Andrii

Acting skills

Actor, director, mime artist and performer; since 2022 an Honorary Artist of Art. Lecturer and director of visual stage scenes and stage combat. Actor

I have been working since September 1, 2002 to the present at the Ivano-Frankivsk National Academic Drama Theatre named after Ivan Franko.

Selected roles:

• Hofmarschall von Kalb – Intrigue and Love by F. Schiller
• Middle Wreck – Out at Sea (Striptease at Sea) by S. Mrożek
• Lloyd Dallas – Noises Off by M. Frayn
• Milan – play by B. Srbljanović
• and others.

Film Actor

• Fedor Orlenko – short film The Dying Swan, directed by Stephen Fingleton
• Bobul – film Pamfir, directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
• Malkin Semyon – film Berenstein, directed by Roman Shumunov

Director

Made his directing debut in 2005 at the Ivano-Frankivsk National Academic Drama Theatre with the play Out at Sea by Sławomir Mrożek.

Directed productions including:

• The Proposal, or Round 6 – A. Chekhov
• Casting, or Who Wanted Debauchery Here? – J. Muravitsky
• The play received the Grand Prix at the Odessa Theatre Festival “Milk” in 2015
• The Rainmaker – N. Richard Nash
• and others.

Director of Visual Stage Projects

Since 2008, responsible for visual stage design and plastic direction of performances including:

• Marusya Churai – Lina Kostenko
• The Nation – Lina Kostenko
• Sweet Darusya – Maria Matios
• The Jay’s Wing – Ivan Franko
• and others.

Stage Combat Director

Since 2006, choreographing and directing stage combat for theatrical productions including:

• Marusya Churai – Lina Kostenko
• Tevye Tevel – Sholem Aleichem
• Nazar Stodolia – Taras Shevchenko
• and others.

Teacher

From 2002 to 2007, taught the courses:

• Fundamentals of Stage Movement
• Stage Combat

at the Institute of Arts, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University.

Education

Master’s Degree
Rivne State University of Humanities
Specialization: Stage Arts
Qualification:
Master of Performing Arts, Theatre Director, Teacher

Professional Skills

• Organization of theatrical performances, street shows and festivals
• Performance in the living statues genre – advanced level
• Organization of creative advertising campaigns – confident level

Dance skills

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Music skills

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Other art skills

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Other skills

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Other information

Performer and co-founder of the pantomime theatre “IF…”.

Since 2008, the pantomime theatre has been developing performances in the living statue genre.

The troupe actively performs at festivals across Europe, as well as in Kuwait, China, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates.

Festival awards include:

• 1st and 2nd place – Rolde, Netherlands (2018)
• 2nd place – Borne, Netherlands (2016)
• 3rd place – Oosterhof, Netherlands (2016)
• Grand Prix – Cluj-Napoca, Romania (2015)