Theatre Director
In June 2004, she produced performance “The Phantom Limb Pains” by V. Sigarev (MKhAT Studio School and Theatdoc); this performance participated in many festivals: “The Baltic House” (St. Petersburg, Russia, 2004); the “Teacher and Students” Program, “Premiиres” (Strasbourg, France 2005), “Mettre en Scиne” (Rennes, France 2005) and “Scиnes Etrangиres” (Villeneuve d’Ascq, France 2005); the 8th Festival of Russian Art (France, Nice, 2006); International Theater Festival in Sibiu (Romania, 2006). It also was the winner in the “Best Male Role” nomination at the New Drama Festival (Russia, Moscow, 2005).
In March 2005, she produced the “Hedda Gabler” performance after Ibsen (MKhAT Studio School, Vs. Meyerhold Center) which won the Prize for the Best Performance at the “Norwegian Play on the Moscow Stage” (Moscow, 2006); it also participated in the “Master’s Apprentices” (Russia, St. Petersburg, 2006) and “March Contact” (Belarus, Mogilev, 2007) festivals. The performance was included in the top ten best performances of the Moscow season 2005—2006.
In 2006, she produced performance “A Cripple from the Inismaan Island” by Martin McDonakh which was invited to the international theater festival in Sibiu (Romania, 2007).
In April 2007, she produced performance after Yury Klavdiyev’s “I Am Machine Gunner” at the Center of Drama and Production of Alexey Kazantsev and Mikahil Roshchin. The performance was awarded by the Moscow Komsomolets Theater Award in the category “Apprentices” in the nominations “The Best Performance” and “The Best Male Role” of the 2006/2007 season (Moscow, 2007); it was also awarded by the Seagull Award in the “Breakthrough” nomination (Moscow, 2007). The performance participated in theater festivals in Lublin (2007), in Budapest (2007), and in Bratislava (2008).
In October 2009, Irina Keruchenko produced performance “Angelical” after F. Dostoyevsky’s novel at the Moscow Theater for Young People (MTYuZ) and dedicated the performance to her teachers Kama Ginkas and Henrietta Yanovskaya. The performance was the winner in “The Best Male Role” nomination at the Russian National Theater Golden Mask Festival. The performance participated in international festivals: “The Baltic House” (St. Petersburg. 2010); “Stage” (Finland, Helsinki; November 2011).
She produced the performance "A Dream of a Funny Man" after F. Dostoyevsky’s novel.
Awards:
• 2000: director’s job “A Plastic Drama: Tango” was awarded with Laureate Diploma at the XXII festival/contest “The Student Spring;”
• 2004: performance “The Phantom Limb Pains” became the winner in “The Best Male Role” nomination at the New Drama Festival;
• 2005: “Hedda Gabler” performance after Ibsen won the Prize for “The Best Performance” at the “Norwegian Play on the Moscow Stage;”
• 2007: Yury Klavdiyev’s “I Am Machine Gunner” was awarded with the Moscow Komsomolets Theater Award in the category “Apprentices” in the nominations “The Best Performance” and “The Best Male Role” of the 2006—2007 season;
• 2007: Yury Klavdiyev’s “I Am Machine Gunner” was also awarded by the Seagull Award in the “Breakthrough” in “The Best Male Role;”
• 2010: awarded with the Golden Lira Theater Award of the “Beauty Planet” Magazine in the nomination “The Female Face of the Year;”
• 2011: performance “Angelical” after F. Dostoyevsky’s novel became the winner in “The Best Male Role” nomination at Russian National Theater Golden Mask Festival.
