Nikos Chatzipapas studied theatre, film, set design, costume design and graphic arts.

In 1979 he established the Dodecanesian Theatre Company; in 1987 the Magical Theatre; in 1997 HELIX ACTION THEATRE. He has taken part in a variety of international festivals and European Events with performances of his plays in the United Kingdom, Poland (Malta Festival), Belarus, France, Italy, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt, India and China (31st Festival of Nations).

He served as Director of the Municipal Regional Theatre of Rhodes; collaborated with the National Theatre in his capacity as a stage director; was a collaborator of the Thessaloniki Experimental Art Stage and many Regional Theatres. Since 2009 he has organised the International Festival of Street Theatre in Athens. He has implemented the European program Helidra (as a leader) and the program Circus as a way of life (partner). He has been Artistic Director and producer at the Proskenio Theatre (2014-2016). In 2015 he ran the Athens Suitcase Theatre Festival in 2015.

He has directed plays by Shakespeare, Ben Johnson, Christopher Marlowe, Moliere, Carlo Goldoni, Anton Chekhov, Federico Garcia Lorca, Samuel Beckett, Beth Henley, Michel de Gelderode, Michael Frayn, Yukio Mishima, Aristophanes, Aeschylus, Kazantzakis, Theotokas, Ziogas, Matesi, Bost, Skourti, Kehaidi, Moursela, Lymberaki, Euthymiadi, Doriadi, Montseleze, Hourmouzi and others.

He is a member of the Association of Greek Directors and the International Theatre Institute