He had trained in Greece with theatre and film companies as an actor and technician. Dimitri Katsoulis migrated to Australia in 1974 to escape a regime that repressed Greek artists. Then the colour was applied by Abraam, and after the colours set on the leather, he put the pieces together and brought the puppet onto the stage at his very next performance. He then left the collection with Dimitri Katsoulis who used them in all his subsequent performances in Victoria and in South Australia from 1978 to 1991.Dimitri did the preparation (designing the 5 leather pieces which constitute the puppet, cutting them with the scissors, scraping the surface to make it opaque). This and most of the puppets in the collection were brought to Australia by Abraam Antonakas for his performances at the Astor Theatre in Melbourne in 1977. Abraam used it in performances in Greece during the 1960s. This puppet was made in the 1960s by the Greek puppeteer and popular artist Abraam (Antonakos) in his Athens workshop, and by Dimitri Katsoulis. We encourage and welcome contact from First Peoples Communities, scholars and others to provide advice to correct and enhance information. The level of documentation for collection items can and does vary, dependent on when or how the item was collected. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the most accurate information is presented, some content may contain errors.

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