09/04/2026
🇮🇹 ITA
Conosciamo meglio i "Magnifici 6" che renderanno unico il Tolfama Festival 2026.
Vi presentiamo Maro Lesioti 🇬🇷💖
Iscrizioni aperte da Lunedì 13 Aprile alle 12:00.
Info e Programma: www.vicolocechov.it/tolfamafestival
BIO
Maro Lesioti è attrice, improvvisatrice, regista, musicista e formatrice. Ha studiato presso il Hellenic Conservatory, la Modern Times Drama School e la London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
Nel 2018 ha fondato il gruppo di improvvisazione RCAB, che nel biennio 2022–2023 ha partecipato a diversi festival internazionali. È ideatrice e regista dei formati EDMOND-JEAN-WILLIAM, HIERONYMUS BOSCH, CHORUS, THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, ANIMISM, WORLDS APART e MEMORIES (co-creato con Tim Hearn), ed EAGERLY WAITING (co-creato con Gabriel Caropreso).
Subito dopo il diploma ha recitato negli spettacoli MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (2023), EXTREMITIES (2023), THE LAST BIRD (2023–2024), WHITE ROSE (2024), THE ISLAND OF SLAVES (2025) e nei cortometraggi SYMPHYSIS (2025), 26 CIGARRETES (2025) e THE REAL THAT WAS (2025).
Ha diretto THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (presentato all’IRREVERENTE International Improv Theater Festival, Lisbona, luglio 2025), THE ISLAND OF SLAVES di Pierre de Marivaux (Atene, settembre–ottobre 2025) ed EAGERLY WAITING (dicembre 2025 – presente).
Come educatrice, dal 2020 conduce corsi e workshop di improvvisazione e teatro in Grecia, Stati Uniti, Paesi Bassi, Portogallo e Italia, coltivando la creatività di performer di ogni livello, con particolare attenzione alle esigenze individuali. Fa parte del team organizzativo dell’I.TH.A.C.A. Improv Festival di Atene ed è co-direttrice artistica delle edizioni 2025 e 2026.
È produttrice di Improv Nights e una delle direttrici artistiche della Worlds Apart Residency. È inoltre membro del board e docente della ImproSynthesis School of Improv (Atene, Grecia).
Il suo lavoro più recente, HUMANITARIUM (co-creato con Yoryos Styl), è attualmente finanziato dal programma DIGITAL on STAGE: Cascade Funding Programme dell’European Union.
🇬🇧 ENG
Let's get to know the "Magnificent 6" who will make Tolfama Festival 2026 truly unique.
Meet Maro Lesioti 🇬🇷💖
Registrations open on Monday, April 13th, at 12:00 PM.
Info & Program: www.vicolocechov.it/tolfamafestival/home-eng/
BIO
Maro Lesioti is an actress, improviser, director, musician, and dedicated educator. She studied at the Hellenic Conservatory, Modern Times Drama School, and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. In 2018, she founded the improv group RCAB and in the years 2022-2023, they participated in several international festivals. She is the creator and director of the formats EDMOND-JEAN-WILLIAM, HIERONYMUS BOSCH, CHORUS, THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, ANIMISM, WORLDS APART and MEMORIES (co-created with Tim Hearn), and EAGERLY WAITING (co-created with Gabriel Caropreso). Immediately after graduation, she starred in the plays: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (2023), EXTREMITIES (2023), THE LAST BIRD (2023-2024), WHITE ROSE (2024), THE ISLAND OF SLAVES (2025) and in the short films SYMPHYSIS (2025), 26 CIGARRETES (2025), THE REAL THAT WAS (2025). She has directed the plays THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (IRREVERENTE International Improv Theater Festival, Lisbon, July 2025), THE ISLAND OF SLAVES by Pierre de Marivaux (Athens, September-October 2025) and EAGERLY WAITING ( December 2025 – Present). As an educator, she has been facilitating improvisation and theater classes and workshops since 2020 in Greece, the U.S.A., the Netherlands, Portugal and Italy, fostering creativity in performers of all levels and abilities, focusing on each individual’s needs. She a member of the organising team of I.TH.A.C.A. Improv Festival in Athens, Greece and the co-artistic director of 2025’s and 2026’s edition. She is the producer of Improv Nights and one of the artistic directors of the Worlds Apart Residency. She is also a board member and instructor of ImproSynthesis School of Improv (Athens, Greece). Her most recent work (co-created with Yoryos Styl) HUMANITARIUM is now being funded by the DIGITAL on STAGE: Cascade Funding Programme from the European Union.