WHO IS GEORGE?
George Lazaris (they/them) is a Melbourne-based theatre director, dramaturg and playwright, a graduate of VCA Masters of Directing for Performance who has worked across plays, musicals, opera and cabaret. Their work grasps back stories appropriated by patriarchal systems, and opens the floor for a diversity of talent and perspective in the reperforming of classic tales.
WHAT’S NEXT?
Cybec Electric @ Melbourne Theatre Company
girl at the bottom of a well
By Henry Kelly
A girl stuck at the bottom of a well is haunted by the spectre of the man she is destined to become.
A transgender exploration of coming out to yourself via the girl who climbs out of the TV in The Ring (2002).
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By Henry Kelly
A girl stuck at the bottom of a well is haunted by the spectre of the man she is destined to become.
A transgender exploration of coming out to yourself via the girl who climbs out of the TV in The Ring (2002).
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LA MAMA
COURTHOUSE
JUN 2024
COURTHOUSE
JUN 2024
LOVE AND INFORMATION
By Caryl Churchill
A barrage of scenes paint a picture of the many ways in which love and information seep into our everyday life.
This production for NIDA Open had a professional production team working with a cast of students.
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By Caryl Churchill
A barrage of scenes paint a picture of the many ways in which love and information seep into our everyday life.
This production for NIDA Open had a professional production team working with a cast of students.
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NIDA OPEN
GASWORKS STUDIO
DEC 2022
GASWORKS STUDIO
DEC 2022
SUPPLY (NEW WORK DEVELOPMENT)
By Myfanwy Hocking and the company
Fifty brides are betrothed to fifty grooms against their will. Forty-nine of the brides murder forty-nine of the grooms in cold blood. Then there’s a wedding.
This reworking of The Suppliants by Aeschylus set on a wedding reception dance floor at 2am explores how non-binary and trans people fit into a classic work about gender.
This durational work is currently in development.
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By Myfanwy Hocking and the company
Fifty brides are betrothed to fifty grooms against their will. Forty-nine of the brides murder forty-nine of the grooms in cold blood. Then there’s a wedding.
This reworking of The Suppliants by Aeschylus set on a wedding reception dance floor at 2am explores how non-binary and trans people fit into a classic work about gender.
This durational work is currently in development.
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THEATRE WORKS
EXPLOSIVES FACTORY
SEP 2022
EXPLOSIVES FACTORY
SEP 2022
GUERILLA SABBATH
By William Hinz
Who tells the stories of those who came before, the persecuted, those who lead and make progress, but often get forgotten?
An elegy about queer witches and the end of the world, Guerilla Sabbath was a new play in its world premiere.
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By William Hinz
Who tells the stories of those who came before, the persecuted, those who lead and make progress, but often get forgotten?
An elegy about queer witches and the end of the world, Guerilla Sabbath was a new play in its world premiere.
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LA MAMA
COURTHOUSE
APR-MAY 2021
COURTHOUSE
APR-MAY 2021
HAMLET
By William Shakespeare
A site-specific performance in a disused power station, this production with a female Hamlet explored the role of gender in the classics, and interrogated the ways in which the pressures of patriarchal systems weigh down our youth.
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By William Shakespeare
A site-specific performance in a disused power station, this production with a female Hamlet explored the role of gender in the classics, and interrogated the ways in which the pressures of patriarchal systems weigh down our youth.
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CASULA
POWERHOUSE
MAR 2018
POWERHOUSE
MAR 2018
SPRING AWAKENING
By Steven Sater
& Duncan Sheik
A chamber production of the musical based on Wedekin’s classic play, this performance explored the ways in which we educate our youth and the ramifications of ignorance.
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By Steven Sater
& Duncan Sheik
A chamber production of the musical based on Wedekin’s classic play, this performance explored the ways in which we educate our youth and the ramifications of ignorance.
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STUDIO ONE
UNSW
SEP 2016
UNSW
SEP 2016
OTHER CREDITS
DIRECTING
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2023
NIDA Open
SEVEN JEWISH CHILDREN (Staged Reading)
2019
Victorian College of the Arts
WELLNESS (also Script Dramaturg)
2019
Butterfly Club
TRANSGRESSION
2019
Meat Market
GENESIS
2019
Victorian College of the Arts
LET’S TAKE OVER
2019
Northcote Town Hall
MISERY LOVES CABARET
2018
Bondi Feast
ASSISTANT DIRECTING
CYRANO (Dir. Sarah Goodes)
2021-2023
Melbourne Theatre Company
EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON (Dir. Sarah Goodes)
2021
Victorian College of the Arts
DRAMATURGY
ALTAR
2024
Midsumma Festival, Abbotsford Convent
LA NONNA’S SAUCY SAUCE DAY
2024
Midsumma Festival, La Mama
NIUSIA
2023
Melbourne Fringe - Winner of the Market Ready Award
HELL FIRE, mortal boys (Public Presentation)
2023
Midsumma Festival, Queer Playwriting Award
JUST SUPER
2022
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Melbourne Fringe
C.U.L.T.L.I.F.E
2021
Melbourne Fringe
TANGLES (Public Presentation)
2021
Victorian College of the Arts
DEVILLED EGGS (Public Presentation)
2021
Victorian College of the Arts
GIRLS ARE HOT (New Musical Development)
2020
Flesh Coloured Panties
GUERILLA SABBATH (Public Presentation)
2019
Victorian College of the Arts
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
2014
UNSW
ARTISTIC ROLES
UNTOLD STORIES PROGRAM PARTICIPANT
2023
Australian Plays Transform
ASSOCIATE ARTIST
2022
Theatre Works