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The new play, which I will be in is the epos “Song for the death brother” directed by Sotiris Hadzakis. He has been interested in the Balkans ever since the Ottoman Empire, when Bulgarians, Greeks, Romanians, and Serbs have moved freely throughout the empire, which is why their cultures overlap. There are 17 people in the play and we come from everywhere. After the opening in Greece, we will go on a tour around the Balkans, including Sofia. In our new project there are two famous actresses from Albania and Romania – Margarita Dzepa and Maya Morgenshtern respectively. They are playing the mothers of the girl – according to Hadzakis’ concept, there will be three mothers, which will play in three different languages. What we know for sure is that around March 25^th we will have around 10 of those plays in Greece. After Easter we will leave for Belgrade, Tirana, Sofia and Bucharest.

The team is mixed again, just like the previous play I was in. The best thing about acting with people from different countries is that there is no racism. Because when you don’t get to know people, you have the feeling that your culture is better more important. I can admit that when I came to Greece I was a racist even though I was a foreigner. But when you start getting to know the other cultures, you find out the richness of those people as well as the value of your own culture. You take different things from the others and you don’t feel like a foreigner.

What are your plans for the future?

I make my plans only for a year ahead, because you never know. I am also rehearsing for a film, where I’m playing Russian again. A friend of mine always tells me that because I am a foreigner I will always play as a foreigner. Normal but it is not only about putting up an accent and getting to the essence of the foreigner. Once I was playing a Serb and I watched eight Serbian movies, in order to be able to see how they react and express themselves.

Besides the film I’m rehearsing for, Alexandros Harizanis offered me to direct a play, which he has written. The theme is about a policemen and a boy, both with Leftist views. The boy is working a pizza delivery boy, grubs along the policemen, who is on a motorcycle and both of them fall in a hole. It is called “In a trap.” Both of them are forced to spend six hours next to each other in this hole. The idea is that everyone who puts a uniform serves to it and the community recognized us by it. But what happens when the uniform is different?

What do you wish for in the future?

My dream is to be able to work in Bulgaria and in Greece, because by now we are like neighborhoods in Europe.