Giorgi Sikharulidze

Director

Education:

1988-93 – Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University. Faculty of directing. Mikheil Tumanishvili Workshop. 1981-88 – Zakaria Paliashvili Special Music School (piano and music theory).

Work:

2017 – Mikheil Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre, artistic director; 2013-17 – Kutaisi Lado Meskhishvili Professional State Drama Theatre, artistic director; 2006–13 – Kutaisi Lado Meskhishvili Professional State Drama Theatre, manager; 2006–13 – Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University, associate professor, head of the acting group; 2003-04 – youth television, film and theatre centre ‘White Curtain’; 2004 – Georgian Stylized Folk Theatre ‘Nabadi’, founder; 2003 – Creative Union ‘Theatre of Changes’, chairman of the board; 2001–06 – E. Takaishvili State University of Culture and Arts, lecturer; 1991-2001 – ‘Art Hall studio’, lecturer; 1997 – Mikheil Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre; 1997 – Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University, lecturer; 1995 – Folklore Palace of Youth, head of the youth theatre studio.

Productions directed for Sokhumi State Drama Theatre:

B. Brecht, F. Schiller, J. Anouilh, The Legend of the Virgin of Orleans.

Other productions:

1992 – Prosper Merimee, Carmensita (dramatic and musical adaptation); 1994 – L. Roseba,Provincial Story, Le Havre, France, World Playwrights’ Festival (Diploma Work), France; 1995 – Patriots, Georgians, Georgians!’ (dramatic and musical adaptation), Georgian Folklore Palace, The Naughties, theatre studio. 1996 – The Sin Carriers’ (dramatic and musical adaptation), Georgian Folklore Palace, Tsetebi theatre studio–; 1997 – F.G. Lorca, Mariana Pineda, Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre; T. Graneli, The Last Lesson’, Georgian Folklore Palace,  Tsetebi theatre studio; 1998 – T. Shavladze, Mysterious Sound, Theatre Veriko; L. Ustinov, The Land with no Love and Laughter, (musical adaptation), Georgian Folklore Palace, Tsetebi theatre studio; 1999 – N. Dumbadze, In Memoriam’ (dramatic and musical adaptation), Georgian Folklore Palace, Tsetebi theatre studio; 2000 -Anniversary Evening of the Fazisi ensemble, Shota Rustaveli National Academic Theatre, small stage; Benefit performance of Rusudan Bolkvadze, Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre; I. Chavchavadze, What Shall Ee Do, What Were We Doing?(dramatic and musical adaptation), Georgian Folklore Palace, Tsetebi theatre studio; 2001 – L. Tolstoi, Anna Karenina, Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre; E. Sagharadze, My Galaktion, Theatre Veriko; Dream, Art Hall studio; 2002 – E. Loria, Transist, Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre; The Adventure of a Pan Pipe Boy,  Art Hall studio; 2003 – K. Pataraia, The Choice, Theatre of Changes; Razumvskaya, Akhvlediani, The Last Ring (musical adaptation), Georgian Folklore Palace, Tsetebi theatre studio; 2004 – opening ceremony of the Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral, director; O. Pertakhia, Elevator, Theatre Veriko, Georgian folk-style theatre Nabadi; I. Kikabidze, Rose Revolution Number 9, Theatre of Changes; Dreamer Travellers, youth television, film and theatre centre White Curtain; opening of renovated M. Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre and the anniversary of M. Tumanishvili, director; anniversary evenings of Zviad Gansakhurdia dedicated to his 60-65 birthday; 2005 – K. Pataraia, At the Sea, Theatre of Changes; N. Sadghobelashvili, Roof Pigeons (musical adaptation), Georgian Folklore Palace, Tsetebi theatre studio (Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre); O. Pertakhia, Magnolias are Telling the Stories, Theatre Veriko; Khobi Music Festival, The Song on Mengrelia, director; Celebration of Krtsanisi 210 years, anniversary evening, director; New Year’s Concert