MARY TSAGARI

Born in Athens, she studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens. She continued postgraduate studies (landscape architecture) with a state scholarship in Barcelona. She worked for many years in the architectural office of Giorgos Gavalas, next to whom she came into contact with stage design, having also the opportunity to participate in major theatre and television productions. During the past twelve years she has been working as a freelancer in the field of theatre, television and interior architectural design. She has worked with many directors including Zoulias, Rigos, Marselou, Reppas – Papathanasiou, Hadjipanagiotis, Kakleas, Bezos, Kyriakidis, Spyratou and Karayannopoulou. She was chosen as Robert Wilson’s assistant in 2012 when he directed Odyssey at the National Theatre, Athens. She has received numerous awards for the The Sound of Music (Pallas Theatre), Matilda (Acropol Theatre) and Murder on the Orient Express (Katia Dandoulaki Theatre). She has designed sets numerous times at the GNO and twice at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus: The Knights by Aristophanes (dir. Konstantinos Rigos) and Iphigenia in Tauris (dir. Yorgos Nanouris).