Welcome to the website of actor and theatre artist Alex Fthenakis.
To view Alex's acting CV and headshot, please use the Performance tab above or click the links below. If you are looking for information regarding Alex's other theatrical endeavours, please find the appropriate heading at the top of the page. 
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Alex is represented by Imperium Management
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Latest News
 | Over the last couple years Alex has been writing an original stage adaptation of John Steinbeck's early novel, To A God Unknown. He will take part in a rehearsed reading of the piece led by Alison Peebles and Marcus Roche as a part of Mayfesto. Tron Theatre, 10th May at 8pm. Tickets available HERE or by calling the Tron box office on 0141 552 4267. |
Development
_YOU DO IT TO YOURSELF, you do, AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY HURTS_
Alex has been working for the last year or so on development for a major new proudExposure project based around the media's effect on personal image.
RISK
Development will shortly begin on this Marcus Roche conceived interactive performance piece designed to make us consider the consequences of boardroom decisions made in times of war.
Alex can be seen in workshop performances of both projects at Arches Scratch night on the 16th May. More info available HERE or by calling the Arches box office on 0141 565 1035.
Five Minute Theatre
Loadsa Funny, the sketch created for Stone Soup Shakespeare's Comedy Project in February (Entry 10 Feb) will be performed again as a part of the National Theatre of Scotland's latest Five Minute Theatre event, based around the theme PROTEST.
Tron Theatre, 1st May at 7pm. Tickets available from the Tron HERE or on 0141 552 4267.
Streaming live online HERE.
Recent Events
12 April 2012 - Spring Films
At the end of March Alex wrapped filming for The Affection Man, an enigmatic short about genetic engineering. He is currently in pre-production for The Golden Chain, which will begin filming at the end of the month.
9 April 2012 - Peter Arnott Podcast
Pepperdine University has just posted this podcast featuring Peter Arnott, Cathy Thomas-Grant, and John Kielty in conversation about Why Do You Stand There In the Rain?, part of the international cultural exchange project Alex is producing and teaching on this summer. More information on the project can be found under the 'Instruction' tab above.
Pepperdine People Podcast Episode 53. Also available on iTunes.
6 April 2012 - Short Stories
Last night Alex ventured into yet another performance discipline: public reading of short stories! He read Elaine Reid's original short, Dawn's Concrete Yard Sale, for the inaugural Outside Thoughts evening of short fiction. The reading podcast as well as the promotional video for the event are reposted below.
10th February 2012 - Loadsa Funny
Alex just finished doing another original Patrick Fisher sketch (See WINNING: A Charlie Sheen Dream below). Loadsa Funny, a comedy short about the banking crisis and government bailouts, was presented as a part of Stone Soup Shakespeare's The Comedy Project at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow.30th January 2012
Unfortunately there hasn't been an update here for a while, but suffice it to say that Alex had a VERY busy run up to the end of the year and is now happy to be getting settled in to 2012. Over the past few months he has continued working as an actor in development projects of varying sizes with many companies including Ankur Arts, Baldy Bane, Wilderness of Tigers, proudExposure, The Arches, and even his Alma Mater, Pepperdine University. The Pepperdine project is also one of Alex's current endeavours as an educator and will figure prominently into his plans for the year ahead. More information on that will be available under the 'Instruction' tab above as it becomes available.
Unfortunately there hasn't been an update here for a while, but suffice it to say that Alex had a VERY busy run up to the end of the year and is now happy to be getting settled in to 2012. Over the past few months he has continued working as an actor in development projects of varying sizes with many companies including Ankur Arts, Baldy Bane, Wilderness of Tigers, proudExposure, The Arches, and even his Alma Mater, Pepperdine University. The Pepperdine project is also one of Alex's current endeavours as an educator and will figure prominently into his plans for the year ahead. More information on that will be available under the 'Instruction' tab above as it becomes available.
24th July, 2011
Alex recently made a foray into clown-inspired street theatre performance for Glasgow's Merchant City Festival. He just spent the weekend performing The Growling Tent in association with the festival and Scotland's street and circus arts company, Conflux.
Critic Joyce McMillan gave the piece a nice mention in her column on the festival. This can be found reprinted on her blog.
22nd June, 2011
Alex just completed a project of his own creation in association with the National Theatre of Scotland's Five Minute Theatre Initiative. WINNING: A Charlie Sheen Dream is a short piece of social commentary on celebrity culture in the media. It was developed via new media with playwright Patrick Fisher and the company and was streamed live worldwide by NTS as a part of their fifth birthday celebration.
The video from the live stream can be found below:
1 May, 2011 - Spring Appearances
Alex has several exciting public showings in May and June! See below for details.
LIMELIGHT
Alex is working on several development projects with Glasgow based proudExposure. Their latest project, LIMELIGHT, a new musical about the life of Charlie Chaplin will have a workshop performance at:
Arches Glasgow, 4th May, 5pm. Contact proudExposure directly for further information.
Stars in the Morning Sky
Alex has begun rehearsals for a Mayfesto presentation by The Visitors. Alex plays Nikolai in Stars in the Morning Sky directed by Nicola McCartney.
Tron Theatre, 7th May, 8:30pm. Tickets available through the links above or by calling 0141 552 4267.
Attempts on Her Life
Alex joins a cast of seven in this site-specific production of Martin Crimp's modern classic. Presented as a part of the Glasgow West End Festival.
Halt Bar, Woodlands Road, 9th and 10th June.
