Acting Workshop with Elena Mavridou
She was born in Drama. A graduate of the National Theatre of Northern Greece (KTHBE), she also studied Theatre Studies at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She is a founding member of “Choros” (Theatre Company).
She has collaborated with the National Theatre, KTHBE, the Onassis Cultural Centre, the Athens & Epidaurus Festival, among others.
She has participated in numerous performances: Frogs, Antigone, Golfo 2.3 beta, Golfo director’s cut, Apokopos, Melted Butter, Recycle, Erofili synopsis, To Telos, Greek Freak, Don Quixote, Woyzeck, etc.
She has worked with directors such as Simo Kakalas, Michalis Marmarinos, Katerina Evangelatou, Dominik Moll, Mustafa Avkiran, Sotiris Chatzakis, Viktoras Arditis, among others. Her performances have been presented at festivals including: Sibiu Festival (Romania), Tampere International Theatre Festival (Finland), Dialog Festival – Wroclaw (Poland), International Street Artist Festival – Szczecin (Poland), Heidelbergerstuckemarkt – Heidelberg (Germany), Blagoevgrad Festival (Bulgaria), Athens & Epidaurus Festival, etc.
In cinema, she has appeared in feature and short films: “Moni seira margaritaria” by Vasilis Kehagias – N-orasis ERT-1 (2005), “Ultimate Substance” London at Lisson Gallery as part of the group show, The Magic of the State directed by Kirschner and David Panos (2012), Medea Melea – Christos Karampelas (Festival Corner – Cannes Film Festival 2014), Oxtes – Panos Karkanevatos (2015), Black Box – Anthi Tsirouki (Festival Corner – Cannes Film Festival 2018), Rages – Elina Fessa (2017), EDEN – Dominik Moll – Lupa Film & Atlantique & Port au Prince – Arte (2019), Identity – Panos Pappas and Despoina Charalambous (2019), etc.
Awards: Best Female Performance “Melina Merkouri” 2008, Best Female Performance “Karolos Koun” 2008, Best Female Performance for the Greek short film “Rages” by Elina Fessa – Nights Premiere 2017. In 2018, she was a member of the jury at the Drama Short Film Festival.
She has worked on adaptations of theatrical works and re-creation of plays for the stage, including: Melted Butter by Sakis Serefas (her dramaturgical adaptation of the play, the author’s research material concerning the true story, the novella, and the pre-existing film script), Recycle – National Theatre, To Telos – Onassis Cultural Centre (creating works through the playwriting process and devised theatre techniques), Wuthering Heights – Theatre Choros (literary adaptation for the stage – funded by the Ministry of Culture), Erofili – Chortatsis – Athens Festival, etc.
She directed Waiting for Godot by S. Beckett (2018), Pteruga (2020), Little Red Riding Hood and the Wild Leaves (2020), and Lambros by D. Solomos (2021).
She teaches acting and improvisation at the Higher Drama School of the Municipality of Agia Varvara “Iakovos Kampanellis” and at the Private Higher School of Dramatic Arts “Technon Ekato” by Lakis Lazopoulos.