on Freedom Square, Tbilisi; I. Gurgulia’s evening, Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre; M. Qvlividze’s evening, Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre; 2006 – K.Pataraia, Tomorrow’s Christmas, Theatre of Changes; H. Ibsen, An Enemy of People; diploma work of the acting group from E. Takaishvili State University of Culture and Arts; opening ceremony of Cultural Centre in Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral, director; Marjanishvili Theatre, award ceremony of the Bani Festival, director; Vazha-Pshavela, Host and Guest, Georgian Folklore Palace, Tsetebi theatre studio (Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre, Kutaisi); 2007 – N. Sadghobelashvili, The Paradise of Fusion, Lado Meskhishvili Professional State Drama Theatre, Kutaisi, director; celebration evening of Georgia’s honoured artist Anzor Kherkhadze, dedicated to his 70th birthday, director, Lado Meskhishvili Professional State Drama Theatre, Kutaisi; 2008 – Shalva Dadiani, People of Yesterday, Lado Meskhishvili Professional State Drama Theatre, Kutaisi; N. Dumbardze, Didro, Lado Meskhishvili Professional State Drama Theatre (small stage),  Kutaisi, director. Performance 37, The Story Told by the Shoes, Lado Meskhishvili Professional State Drama Theatre (small stage), Kutaisi, director; benefit performance of The Republic’s Honoured Artist Marika Samanishvili, The Moment, Stop!,, Lado Meskhishvili Professional State Drama Theatre, Kutaisi, director; 2009 – Lev Tolstoi, Anna Karenina, Lado Meskhishvili Professional State Drama Theatre; Kutaisi, director,; 2009 – William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, pantomime Lado Meskhishvili professional State Drama Theatre, Kutaisi, director; 2009 – Presentation of the Star for Eva Khutunashvili, Kutaisi, director; 2010 – Opening of the Star for Anzor Kherkhadze, Kutaisi, director; 2010 – Opening of the Star for Eremia Svanidze,  Kutaisi, director; 2010 – Davit Kldiashvili, The Misfortune of Darispan, Kutaisi, director,; 2010 – Anniversary evening of Mukhran Machavariani, Kutaisi, director; 2012 – Alexander Ostrovsky, A Profitable Position,  Kutaisi, director; 2012 – Eva Khutunashvili, Nino Sadghobelashvili, “Calculation of Infinity has Begun” (fantasmagoria), Kutaisi, director; 2013 – Guram Panjikidze’s anniversary evening, Kutaisi, director; 2013 – Rezo Cheishvili’s anniversary evening, director; 2013 – Ode, The Tale of the Knight and the Tiger, Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre, director; 2013 – After the tales of Nodar Dumbadze, HELLADOS,Kutaisi, director; 2013 – Gizo Gelekva’s benefit performance, Kutaisi, director; 2013 – Gocha Nemsitsveridze’s benefit performance, Kutaisi, director; 2015 – Billy Wilder, Some Like it Hot, Kutaisi, director; 2015 – N. Dumbadze, Cucaracha (musical adaptation), director; 2016 – The Nightingale’s Beak (musical adaptation), After the poems of Titsian Tabidze and Paolo Iashvili, Kutaisi, director; 2016 – Frederick Loewe’s musical Pygmalion, Kutaisi; 2016 – Lasha Tabukashvili. But He Didn’t Grant the Right, Karlo Sakandelidze People’s Theatre, Vani; 2016 – evening dedicated to the composer Marika Kvaliashvili, Kutaisi Botanical Garden; 2016 – Nikolai Gogol, The Government Inspector, Kutaisi; 2016 – A. Arbuzov, Old-fashioned Comedy  (musical adaptation), Akhaltsikhe, director; 2016 – Brotherhood of Tsiperqantselebi (The Blue Horns), Kutaisi; 2016 – Memories(after Yukio Mishima’s Sotoba Komachi), co-production of the directors Givi Sarchimelidze and Giorgi Sikharulidze, Lado Meskhishvili Professional State Drama Theatre; 2017 – jubilee evening of the writer Temur Lanchava, Lado Meskhishvili Professional State Drama Theatre; 2017 –  D. Kldiashvili, Disaster, Lado Meskhishvili Professional State Drama Theatre; 2017 –Nino Sadgobelshvili, Piaf, co-production of Batumi Theatre and Lado Meskhishvili Professional State Drama Theatre.