thalia melissa                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

architecture & design





project venuecategoryyear
SAMMY BALOJI: ECHOES OF HISTORY, SHADOWS OF PROGRESS
ΕΜΣΤ exhibition design2025

BLINDNESS  Athens Epidaurus Festival @ Peiraios 260 Hall E set design2025
THE DANCE OF DEATH  Megaron the Athens Concert Hall / Megaron Undergroundset design2025
BIRDS’ BOOTH    Hotel Experience @ Athens Conservatoire   booth design 2024
PENNY SIOPIS. FOR DEAR LIFE.  A RETROSPECTIVE. ΕΜΣΤ exhibition design2024
SYMPTOMS OF WEIGHTLESSNESS Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus set design2023
ELEFSINA MON AMOUR
Elefsina Old Oil Mill Factory exhibition design2023

ABSOLUTE MAGIC Theatre of the Society for Macedonian Studies – Foyer set design2023
EPITREPONTESLittle Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus
set design2022

CARNAGE
Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus set design 2021

HAMLET
Amfi - Theatro
set design2019






INFORMATION

Thalia Melissa is an Athens based architect and designer mostly focused on temporary small scale architecture such as set design and exhibition design. 

As a scenographer she has collaborated with Yiannis Houvardas, Angeliki Papoulia, Christos Passalis, Katerina Evangelatos, Emily Louizou, Vasilis Mavrogeorgiou, Giorgos Skevas, Dimitris Tarlow, Dimitris Charalabopoulos for productions presented by the Athens & Epidaurus Festival, the National Theatre of Greece, the Onassis Stegi, 
the Megaron – Athens Concert Hall and more. 

She has designed contemporary art exhibitions in collaboration with the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST), Eleusis European Capital of Culture 2023, Athens & Epidaurus Festival and the National Gallery. 

Blindness Athens Epidaurus Festival @ Peiraios 260 Hall E set design2025



Adapted by:  Simon Stephens ( Based on the novel by José Saramago )
Translation—Direction: Emily Louizou
Movement:  Ioli Filippakopoulou
Set design: Thalia Melissa
Costume design:  Niki Psyhogiou
Lighting design:  Christina Thanasoula
Music composition—Sound design:  Irene Skylakaki
Technical sound design—Sound engineering: David Blouin
Assistant director: Thaleia Griva
Second assistant to the director: Alexandra Karavia
Assistant to the set designer:  Paris Paraskevopoulos
Assistant to the costume designer: Zoe Kelesi
Assistant to the lighting designer: Nafsika Christodoulakou
Special constructions:  Rodger Fischer
Production technical coordinator:  Nikos Charalambidis
Executive producer: Polyplanity Productions / Yolanda Markopoulou, Vicky Strataki

Cast (in alphabetical order):  Georgina Daliani, Nestor Kopsidas, Nefeli Kouri, Lefteris Polychronis, Emilianos Stamatakis, Konstantina Takalou

Participants:
Anna Anastasaki, Eleni-Elpida Banou, Nikos Bousis, Lydia Dagovanou, Paris Garos, Orestis Georgiou, Bilio Marnelli, Ananias Mitsiopoulos, Erophilie Panagiotarea, Isidora Trivella
Special appearance: Idili Kaplanidi


Photos: Mariza Kapsabeli

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