ADMINISTRATION
Vano Khutsishvili
Associate Professor and Supervisor of Theatre Arts Programmes at Ilia State University since 2017
Artistic Director of Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre, Tbilisi
Education:
- Bachelor of Arts in Acting, Tbilisi Ekvtime Takaishvili University of Culture and Art
- Master of Arts in Drama Directing, Georgia State University of Theatre and Film
- PhD – Drama Directing, Georgia State University of Theatre and Film
- Temur Chkheidze Workshop, Modern Theatre Art Development Centre
Professional Experience:
- Member of the Commission of Tbilisi Municipality Recommendation Commission for Appointing Artistic Directors at Municipal Theatres
- Invited Teacher, Georgia State University of Theatre and Film
- Assistant Professor, Drama Directing Concentration, Georgia State University of Theatre and Film
- Teaching Assistant, , Drama Directing Concentration Georgia State University of Theatre and Film
- Stage Director, Liberty Theatre, Tbilisi
- Actor, Lado Meskhishvili State Drama Theatre, Kutaisi
- Assistant Professor, Acting Concentration, Georgia State University of Theatre and Film
- Stage Director, Georgia Youth Palace Folklore Studio “Tsetebi”
- Head and Senior Coordinator of Cultural Filed, Paata Purchuladze Charity Fund “Iavnana” and Humanitarian Organisation “Argo” Socio-Cultural International Project
- Head of Literature Theatre
Performances Staged at Different Theatres:
- Anca Visdei “Always Together” Liberty Theatre
- Jean-Paul Sartre “The Condemned of Altona” Liberty Theatre
- Victor Dolidze “Ket and Kote” Tbilisi State Theatre of Opera and Ballet
- David Pirtskhalava ”Big Break” Meskheti State Drama Theatre, Akhaltsikhe
- Maka Kukulava ”Second Half” Royal District Theatre for Temur Chkheidze Workshop
- Data Pirtskhalava ”Third” (Performance ”Homeland”) Royal District Theatre for Temur Chkheidze Workshop
- Albert Ramsdel Gurney “No Time for Shakespeare” (According to Albert Ramsdel Gurney ”Sylvia”) Liberty Theatre
- Data Tavadze ”Mother War” (Within the framework of Cruel Theatre Days) Royal District Theatre for Temur Chkheidze Workshop
- William Shakespeare ”Macbeth” Lado Meskhishvili State Drama Theatre, Kutaisi
- Vaclav Havel “My Best Friend” (According to “Unveiling”) Liberty Theatre
- Nino Sadgobelashvili “A Kennel” (According to Hattie Naylor’s ”Ivan and the Dogs”) Liberty Theatre
- Nino Sadgobelashvili ”Psychotype” (Director and Designer) Liberty Theatre
- Alexander Ostrovsky ”A Profitable Position” (Together with Giorgi Sikharulidze) Lado Meskhishvili State Drama Theatre, Kutaisi
- Henrik Ibsen “A Doll’s House” (Performance for a Master’s Degree) Liberty Theatre
- Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Ramaz Beradze ”Feast of a Master” Director and Designer) Theatre on Atoneli Street
- Giorgi Zanguri “Our House” Theatre for Change, Armenia, Interactive Theatre Festival
- Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Ramaz Beradze ”Feast of a Master” Director and Designer) Veriko Anjaparidze One Actor Theatre
- ”We Have Such a Book” According to ” Parable of the Knight in the Panther’s Skin” (Director and Designer) Veriko Anjaparidze One Actor Theatre
- Nino Sadgobelashvili “Carousel” Retromedia Blue Horns (Director and Designer) Mikheil Tumanishvili Film Actors’ Theatre
- Giorgi Zanguri “Donors” (Director and Designer) Mikheil Tumanishvili Film Actors’ Theatre, Interactive Theatre
- Nino Sadgobelashvili “Patient of the Century” (Director and Designer) Literature Theatre, Public School 175
Professional Awards:
- Best Directing 2015 for “No Time for Shakespeare”
- Best Directing 2014 for ”Macbeth”
- Best Performance 2014 for ”Macbeth”
- Best Performance 2011-2013 for ”Kennel”