Dimitris Horn Award is a Greek annual, honorary award and is given for the best performance by a young male actor in the past theatre season. The award, which bears the name of Dimitris Horn, an actor recognised as the best contemporary Greek theatre actor, was established in 2000 by Stamatis Fasoulis and Theodosis Isaakidis, with the financial support of Yannis Horn, the actor's brother. The prize of the award is the gold cross worn by the actor, which is passed from one awardee to another every year, accompanied by a cash prize of 3000 euro. Candidates must be graduates of a drama school or have performed professionally for the first time no more than five years before the theatre period for which they are honoured.
The award ceremony takes place every year at the "Dimitris Horn Theatre" (formerly "Dionysia Theatre"). The "Committee of the Dimitris Horn Award" is currently composed of: Stamatis Fassoulis (chairman), Lydia Koniordou, theatrologist Irini Moudraki and the journalists Myrto Loverdou and Antigoni Karali as members. Members of the committee have been the theatrologist Kostas Georgousopoulos (chairman), Eleni Chatziargyri and Xenia Kalogeropoulou.
The gradual reduction of the trust fund that financed the award led the Ministry of Culture to take over its funding. With a draft law prepared by the Ministry, which has not yet become state law, the award will become state-sponsored, and the five-member committee evaluating nominations will be appointed by decision of the Minister of Culture.
Recipients Theater season Recipient Play RoleProduction Refs / Notes1999 - 2000 The Illusion (play)Matamore Theatre Company "Dolihos" 2000 - 2001 The Turn of the Screw (play) The ManNeos Kosmos Theater2001 - 2002Christos Loulis ErotokritosErotokritosDipetheK (Μunicipal Regional Theater of Crete)2002- 2003Kostas VasardanisTranslations (play)Manus "Aplo" Theater2003 - 2004Nikos Kardonis"The one that doesn't end: Greek poetry of the 20th century - Edition II"dramatized poemsExperimental stage of National Theater of Greece 2004 - 2005 "Η κατασαρίδα" (transl. "The cockroach") he performed 16 different rolesNeos Kosmos Theater 2005 - 2006"Το γάλα" (transl. "The milk")AdonisNational Theater of Greece2006 - 2007"Ήρωες" (transl. "Heroes")Natalia Alexeievna Bratuska SimeonidisAthens Theater Company2007 - 2008Makis Papadimitriou"Motortown"LeeNeos Kosmos Theater2008 - 2009Mixalis Oikonomou"Masked (play)DaoudNeos Kosmos Theatre2009 - 2010Twelfth NightSir Andrew Aguecheek"Elliniki Theamaton" 2010 - 2011Dimitris LalosLa Chunga (play)Hosefino"NAMA" group2011 - 2012Haris FragoulisWhen Nietzsche Wept (novel) Sigmund Freud"Thiseion, a theatre for the Arts" adaptation from the novel2012 - 2013Mistero BuffoThe fool"Thiseion, a theatre for the Arts"2013 - 2014"" (transl. "Flantro") Hippolytus (play)Notis Serdaris Messenger"National Theater of Greece" 2014 - 2015King Lear the fool Athens Epidaurus Festival2015 - 2016 "Το δέντρο του Οιδίποδα" (transl. "The Oedipus Tree")Oedipus"Thiseion, a theatre for the Arts" 2016 - 2017Yiannis Niarros"Στέλλα κοιμήσου" (transl. "Sleep Stella")Giorgos Gerakaris"National Theatre of Greece"2017 - 2018Candide "Η πόλη" (tranls. "The city")Candide Kimonas"Porta" Theater "Athens Epidaurus Festival"2018 - 2019Giorgos Tsouris"170 τετραγωνικά (Moonwalk)" (transl. "170 square meters (Moonwalk)")GrigorisTheater company "Ma Non Troppo"2019 - 2020 and 2020 - 2021 Anastasis Roilos"The Glass Menagerie"Jim O'ConnorNational Theater of Greece 2021 - 2022Fotis Stratigos"Cost of Living (play)"John"Porta" Theater2022 - 2023Dimitris Kapouranis"Tebas Land" Martin/FedericoNeos Kosmos Theater 2023 - 2024Giannis Tsoumarakis"Κασέτα" (transl. "Tape")Yiorgakis"Stathmos" Theater
Note Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece the award ceremony was postponed. The awards were given at the 2024 award ceremony
Because the 2020 2021 theatre season was not completed due to the pandemic, the nominations of the two seasons (2019 - 2020 and 2020 - 2021) were merged into one.
Dimitris Lalos, not a drama school graduate, was awarded after the Committee amended the statute to remove the requirement that recipients must be graduates of a recognized drama school.
Nikos Kardonis was nominated for the award three years in a row (2002, 2003, 2004). References