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I myself started to work with the Theatre of Shadows because it is very funny. And I prefer to puppeteer rather than stand eight hours a day in an office and get bored. The good thing is that we do not work with private companies. Economic crisis will affect us when the municipalities and companies stop paying us to do shows. On the other hand, Karagyozis is the cheapest entertainment for children, which may be offered. Because it's different to have some jugglers or ask a troupе.And it is a product that is easily recognizable. Everyone knows who is Karagyozis, so I do not think we will have a serious problem. It is true that all have dropped the prices of the performances, but I don’t think the crisis will affect us very much. As for the puppeteers they constantly squabble among themselves which is the best - there is great competition. Everyone says: "I am the greatest! There will be no better after me!”

Karagyozis will not make me rich but will give me enough money to live. I prefer to do something that entertains me rather than work in an office and do an impersonal job and waste my life. I like what I am doing and it will not get me into a rut. Karagyozis combines everything I've dealt in life. I use my knowledge of mechanics - I finished my college education as a mechanic. For example, I have to do the stage so as not to fall and to resist any forces such as wind or children who never sit still, and always want to look at what happens behind ... Some years ago I took lessons on drawing and sketching. Now I draw and design the figures for the Theatre of Shadows by myself. I use the tools I used while working with my father who is a plumber, but with a different purpose. So I stick by Karagyozis into all my knowledge and capabilities. And I say again that it may not make me rich but I will not wake up after 30 years wondering where I've wasted my life. I deal with the theater for my own satisfaction - “for the soul” as Karolos Kuhn said.

Dimitris is MA in the science of performative creativity and he is practising experimental theater for 8 years. Last autumn he returned to Thessaloniki, where he was born, and launched a Shadow Theatre company.