George Savvides(I)

George Savvides received a BA (Hons) in Drama at Middlesex University before training at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. He combines his film and television work with regular stage appearances which include the recent production of "Thought Virus" (Drayton Arms) in which he played Alim, The Judge in "Haram Iran" (Above the Stag), the title role in "Walaa", (New Diorama), St John in the highly acclaimed site specific production of "In the Beginning was the End" (Dreamthinkspeak at Somerset House), Alfredo in "Augusta" (New End Theatre, Hampstead), Iskander in "Birds Without Wings" (Eastern Angles UK Tour), Remzi in "The Battle of Green Lanes" (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Friar Laurence in "Romeo & Juliet" (European Tour), Ali in "Lockerbie 103" (Uk Tour including the Traverse, Edinburgh), Priest in "King Oedipus" (Nuffield, Southampton), Jaime in "The House Of The Spirits" (UK Tour & Shaw Theatre), Pablo in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (Haymarket, Basingstoke) and Adu Deep in "The Garden of Habustan" (Tricycle). For BBC Radio 4 he played Giaka in "The Lockerbie Trial", Apostolis in "Honey From A Weed" and Mullah in "The Interview". He has also translated three Aristophanes' plays: "Clouds" (Commission), "Wealth" (Warehouse Theatre, Croydon) and "The Frogs" (UK Arts Council Tour).