Editorial
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The Theatre Organization of Cyprus (THOC)<br />
conferred the Theatre Awards covering the<br />
2003-4 and 2004-5 theatre seasons during a<br />
ceremony that took place at Latsia Municipal<br />
Theatre on 12 December, 2005. This year’s ceremony<br />
was dedicated to the memory of Cyprus<br />
theatre pioneer, Nicos Pantelides.<br />
The THOC Major Theatre Award was given to<br />
veteran director and actor Nicos Charalambous<br />
for his outstanding contribbution to the arts.<br />
The President of the Republic, Tassos Papadopoulos<br />
presented the award to Nicos Charalambous<br />
who was acclaimed with standing ovations by<br />
the packed theatre hall.<br />
The awards in other categories were as follows:<br />
• Best Male Performance prize went to Neoclis<br />
Neocleous for his role in Beckam Borchert’s<br />
"Outside the Door" - a 2003-4 THOC production,<br />
directed by Heinz–Uwe Haus. He treated<br />
aptly the subject of the human indignation<br />
roused by the cruel reality in tune with the antimilitaristic<br />
spirit of the writer.<br />
• Best Female Performance Award went to<br />
The President of the<br />
Republic Tassos<br />
Papadopoulos congratulating<br />
Nicos<br />
Charalambous on<br />
receiving the THOC<br />
Major Theatre<br />
Award.<br />
Marina Maleni (left)<br />
presenter.<br />
THOC Theatre Awards<br />
The Minister of Education and Culture, Mr. Pefkios<br />
Georgiades conferring the Best Director Award to<br />
Heinz-Uwe Haus.<br />
Marina Maleni, presenter.<br />
Stella Phyrogeni for her performance in Virginia<br />
Wolf’s "Orlando" – a 2004-5 Persona Theatre<br />
Group production, directed by Lea Maleni. The<br />
actress used with great artistry the words and the<br />
movement when dealing with the major topic<br />
of the relationship between sex and identity.<br />
• Best Director Award was won by Heinz-Uwe<br />
Haus for Beckam Borchert’ s "Outside the Door"<br />
- a 2003-4 THOC production – an object les-