Michaela Antoniou is a director, actor and writer. She works in Greece and abroad and has collaborated with theatres and festivals in Greece, the United Kingdom, and Spain. She has directed stage productions of plays by Chrysa Spilioti, Giorgos Maniotis, and Kostis Palamas, as well as original theatrical compositions. She has translated works for the theatre by David Mamet, Ariel Dorfman, David Storey, and others. Since 2021, she is the artistic director of the theatre company Alavastron Action Group, which is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Sports. She writes and translates for the stage and has published two novels.
She holds a Ph.D. in contemporary acting and directing from Goldsmiths, University of London and her research interests focus on the theory and practice of acting and directing in the 20th and 21st centuries within the Greek and international performing arts. She has published the following theatre studies books: Centrifugal Narratives: Acting and Directing in Tragedy in the 20th and 21st Centuries (Papazisis Publications, 2024), Darkness Is My Light: A Tribute to Theodoros Terzopoulos (Kardamitsa Publications, 2025), and Whatever You Spend Becomes Yours. A Tribute to Minos Volanakis (Festival “In the Shadow of the Rocks” Publications, 2026). She is co-editor with Julian Jones of the book Stanislavsky and Emotion (Routledge) and Associate Editor of the international academic journal Stanislavski Studies (Taylor & Francis).
