Xanthopoulou Zoe 

She was born in Athens. She studied in theTEI of Athens, Photography and Audiovisual Arts, directing at the L. Stavrakou academy of Film and Television and acting at the Theater of Changes and she has a master’s degree in “Video Production, Audiovisual Media and Animation Graphics” from the University of West Attica (School of Applied Arts and Culture, Department of Photography and Audiovisual Arts).

Since 2019 she has been teaching at the University of West Attica, at the School of Culture and Applied Arts, in the Department of Photography and Audiovisual Arts.

She has worked as a director and screenwriter in television and cinema. In 2020 he collaborated with Nikos Ioakeim for the creation of the audiovisual work “Mich Nicht” which was presented at the 3rd Internet Festival of the National Opera “The melody of speech.

In recent years she has been working mainly in the theater, in Greece and abroad, as an actor and director, using mainly the relationship of the audiovisual media with the live spectacle. Also, she is using an acting method based on stereotypes.

In 2016 she directed Goldoni’s “Servant of Two Masters” for the German Deaf National Theater and in October ’17 her play “Nach der Party” at the DeGethFestival in Munich. In February ’18 he directed the project FREE MEDIA at LIPA in Liverpool in collaboration with students of the Academy.

As a director, she has been more involved with classic works such as “A Streetcar named Desire” on which she staged the play “Blanching”, “The house of Bernarda Alba” by Lorca(Eliart theater), Ipsen’s “Vampires” (studio Mavromichalis) “Don Juan” adapted by Maria Tsima (Beton 7), “Odd couple”.

In 2021 directed “The presents” based on Euripides ‘ s Prometheus (ancient theater of Samos island).

In 2022 directed Bacchae Underworld (based on Euripides’s Bacchae), with deaf and hearing actors (premier STET – Netherlands)

She has also directed works by young Greek writers (“No retouch. Just reality” basd on M.Hakkas ‘s texts/ Athens Festival, “The Lake” and “Liberation” by Dimitris Tsekouras, “The Lies and the Eyes” by Michalis Speggos, etc.) as well as musical performances and performances on her own texts (“B Circulous”, “Olive, a love almost comic ”- in collaboration with Dimitris Tsekouras and Annita Kapousizis,“ Usually ”- based on a text by Georgia Drakaki etc.) and “The Liberation” by Dimitris Tsekouras, Theater 104 (Athens),

As an actor she has acted in “Heroes” by E. Gasouka (Small Palace), in “Against Democracy “by Esteva Soler (directed by M. Palilis – Epi KolonoTheater), in “High Risk Routes” by I. Garcia(directed by Michalis Palilis – theater 104 and Nau Ivanow in Barcelona), in “Ink” by Babis Galiatsatou(104), in “Electra” by Sophocles (dir. K. Dellas -Athens Festival), in “Blood Wedding” (dir. K. Dellas -theater From Machine) etc.

Also she has directed four short films (“Our First Night” was selected in the competition section of Drama).

Her teaching experience includes classes in acting and direction at the Theatre of Change, Life ‘n’ Art theater, Armani musical theater center, Liminal’s Open days seminars addressed to both to disabled and able bodied participants, Cyprus Theatre Organization, as well as in a multitude of other theatre schools and groups.