol Jarek
The Republic of Baklava
The Republic of Baklava (2021-25) dir. Anestis Azas/written by Gerasimos Bekas, Michalis Pitidis and Anestis Azas, devised theatre piece, Athens & Epidaurus Festival, July 2021 (premiere) / Amphi-Theatro, Athens, winter-spring 2022 / International Theatre Festival – MESS, Sarajevo (BOS), October 2022 / Thessaloniki Dimitria Festival October 2022 / Skopje (MKD), November 2022 / Zurich (SWI), November 2022 / Rialto Theatre, Limassol (CYP), May 2023 / Athens & Epidaurus Festival (repetition), National Theatre of Greece, July 2023 (winner of Audience Award) / Eurothalia European Theatre Festival (Timișoara ECOC 2023) (ROU) / IKSV, Istanbul International Theatre Festival (TUR), November 2023 / Open the Door Festival, Teatr Slaski, Katowice and JK Theatre, Opole, Poland, June 2024 / Theatro Alekos Alexandrakis, Athens, winter 2024-25
Gary Salomon: performer, musician, actor
Photos: Pinelopi Gerasimou
Frankenstein & Eliza
Frankenstein & Eliza (2024-25), dir. Dimitris Tarlow/written by Eri Kyrgia (based on the Mary Shelley novel and the history of AI), Poreia Theatre, Athens.
Gary Salomon: original music (live and prerecorded), recording, production, musical direction
Trailer: Thomas Palivos / photos: Patroklos Skafidas
king lear
King Lear (2023-24), National Theatre of Greece (central stage), dir. Yannis Houvardas
Gary Salomon: original music (live and prerecorded composition), on-stage musician
the life and death of jessica brown
The Life and Death of Jessica Brown, National Theatre of Greece (Experimental Stage of Emerging Artists), 2024
Gary Salomon: composition/songwriting, recording, production
Photos: Theofilos Tsimas
ROBA
ROBA (2024) - dir. Korina Kokkali/Simon Gleave, devised theatre piece, PLYFA, Athens
Gary Salomon: music and sound co-composer, recording, production
blind guide
Blind Guide, "Mystery 140" of Eleusis European Capital of Culture 2023, dir. Pavlos Pavlidis, site-specific devised piece at the archeological site of Eleusis, May 2023
Gary Salomon: original music composition, recording and production / live performance: guitar, voice, acting
Photos: Nikos Koustenis
Narrative Archaeology
Narrative Archaeology, "Mystery 20" of the Eleusis European Capital of Culture 2023, dir. Gemma Hansson Carbone, an artistic action foregrounding the theatricality of heritage sites through the performing arts, archaeological site of Eleusis, 2022-23.
Gary Salomon: music composition, recording, production / live performance: singing, guitar, acting
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill, dir. Akilas Karazisis, Proskinio Theatre, Athens, winter-spring 2023.
Gary Salomon: original music, musician on stage, acting
Photos: Geli Kalampaka
We Are in the Army Now
We Are in the Army Now (2020-21) dir. Elias Adam, part of the FUTURE N.O.W Festival Onassis Cultural Foundation, Athens, May 2022 / Teatros del Canal, Madrid (ESP), January 2022 / Ringlokschuppen, Mülheim (GER), April 2022 / Münchner Volkstheater, Munich (GER), June 2022
Gary Salomon: composition, musician on stage, acting
Photos: Pinelopi Gerasimou
Full performance available online via the Onassis Foundation YouTube channel:
Erotic Postcards from Greece
Erotic Postcards from Greece (2020-21) dir. Anestis Azas/written by Lena Kitsopoulou, Onassis Cultural Foundation, Athens (website cover photo from this performance by Pinelopi Gerasimou)
Gary Salomon: musician on stage, acting
La Thébaïde
La Thébaïde (Jean Racine), dir. D Babilis. Municipal Theatre of Piraeus, Autumn 2022.
Gary Salomon: composition, recording and production.
The right pocket of the cassock
The Right Pocket of the Cassock, dir. Irene Fanarioti. Municipal and Regional Theatre of Agrinio, winter 2021-22.
Gary Salomon: composition, recording and production
The price of REBELLION on the black market
The Price of Rebellion on the Black Market (Dimitris Dimitriadis), dir. Dimitris Babilis. String Theory, Athens, November-December 2021.
Gary Salomon: composition, sound installation, performance
Kivotos Channel
Full performance available online via the Onassis Foundation YouTube channel (age-restricted):
Music video for 'The Day After' available online via the Onassis Foundation YouTube channel:
Kivotos Channel (2021) dir. Elias Adam, Onassis Cultural Foundation, Athens
Gary Salomon: composition, recording, production, acting, script writing
Love & Information
Love & Information (2020) dir. P. Gavrelas, National Theatre, Athens [Postponed: COVID-19]
Gary Salomon: composition, arrangement, musical direction, live performance: guitar, piano, voice, modular synth
What Remains
What Remains (2020) site-specific devised theatre, ‘Chloroquine Festival’, Romantso, Athens
Gary Salomon: composition, production, vocal performance
Athens: CAPITAL
Athens: CAPITAL (2019-20) devised documentary theatre, National Theatre ‘Experimental Stage’ and Horos Theatre, Athens | Photo here and website cover photo from this performance: Karol Jarek
Gary Salomon: composition, live performance: guitar, voice, piano, acting
Heliotopia
Heliotopia (2019-20) devised dance theatre, Poreia Theatre, Athens
Gary Salomon: electronic composition, recording, production
Phèdre
Phèdre (2019) dir. E. Theodorou, Little Epidaurus Theatre, Crete and Athens tour of outdoor theatres
Gary Salomon: assistant composer, live operator of 10-channel installation composition (composer: K. Selamsis)
Waterline: an Ode to Decay
Waterline: An Ode to Decay (2018) site-specific devised theatrical piece at Keratsini Fish Market for Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Dεcadēre Theatre Company
Gary Salomon: composition, arrangement, choir and musical direction, live performance: guitar, voice, percussion, shruti box, acting
Odys-Sea’s Memory: a sole journey back to the body
Odys-Sea’s Memory: a sole journey back to the body (2018) theatrical play, National Theatre of Korea, Yesan and Gwangju branches
Gary Salomon: composition, live performance: guitar, voice, percussion, electronics
Destiny is Called Klotildi
Destiny is Called Klotildi (2017-18) theatrical play, BOB Theatre Festival/Athens & Epidaurus Festival/Greek tour: Athens, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Patras, Chania, Ioannina, Volos, Serres
Gary Salomon: composition, live performance: guitar, voice, acting
King Matt the First
King Matt the First (2016-17) children’s theatre play, Alfa Idea, Athens
Gary Salomon: composition, recording, production, musical direction