Martha Frintzila

MARTHA FRINTZILA



Born in Eleusis (1972)



She studied acting and singing.



She teaches acting at the National Theatre Drama School.



Since 1999 she is the director of "Dromos me dendra" theatre group and a member of the art space Kratiras.



She directed the plays:

2010 Eugene Lourcine L’ affaire de la rue de Lourcine (Poreia theatre)

2009 Dionysis Kapsalis - Nikos Xydakis Rue Lepsius (Athens Festival)

2009 Marcos Antonios Foskolos Fortunatos (National theatre)

2008-9 Lioudmilla Petrousefskaya Love (Hora theatre)

2008 Sophocles Ajax (National theatre)

2008 R.Schimmelpfennig Arabian night (theatre of Neos Kosmos)

2007 Yannis Manritsakis Blind point (Poreia theatre)

2007-8 Nikolai Leskof Katerina Ismailova (theatre of Neos Kosmos)

2007 Sophocles Ajax (art space Kratiras)

2006-7 Lioudmilla Petrousefskaya Love (art space Kratiras)

2007 Rootless Root Sudden Showers of silence –dramaturgy (Athens Festival)

2004-5 Marivaux the Heritage (art space Kratiras)

2003 Rainer Maria Rilke The Foreigner (art space Kratiras)

2002 Samuel Beckett Stirrings still-What is the word (School of Fine Arts)

2002 Euripides Ion (art space Kratiras)

1998 A. de Musset Do not play with the love (Univercity of Athens)

1997 E. Swarts The Ogre (Univercity of Athens)

1997 Martha Frintzila Delivery in quality (Univercity of Athens)

1996 Martha Frintzila Autoschedies (Univercity of Athens)

1996 F. G. Lorca Blood Marriage (Univercity of Athens)



As an actress she participated in the performances:

2009 Rootless root UNA –unknown negative activity

2005-6 Lioudmilla Petrousefskaya Love (Kratiras)

2004 The swallow song dir. L. Koniordou (Getty museum, Los Angeles)

2003 Sinequanon I can’t fit anywhere (Kratiras)

2002-2003 S. Hatzakis The buck’s night dir. S. Hatzakis (Politeia Theatre)

2002 Euripides Iphigenia in Aulis dir. K. Tsianos (National Theatre)

2002 S. Beckett Stirrings still - What is the word dir. B. Mantzoukis- M. Frintzila, (School of Fine Arts)

2000 F. G. Lorca Yerma dir. K. Tsianos (National Theatre)

1998-2000 A. Papadiamandis Fonissa dir. S. Hatzakis (Politeia Theatre)

1997 Aristophanes Lysistrata dir. D. Chronopoulos (National Theatre)

1996 Sophocles Elektra dir. L. Koniordou (National Theatre)

1995 Euripides Trojan women dir. K. Bacas (Kalamata Municipal Theatre)

1994 P.P.Pazolini Kalderon dir. S. Tsakiris (National Theatre)

1994 Aristophanes Clouds dir. K. Damatis (National Theatre)

1993 G. Orwell Animal’s farm dir. D. Potamitis (National Theatre)

1993 Euripides Medea dir. N. Charalambous (National Theatre)



As a chorus coordinator and music advisor in:

2004 The swallow song dir. L. Koniordou (Getty museum Los Angeles)

2004 S. Hatzakis Sacred Marriage dir. S. Hatzakis (Politeia Theatre)

2003 N. Kazantzakis The last temptation of Christ dir. S. Hatzakis (National Theatre)

2001-2003 S. Hatzakis The buck’s night dir.S. Hatzakis (Politeia Theatre)

2001 Zoe Spyropoulou Songs for men dir.N. Bousdoukos (New Greek Theatre)

2000 Euripides Alcestes dir.L. Koniordou (National Theatre)

1999 Sophocles Electra dir.L. Koniordou (Binghamton University of NY)



As a singer she participated in:

2009-10 The Kubara project II -live

2009 Martha Frintzila & friends (Megaron Mousikis)

2009 Lena Platonos -live

2009 Tania Tsanaklidou+Martha Frintzila –live

2008 Platonos 08 (Athens festival)

2008 X-skinis (Athens festival)

2007-8 The kubara project -live

2008 Baumstasse -live

2007 Tragoudia me ousies (Athens festival)

2006-7 Maria Farandouri -live

2003-7 Thanasis Papakonstantinou -live

2006 4th European social forum (Athens)

2006 1st Balkan art market (Thessalonica)

2006 7th Polyphonic Festival (Athens)

2006 Ochrid Festival (Ochrid)

2005 7th Festival Voix de femmes (Brussels)

2005 10th Festival Manos Hadzidakis (Xanthi)

2005 the walter testa music company My eyes have seen

2004-2005 the walter testa music company Every trip is trip in one way

2004 Aeschyleia Festival (Eleusis)

2004 Ethnic Festival of Preveza (Preveza)

2003 Antiracist Festival (Athens)

2004 the walter testa music company Stories of names

2003 D.Solomos Lambros (Alekton theatre)

2002 the walter testa music company The T.K diary

2001 M. Grigoriou The state of Immortals (M. Mercouri Institute)

2000 Lydia Koniordou Memory landscapes. ( M. Mercouri Institute)



Discography:

Martha Frintzila “2 nyhtes @ Megara” (mikrosheros 2009)

Hainides “Kathodos ton saltimbagon” (mbi 2009)

Gerasimos Neofytos “Gynaikeios rolos” (seven islands 2009)

Vassilis Mantzoukis “Katerina Ismailova” (faosmusic 2008)

Endeleheia “S’ena megalo avrio” (Sony bmg 2008)

Themos Scandamis "Makrovouti" (Kathreftis, 2008)

Yiorgos Dalaras "Tragoudia me ousies" (Universal, 2008)

Vassilis Mantzoukis"Baumstrasse" (Libra, 2007)

Vagelis Fabas "The guardian's son" (Sony bmg, 2007)

Dimitris Baslam "O Agisilagos" (Sony bmg, 2007)

Thanasis Papakonstantinou "Diaphanous" (Achos, 2006)

Thanasis Papakonstantinou "I vrohi apo kato" (Lyra, 2006)

Dimitris Baslam "o Gargalistis" (Sony bmg, 2005)

Theros "Theros" (2005)

Thanasis Papakonstantinou "Ta zontana" (Lyra, 2004)

The Diaspora of rembetiko (Network, 2004)

Vasilis Skoulas "Anastoroumai" (Knosos, 1998)



Documentaries:

Iro Siafliaki -Timon Koulmasis "Martha" (TV arte)

Thanasis Papakostas "Sta kerata tou tavrou" (Thessaloniki film festival)

Menis Theodoridis "Sea tale" (ERT)