Dimitri has since returned to Melbourne and assists the Museum to continue to document this rich art form within both local and international contexts. It includes 32 shadow puppets and around 170 props, set backdrops and technical tools and stage equipment. Unable to obtain funding and support, he returned to Greece in 1991, leaving his entire collection to the people of Victoria. A master of the traditional Greek shadow puppet theatre, his performances explored contemporary issues such as the isolation of migrant women and children. 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. 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. 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.

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