Trivia

Fluent in English, Greek and French.

While in Paris, in the mid-eighties, he lived with singer Anna-Jane Weaving, sister of actor Hugo Weaving.

Is a very close friend of Cypriot-born, Paris-based cool designer Erotokritos.

Wrote a semi-autobiographical novel called "Will you still love me tomorrow?"

At 32 he was the youngest stage director to work for the Cyprus National Theatre.The play he was called to direct was Barry Collins' "Judgement".

As a drama student in Paris, he was cast as the male lead (a character also called Agis)in Marivaux's play "Le triomphe de l'amour" ("The triumph of love").

Graduated from high-school two months before turning seventeen.

Promoted to the rank of lieutenant, during compulsory military service, six months before his eighteenth birthday.

His third given name "Daphnis" was chosen by his parents as a reference to Maurice Ravel's ballet (commissioned by Diaghilev in 1909) "Daphnis et Chloe".His sister is called Chloe.

Attended the University of California in Santa Barbara for one year as an exchange student from the Sorbonne University in Paris.

"Agis" was the name of several Spartan kings in antiquity. It is actually pronounced "Ah-yees".

Attended Brooklyn College in New York for one year as an exchange student from the Sorbonne University in Paris.

(Spring 2005) His staging of a long-forgotten French play - Yves Jamiaque's "Acapulco Madame" - was the season's biggest theatrical hit in his hometown, Nicosia.

Parents divorced when he was nineteen.

Scored a surprise stage hit with his production of Neil Simon's "Fools".

Shares birthday with deaf actress 'Marlee Matlin', French musician 'Jean-Michel Jarre' and Brazilian bestselling author 'Paulo Coelho'.

There was a public outcry when he was jailed for 21 days for "assault with actual bodily harm" after a quarrel with a civil servant.The sentence was deemed too harsh since there were no witnesses to the incident and the "actual bodily harm" consisted of a red mark on the cheek of the civil servant who claimed she had been slapped.