Marta Pazos

Theatre director, actress and theatre designer. Art director and playwright for the theatre company Voadora. First Degree in Fine Arts from the Universitat de Barcelona in the specialty of painting.

Marta has been professionally involved in theatre since 1997.

She began directing in 2000 and has been responsible for the production of some twenty plays since then, working (and living) in both Portugal and Spain. The shows she has directed have reached the best international stages.

As an actress, Marta has worked at the Teatro Nacional São João in Porto, the Centro Dramático Galego, the Centro Dramático de Aragón and in the theatre companies Teatro Oficina, Chévere, Trigo Limpo, La Fura dels Baus and Belmondo (of which she was a co-founder).

In 2007 she founded the theatre company Voadora along with actor Hugo Torres and producer José Díaz in Santiago de Compostela. In Voadora, Marta is doing research work into theatre making and contemporary dramaturgy. Voadora has won more than a dozen theatre awards throughout its career. In 2013, Voadora received the Galician Critics’ Choice Award.