Kostas Gakis is a musician, director, actor, dramaturg, and writer. He was born in 1977 in Athens. In 2006 he was honored with the
"Dimitris Horn" theatrical award. He is a graduate of the Drama School of the National Theatre of Greece, a graduate of the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Athens. He has a degree in classical guitar under Vasilis Kanaras.
In 2016, together with Konstantinos Bibis and Lefteris Plaskovitis, he took over the Alpha Theatre, the theatrical home of the theatre group "Idea". He plays tzoura, lafta (lute), keyboards, clarinet, mandolin. He writes songs in various styles (traditional, jazz, art, rock, hip hop) and has set to music poems of many Greek and international poets.
Since 2012 he is a member of the theater company "Idea" along with Athina Moustakas and Konstantinos Bibis.
In 2008 he founded the artistic collectiva "Sui Generis", an evergreen workshop of theatrical experimentation and dreams. He dedicates himself to the art of theatre in many ways: as a writer, as a composer, as a director amd as a teacher