20th March, 2011
In recent weeks Alex has donated some of his time to a massive nationwide theatre initiative protesting recent arts cuts made by the UK government. Theatre Uncut is a mini-festival of 8 plays by some of Britain's leading writers, each of whom comment in their own way on the cuts. In addition to the flagship London based events these plays were performed by various companies all over the country last night. Alex appeared in Dennis Kelly's Things that Make no Sense and several other plays in a production by site-specific company Petulance Arts at the Curler's Rest, Glasgow.
1st March, 2011 - Film Time!
What a busy start to 2011! Alex is spending the early part of this year gathering material for his film reel and the schedule has been nonstop. There are five short films and counting that Alex has shot or will be shooting in the near future thus far. Production companies include Pickadoor, Kay Pictures, and Benzoate Productions among others. Keep an eye on this space in the coming months as copy comes back and clips begin to be edited into Alex's showreel!
Alex on-set playing the title role in Valentino.
28th September, 2010
31st July, 2010
Alex just finished a run playing Bassianus in Titus Andronicus as a part of the 2010 Bard in the Botanics season. Selected production photos can now be found at the bottom of Alex's performance page.
11th June, 2010
Today Alex performed in the work-in-progress presentation of I Heart Maths, by James Ley. This showing, at the Citizens' Theatre, was the culmination of two weeks' development and rehearsal working with five other actors, the playwright, and director Ros Philips as a part of the Playfest script development project in association with the Glasgay! festival.
17th May, 2010
Alex recently made a foray into clown-inspired street theatre performance for Glasgow's Merchant City Festival. He just spent the weekend performing The Growling Tent in association with the festival and Scotland's street and circus arts company, Conflux.
Critic Joyce McMillan gave the piece a nice mention in her column on the festival. This can be found reprinted on her blog.
22nd June, 2011
Alex just completed a project of his own creation in association with the National Theatre of Scotland's Five Minute Theatre Initiative. WINNING: A Charlie Sheen Dream is a short piece of social commentary on celebrity culture in the media. It was developed via new media with playwright Patrick Fisher and the company and was streamed live worldwide by NTS as a part of their fifth birthday celebration.
The video from the live stream can be found below:
1 May, 2011 - Spring Appearances
Alex has several exciting public showings in May and June! See below for details.
LIMELIGHT
Alex is working on several development projects with Glasgow based proudExposure. Their latest project, LIMELIGHT, a new musical about the life of Charlie Chaplin will have a workshop performance at:
Arches Glasgow, 4th May, 5pm. Contact proudExposure directly for further information.
Stars in the Morning Sky
Alex has begun rehearsals for a Mayfesto presentation by The Visitors. Alex plays Nikolai in Stars in the Morning Sky directed by Nicola McCartney.
Tron Theatre, 7th May, 8:30pm. Tickets available through the links above or by calling 0141 552 4267.
Attempts on Her Life
Alex joins a cast of seven in this site-specific production of Martin Crimp's modern classic. Presented as a part of the Glasgow West End Festival.
Halt Bar, Woodlands Road, 9th and 10th June.
20th March, 2011
In recent weeks Alex has donated some of his time to a massive nationwide theatre initiative protesting recent arts cuts made by the UK government. Theatre Uncut is a mini-festival of 8 plays by some of Britain's leading writers, each of whom comment in their own way on the cuts. In addition to the flagship London based events these plays were performed by various companies all over the country last night. Alex appeared in Dennis Kelly's Things that Make no Sense and several other plays in a production by site-specific company Petulance Arts at the Curler's Rest, Glasgow.
1st March, 2011 - Film Time!
What a busy start to 2011! Alex is spending the early part of this year gathering material for his film reel and the schedule has been nonstop. There are five short films and counting that Alex has shot or will be shooting in the near future thus far. Production companies include Pickadoor, Kay Pictures, and Benzoate Productions among others. Keep an eye on this space in the coming months as copy comes back and clips begin to be edited into Alex's showreel!
Alex on-set playing the title role in Valentino.
28th September, 2010
| Alex just finished a tour of Peter Arnott's latest play, Heuristics in the Diner, which
explores the life of Manhattan Project physicist and communist spy
Klaus Fuchs. The play showed alongside new works by Chris Hannan and
Nicola McCartney at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow, the Hampstead Theatre in London, and the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh. |  Physicist and spy Klaus Fuchs |
31st July, 2010
Alex just finished a run playing Bassianus in Titus Andronicus as a part of the 2010 Bard in the Botanics season. Selected production photos can now be found at the bottom of Alex's performance page.
11th June, 2010
Today Alex performed in the work-in-progress presentation of I Heart Maths, by James Ley. This showing, at the Citizens' Theatre, was the culmination of two weeks' development and rehearsal working with five other actors, the playwright, and director Ros Philips as a part of the Playfest script development project in association with the Glasgay! festival.
17th May, 2010
| Although not theatre related, Alex is very proud to have completed the West Highland Way today. He cycled the 97 mile trail in two and a half days, beginning at the trailhead in Glasgow's northernmost suburb, Milngavie, travelling along the shores of Loch Lomond, then up into the Scottish Highlands through Glencoe, and then passing by the foot of Ben Nevis before finally arriving in the town of Fort William. |  |
Alex at the end of the West Highland Way in Fort William
30th March, 2010
The run of The Winter's Tale just closed at SYT's Brian Cox Studio. In the production, which opened at the MacPhail Centre in Ullapool, Alex played Florizel, the young prince of Bohemia. Photos of The Winter's Tale can be found here.
30th March, 2010
The run of The Winter's Tale just closed at SYT's Brian Cox Studio. In the production, which opened at the MacPhail Centre in Ullapool, Alex played Florizel, the young prince of Bohemia. Photos of The Winter's Tale can be found here.