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Maira Vazeou
Maira Vazeou Greater London
Based in: Greater London
Member Of: SBTD

Maira is a stage designer working for theatre, opera and film. She trained at Central School Of Speech & Drama. Born in Greece she has found a second home in London where she is based for the last 20 years.

Her theatre designs credits include: Salvadores Dei at the ancient amphitheatre of Odeon of Herodes Atticus under Acropolis in Athens -Greece. The acclaimed show has been touring many years in various venues around Greece including Megaro Mousikis and Michalis Kakogiannis; Jamaica Inn  (Tabard Theatre); From The Silence Of The Display Cases To Living Theatrical Voices, a collaboration of Benaki Museum with the National Theatre Of Greece – four different projects (Erofilis Needlework, Twelve Heads Of Garlic and Fifteen Onions, What The Old Man Said, The Initiation Of Neoptolemos), which exhibits of various collections in the museum provided the spark for a dramatised work; Dance With the Devil (Lilian Baylis Studio-Sadlers Wells); Salome (Hoxton Hall); Dea a new trilogy written and directed by Edward Bond (Secombe Theatre); Macbeth (National Theatre Of Northern Greece – nominated for best set & costume design); Sweet Bird Of Youth (Alma Theatre -Athens); I’m a Minger (Belgrade Theatre & National Tour); Medea, Lysistrata (Riverside studios); Antigone (Riverside studios & International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama, Cyprus); Ghost (Stavros Tou Notou –Athens); The Three Princesses Who Sung and Danced (National Theatre Of Cyprus – THOC); Guernica (National Theatre Of Greece); Chutney (Greenwich & Docklands Festival & International Tour); Velvet Scratch (Edinburgh, Prague, Athens & New York Festivals – Voted Best Show at Prague International Fringe Festival); Fresh Meat, Told You So (Courtyard Theatre).

Image credit: Nikos Tasoulas

Featured Work

MACBETH

Role/Title: Set & Costume Designer
Date of Production Opening: 2016
Venue: National Theatre of Northern Greece
Yiannis Katsaris
Image Credit - Yiannis Katsaris
I aimed to create one structure which integrates visually the text and can be transformed to various locations. That was the spiral. A complex and powerful symbol which with its dynamic movement, symbolizes time, evolution, repetition, infinity. The beginning of Macbeth’s journey, his ambition to conquer power, destruction, the fall and after that the repetition. The spiral is directly linked to mothers, goddesses and fertility, female elements which I wanted to include as Lady Macbeth had a substantial role in the play.

This robust, architectural structure gives a plethora of entrances and exits which could also refer to the Highlands of Scotland. It is transformed from a palace into a battlefield and from a festive reception to a place of destruction. Video projection complements the abstract set by dressing the topographic and emotional atmosphere as well as the rhythm of the show.

Nikos Tasoulas
Image Credit - Nikos Tasoulas

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Director: Anastasia Revi
Lighting Designer & Video Artist: Yiannis Katsaris
Music: Daemonia Nymphe
Costume Construction: National Theatre of Northern Greece
Scenic Construction: National Theatre of Northern Greece

Image credit: NDP

Featured Work

Sweet Bird of Youth

Role/Title: Set and Costume Designer
Year of Production Opening: 2015
Venue: Alma Theatre/ Athens -Greece
NDP
Image Credit - NDP
The venue where Sweet Bird of Youth was staged had very limited wing and flying space. In order to depict the various locations I approached the piece, creating a smaller stage within the already existing stage. A more confined space with multiple use of drapes and props depicted the various locations.  
NDP
Image Credit - NDP

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Lighting Designer: Yiannis Katsaris
Sound Designer: Zinovia Arvanitidi
Director: Anastasia Revi
Writer: Tennessee Williams
Choreographer: Ioanna Neofytou
Photographer: NDP