New air in THOK

The performance of the Central Stage of THOK, which premiered on Saturday, may have been applauded by the audience, but the Theatrical Organization of Cyprus has remained headless for a few weeks now. Various processes are unfolding in the background.

The renewal of the state theater of Cyprus, which occurred with the presence of George Papageorgiou at the helm of the organization in recent years was confirmed at the premiere of the play "We have a life…". However, THOK has been headless for a few weeks now. Following the relevant decision of the Supreme Court on 19/12/2013, the previous Board of Directors of the organization proceeded to the termination of the director of THOK George Papageorgiou the very next day of the issuance of the court decision.

Information states that George Papageorgiou intends to appeal the decision by challenging its validity with "treatment" the restoration of the decision annulled by the Court of First Instance.

A close associate rejects the publications that saw the light of day, "that is, that in the decision of the Supreme Court dated 19/12/2013 it was judged that he does not have the qualifications for appointment to the position" and claims that these do not correspond to reality. Information, however, states that "The court decision does not contain any such decision. What was decided is that the relevant Minutes of the Board of Directors did not contain a justification as to how each of the candidates covered the service plan. It is on this basis that the decision of the Court imposes a review of the candidates by the new Board of Directors of the Organization ". However, according to the Annual Report of the Public Service Commission for 2012, the "insufficient reasoning" is the main reason (38%) for the cancellation of Commission decisions to fill First Appointment / First Appointment and Promotion positions. According to the same report, in the majority of cases (79%) of the cases of reconsideration of vacancies following annulment decisions of the Supreme Court, officials were selected who were reappointed / re-promoted to the position that was initially canceled.

In the last two years, several sections have been made in the THOC, as people from the Cypriot Theater claim. Among them is the return of THOK to the Epidaurus Festival with Samia and the collaboration with important directors from Greece and abroad. Among them are Konstantinos Rigos (We have a life) where he impressed at Saturday's premiere, Diagoras Chronopoulos (The Gronholm Method), Dimitris Lignadis (The Awakening of Spring) and Nikita Milivojevic (Enemy of the People since March 2014).

In addition, the change in the process of hiring actors with the participation of the director of each production has reportedly contributed to giving opportunities to young people and to largely avoid partisan interference in the process.

In addition, the implementation of the Play program in collaboration with the Cyprus Center of the International Theater Institute, the new logo of the Organization that upgrades the image of THOK are considered according to information evidence that proves the presence of George Papageorgiou was a catalyst in the upgrade and evolution of the organization .

Source: SigmaLive