Panayiota Panteli
screenwriter / director
Panayiota is a playwright, screenwriter and director. She explores themes within care and disability drawing on over twenty year’s experience as a carer. Her debut play, BACK TO HACKNEY, received critical praise, with The Camden New Journal calling it “an important reminder of how the sick and disabled have borne the brunt of austerity.” She has been commissioned to write her second play, which will be performed at the Park Theatre in 2021.
IN DEVELOPMENT
Hidden in the Sand
play - drama
status: in development
PREVIOUS WORKS
Back to Hackney
play – drama
“Panteli’s writing captures you with her uncomfortable truth surrounding cutbacks, the warmth and dedication of the NHS and the true meaning of being a family.” - Elaine Chapman, UK Theatre Web
The Ripple Effect
WINNER of Academy of Live and Recorded Arts Short Film Script Competition
An Unsuitable Boy
WINNER of the London Greek Film Festival Odysseus Audience Choice Award
