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”