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SHAISHMЕLASHVILI
Olga Tamazievna
Production designer

In 1996, she graduated from the St. Petersburg State Academic Art Lyceum named after B.V. Ioganson at the Russian Academy of Arts. In 2002, she graduated from the Department of Monumental Art at the St. Petersburg State Art and Industrial Academy named after A.L. Stieglitz.  

At the New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre, she worked on the set design for the play "Oblomov", based on the novel by Ivan Goncharov (2025, directed by Andrey Prikotenko).

Since 1996, he has been creating sets and costumes for musical theater projects and performances. Since 2005, he has also worked in a drama theater. Since 2011, he has been working in Russia and abroad.

Since 2016, she has been collaborating with director Andrey Prikotenko and is the author of the set design and costumes for the following productions: "The Cherry Orchard" based on Anton Chekhov's play, "Sociopath / Hamlet" based on William Shakespeare's play, and "The Idiot" based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel. Dostoevsky's "Peters" based on T. Tolstaya's short story — Novosibirsk State Drama Theatre "Old House"; "Operanischikh" — Moscow Academic Theatre of Satire; "A Dream on the Night of the Midsummer" based on W. Shakespeare's play — National Academic Theatre named after Yanka Kupala in Minsk (Belarus); "Russian Matrix" — Saint Petersburg Academic Theatre named after Lensovet; "Zoshchenko Zoshchenko Zoshchenko Zoshchenko" — Baltic House Theatre Festival (Saint Petersburg). Also among the works in the drama theater: "Princess Mary" by M. Lermontov (directed by Elena Chernaya, 2014), "The Blessing of Love" (directed by Igor Konyaev, 2016), "The Ghost from Canterville" by O. Wilde (directed by Igor Konyaev) — the Chekhov Riga Russian Theater (Latvia).

She has also worked as a set designer and costume designer for musical theaters, including Astana Ballet (Carmen by J. Bizet – R. Shchedrin, choreographed by Mukaram Avakhr, 2015) and the L. Yakobson Ballet Theater (Stone Shore by A. Karpov, choreographed by V. Varnava; Chopiniana by F. Chopin, choreography by M. Fokine; Graand pas from the ballet Paquita by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, all ballets – 2015; Sleeping Beauty by P.I. Tchaikovsky, choreography by M. Petipa and J.-G. Bar, 2016); St. Petersburg State Musical Comedy Theatre (operetta Vienna Blood by J. Strauss, directed by Igor Konyayev, 2015).

She designed costumes for opera performances directed by Vasily Barkhatov at the Basel Opera House (M.P. Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina, conducted by Kirill Karabits, 2015; S.S. Prokofiev's The Gambler, conducted by Modestas Pitrenas, 2018; J. Puccini, conducted by Antonello Allemandi, 2019), at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (Soldaten by B.A. Zimmermann, conducted by Zsolt Hamar, 2016; Eugene Onegin by P.I. Tchaikovsky, conducted by Daniela Musca, 2017). She has also created costumes for productions at the German Opera (L'ienvisible by Aribert Ryman, conducted by Donald Runnicles, 2017); the Royal Opera in Stockholm (Eugene Onegin by P.I. Tchaikovsky, 2018); the Saarbrucken Theater (Faust by S. Gounod, conducted by Sebastian Roland, 2019); the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater ("The Gambler" by S.S. Prokofiev, conducted by Modestas Pitrenas, 2020); Perm State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater ("Faust" by S. Gounod, 2021).

She designed the costumes for the productions of The Barber of Seville (2019) and Mazeppa (2021) by Evgeny Pisarev at the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia (conducted by Tugan Sokhiev), and in the 2020/21 season, she designed the costumes for the musical Three Comrades (directed by Boris Milgram) at the Perm Academic Theatre.

Costume designer for productions at the Boris Eifman St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre: Rodin (2011), Requiem (2014), Up & Down (2015), Tchaikovsky (2016), The Pygmalion Effect (2019), The Seagull (2022), and at the San Carlo and Colon Theatres (Requiem, 2014). For the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen festival, she created the set design for the play Demetrius based on Friedrich Schiller's drama, directed by Alexander Mindlin (2011), and the set design and costumes for the play Areja, directed by Dmitry Zakharov, a co-production of the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen festival and Areja Ltd.

