takis is a leading creative designer whose visionary work can be seen on the global stage in a diverse body of work spanning theatre, opera, ballet, circus and fashion.
Musical credits include: Wicked (Gothenburg Opera), Moulin Rouge (Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki, Reykjavík), Five Guys Named Moe, In the Heights & The Toxic Avenger (West End), Flashdance (Oslo & UK tour).
Opera and ballet credits include: Phaedra (Royal Opera House), Traviata (Norwegian National Opera), Don Giovanni, La voix humaine (Finnish National Opera), Le Comte Ory (Garsington Opera),The Little Mermaid (Finnish National Ballet).
takis’ theatre work includes: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre),The Cat & the Canary (Bill Kenwright UK tour), Bacchae (Royal & Derngate), Stovepipe (National Theatre), Ditch (Old Vic), Tonight the Eighties (National Theatre of Kuwait) The World of Abdulhussain (JACC National Theatre Kuwait).
His cabaret and circus work includes: Atomic Saloon (Las Vegas), The Hook (Atlantic City), Avalon, Les Enfants du Paradis (Giffords Circus).
takis’ work has been exhibited at the Design Museum in London and Helsinki, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Bucharest Modern Art Museum.
Commercial work includes the world’s first drive through immersive car launch for Toyota C-HR starring Milla Jovovich and Centrepoint’s 50th Anniversary Gala with Rita Ora and Duran Duran.
takis’ work has been nominated for over twenty major awards including the Laurence Olivier Awards, International Opera Awards and What’s On Stage Awards.
takis holds a PhD from Aalto University, Helsinki, where he developed the concept of the META-SUIT: an interchangeable costume where the form and design adjust in order to perform different expressions of masculinity in everyday life.
