By Eleni Kavadas.

Yorgos Voulgaris is a successful actor and director in Greece. He has appeared in theatre, television and cinema. Having collaborated with a plethora of famous actors such as Alekos Alexandrakis, Ntinos Iliopoulos, Kostas Rigopoulos, Antigone Valakou, Sotiris Moustakas.

In addition, he worked with directors Diagoras Chronopoulos, Minos Volanakis, Nickos Foskolos, as well as the multitalented Nickos-Orestis Chaniotakis, Panos Anastasopoulos, Stevi Bouziani and many others.

Yorgos continues to inspire and entertain the audience through his creativity. On television, he has taken part in Η αγάπη της γάτας, Οι τελευταίοι εγγονοί, Φάκελος Αμαζών, Θα μιλήσεις με το δικηγόρο μου, Νέμεσις, L.A.P.D, Έρωτας etc. A highlight of his career, was his participation in Λάμψη and Καλημέρα Ζωή of the well known Nickos Foskolos.

Being recognised in his art, Yorgos recently joined forces with cinematographer and director Yiannis Makrinoris and together they created the theatre productions of  οι “Κραυγές“, “Τρεις και καίγεσαι”, “Άκουσέ με. Αντέχεις;”, “Δον Καμίλο”, “Η αλήθεια κάτω από τη μύτη μας”, “Κόντρα στον χρόνο”.

After eight years of work, Tisis – The cursed love, directed by Giorgos Euaggelopoulos who’s also written the screenplay, focused on both the imagination of the artist, as well as the mythological references, and will soon be in cinemas.

This is an independent Greek production starring Yorgos Voulgaris, a dark fantasy movie and trilogy inspired by the ancient Greek cosmotheory comprising the passions and the sins of humans that influence godly beings.

Along with the great Maria Aliferi, Chrysa Markata, Vasilis Samaritakis,Florentia Bembi, Kostis Savvidakis, and Lambros Koloi, Yorgos Voulgaris’ role in the movie is characterised simultaneously cynical but deeply emotional. The movie was filmed in Greece mostly in Voiotia, in rivers, in caves, valleys and forests only with natural light.

To read my interview with Yorgos Voulgaris obtain a copy of The Greek Herald newspaper on Saturday, February 4.

As thousands of students across Sydney, NSW return to school today, 18-year-old Catie Bako is embarking on the next chapter of her life after achieving a perfect score of 45 out of 45 in the International Baccalaureate (IB).

The IB is an international school-leaving credential. It has fewer in-class assessments and about 80 percent of a student’s result is based on the final exam. 

Catie, a former Kambala School student, tells The Greek Herald exclusively she chose to do the IB because it allowed her to take courses in History, English and Music that had “a more global focus.”

“What really drew me to the IB was the fact that, for example, a big part of it is studying texts in translation or in music, rather than focusing on Western and Australian music, there was a focus on talking about experimental modern music and a lot of world cultures music as well,” Catie explains.

“I was a bit hesitant at first because I didn’t have a language which meant that I had to pick up Spanish Ab Initio, which is beginners, but I ended up really getting a passion for Spanish so I’m going to continue that into university as well.”

With such a heavy academic workload, we just had to ask Catie how she juggled it all. She says she was lucky to have a supportive Greek family and tried to balance study with passions such as debating and playing the flute.

“My Year 12 experience was actually very, very good… My family has always been very supportive of me in terms of education,” she says.

“I spent five weeks of the year participating in debating competitions – for example, the Australian National Debating Competition and the international competition that was held online.

“I also loved playing the flute… I think what’s great about doing something like music or a creative subject is that you can spend time relaxing but you’re developing a skill at the same time.”

Does she plan on utilising these skills at university this year?

Yes, the 18-year-old answers, while also stressing that she plans on studying law at the University of Sydney in Camperdown.

“My sister’s a year older than me and she’s done her first year of university and she seems to have thrived and picked up a lot of extra-curriculars,” Catie says with a laugh.

“So I’m really excited to move into the university circuit and spend more of my time doing the same.”

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