The Story

BOOK & LYRICS

Elizabeth Filippouli is a playwright with a passion for works that reimagine iconic historical and cultural figures through contemporary musical and dramatic storytelling.

Her plays include MARIA/La Callas -The Return, inspired by the incredible life of Maria Callas, ALEXANDROS the Musical and Alexander the Great: Between Drea

BOOK & LYRICS

Elizabeth Filippouli is a playwright with a passion for works that reimagine iconic historical and cultural figures through contemporary musical and dramatic storytelling.

Her plays include MARIA/La Callas -The Return, inspired by the incredible life of Maria Callas, ALEXANDROS the Musical and Alexander the Great: Between Dreams and Imagination, a play she adapted for the British Library in 2023, offering a fresh theatrical perspective on one of history's most enduring figures. In 2024, she served as Executive Producer of Fabulous Creatures at London's Arcola Theatre. ALEXANDROS is her debut musical, marking her first work as both book writer and lyricist.

As part of her philanthropic work Elizabeth is the Founder of Global Thinkers Forum, an international nonprofit dedicated to empowering young leaders and women through mentoring and education. She has served on the International Advisory Board of The King's Trust International.

Her book From Women to the World: Letters for a New Century  was published by Bloomsbury in the UK and the US in 2021.  A Harvard graduate  (ALM in Creative Writing 24) , she holds degrees from the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School, City University of London and Harvard Kennedy School '04.

MUSIC 

Sir Dirk Brossé, born in Gent, Belgium, is a multi-faceted award winning composer and a respected conductor on the international music scene. Since 2010 Music Director of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. He is currently Music Director of the World Soundtrack Awards at Ghent Film Festival, honorary conductor of Sinfonietta Crac

MUSIC 

Sir Dirk Brossé, born in Gent, Belgium, is a multi-faceted award winning composer and a respected conductor on the international music scene. Since 2010 Music Director of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. He is currently Music Director of the World Soundtrack Awards at Ghent Film Festival, honorary conductor of Sinfonietta Cracovia and music director of Prima La Musica.

Dirk has written some 1850 works, including concerti, oratorios, lieder, chamber music, symphonic works, 14 musicals and over 50 film and TV scores. His score for the BBC/HBO series Parade's End was nominated for an Emmy Award. Dirk Brossé has made more than 120 CD recordings and has collaborated with world-class artistes such as José Van Dam, Barbara Hendricks, Julia Migenes, Julian Lloyd Webber, Salvatore Accardo, Alison Balsom, Hans Zimmer, Emma Thompson, Randy Crawford, Lisa Gerrard and Marcel Khalifé. 

Maestro Brossé has conducted over 120 orchestras all over the world such as London Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Opera, l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Camerata St Petersburg, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Philharmonic Orchestra of Shanghai. In 2008 he made his first appearance at the Royal Albert Hall in London. In 2016 he made his debut at the Carnegie Hall New York.

 DRAMATIC EXPERIMENTATION

For more than four decades theatre historian and writer Dr Anthony Stevens taught literature and theatre, firstly in England, at De Monfort University, and then in Greece, in the International Baccalaureate section of the Moraitis School, at La Verne University Athens, and at the International Centre for Hellenic 

 DRAMATIC EXPERIMENTATION

For more than four decades theatre historian and writer Dr Anthony Stevens taught literature and theatre, firstly in England, at De Monfort University, and then in Greece, in the International Baccalaureate section of the Moraitis School, at La Verne University Athens, and at the International Centre for Hellenic and Mediterranean Studies. 

During this time, he wrote, devised and directed many plays, with work performed throughout Britain, as well as in Australia, Greece and Lebanon.

He has worked in a wide variety of theatrical genres, including exploring ways of staging 'lost' Greek tragedies of which only fragments remain. He retired from teaching to devote himself to writing. His notable work includes ‘How Plays Tell Stories: Studying Drama as Literature’ and ‘How to Write a Greek Tragedy’. His often highly experimental work, mixes elements from different genres and epochs with a critical approach to theatrical performance.