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 Actor
(Born 3. 11. 1983)
Valentin Zakharov graduated from the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts (Professor V. Filshtinsky’s class) in 2006. In the school and diploma performances he played the roles of Benvolio (“Romeo and Juliette. Sketches of Love and Hatred” after W. Shakespeare, director V. Filshtinsky), Dmitry (“You” by O. Mukhina, director G. Byzgu; this performance got the prize of the Third International Festival of theater schools in Warsaw “For the Best Ensemble of Actors,” 2005), Soldier (“Good Bye, Boys” after B. Okudzhava, directors V. Filshtinsky and A. Prikotenko), Party chair Piskunov (“A Lonely Foxtrot” after A. Platonov, director V. Senin), Ivan Karpych and Osip as well (“Flying Over a Charitable Institution” after N. Gogol’s play “Inspector General,” director A. Prikotenko), and also one of the major parts in the plastic composition “A Lesson in Jazz Style” (Director I. Lyakhovskaya, choreographer Yu. Vasilkov).
After graduation from the Theater Academy he was admitted to the intern group of the Alexandrinsky Theater. He debuted on the Alexandrinsky Stage in the performance Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (Director Theodoros Terzopoulos, 2006), where he played the role of a Phoebe Choir Member and Oedipus’s Messenger. He was also introduced in The Inspector General performance (7.09.2006). Presently, the actor’s repertoire includes the roles of Police Officer (The Living Corps by L.Tolstoy, Director Valery Fokin, 2006); Bug (The Fly after Joseph Brodsky’s poem with the same name and Korney Chukovsly’s Mukha-Tsokotukha (The Clattering Fly) fairy-tale) (2007); Director Î. Eremin, 2007); Balrazar Baltazarovich Zhevakin (The Marriage by N. Gogol, Director Valery Fokin, 2008); Jeraia Jeep (Man Equals Man by Berthold Brecht, Director Yury Butusov, 2008); Yakov (The Seagull after the motives of A. Chekhov’s play, Director Khrystian Lupa); Mityai (Ksenia. The History of Love by V. Levanov, Director Valery Fokin, 2009); Resident of Mirgorod (The Ivans after N. Gogol’s The Story How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich and other N. Gogol’s writings, Director Andrey Moguchy).
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