Awards: 

2019 - special prize "For an unconventional solution to the performance space" of the St. Petersburg Golden Spotlight Highest Theater Award (the play "The Russian Matrix" by Andrey Prikotenko at the Theater. Lensoveta) 

2023 - Winner of the Russian National Theater Award "Golden Mask" in the nomination "Drama / work of the artist" ("Serotonin", Theater "Shelter of the Comedian", St. Petersburg, 2023)


SHAISHMЕLASHVILI
Olga Tamazievna
Production designer

In 1996, she graduated from the St. Petersburg State Academic Art Lyceum named after B.V. Ioganson at the Russian Academy of Arts. In 2002, she graduated from the Department of Monumental Art at the St. Petersburg State Art and Industrial Academy named after A.L. Stieglitz.  

At the New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre, she worked on the set design for the play "Oblomov", based on the novel by Ivan Goncharov (2025, directed by Andrey Prikotenko).

Since 1996, he has been creating sets and costumes for musical theater projects and performances. Since 2005, he has also worked in a drama theater. Since 2011, he has been working in Russia and abroad.

Since 2016, she has been collaborating with director Andrey Prikotenko and is the author of the set design and costumes for the following productions: "The Cherry Orchard" based on Anton Chekhov's play, "Sociopath / Hamlet" based on William Shakespeare's play, and "The Idiot" based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel. Dostoevsky's "Peters" based on T. Tolstaya's short story — Novosibirsk State Drama Theatre "Old House"; "Operanischikh" — Moscow Academic Theatre of Satire; "A Dream on the Night of the Midsummer" based on W. Shakespeare's play — National Academic Theatre named after Yanka Kupala in Minsk (Belarus); "Russian Matrix" — Saint Petersburg Academic Theatre named after Lensovet; "Zoshchenko Zoshchenko Zoshchenko Zoshchenko" — Baltic House Theatre Festival (Saint Petersburg). Also among the works in the drama theater: "Princess Mary" by M. Lermontov (directed by Elena Chernaya, 2014), "The Blessing of Love" (directed by Igor Konyaev, 2016), "The Ghost from Canterville" by O. Wilde (directed by Igor Konyaev) — the Chekhov Riga Russian Theater (Latvia).

She has also worked as a set designer and costume designer for musical theaters, including Astana Ballet (Carmen by J. Bizet – R. Shchedrin, choreographed by Mukaram Avakhr, 2015) and the L. Yakobson Ballet Theater (Stone Shore by A. Karpov, choreographed by V. Varnava; Chopiniana by F. Chopin, choreography by M. Fokine; Graand pas from the ballet Paquita by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, all ballets – 2015; Sleeping Beauty by P.I. Tchaikovsky, choreography by M. Petipa and J.-G. Bar, 2016); St. Petersburg State Musical Comedy Theatre (operetta Vienna Blood by J. Strauss, directed by Igor Konyayev, 2015).

She designed costumes for opera performances directed by Vasily Barkhatov at the Basel Opera House (M.P. Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina, conducted by Kirill Karabits, 2015; S.S. Prokofiev's The Gambler, conducted by Modestas Pitrenas, 2018; J. Puccini, conducted by Antonello Allemandi, 2019), at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (Soldaten by B.A. Zimmermann, conducted by Zsolt Hamar, 2016; Eugene Onegin by P.I. Tchaikovsky, conducted by Daniela Musca, 2017). She has also created costumes for productions at the German Opera (L'ienvisible by Aribert Ryman, conducted by Donald Runnicles, 2017); the Royal Opera in Stockholm (Eugene Onegin by P.I. Tchaikovsky, 2018); the Saarbrucken Theater (Faust by S. Gounod, conducted by Sebastian Roland, 2019); the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater ("The Gambler" by S.S. Prokofiev, conducted by Modestas Pitrenas, 2020); Perm State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater ("Faust" by S. Gounod, 2021).

She designed the costumes for the productions of The Barber of Seville (2019) and Mazeppa (2021) by Evgeny Pisarev at the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia (conducted by Tugan Sokhiev), and in the 2020/21 season, she designed the costumes for the musical Three Comrades (directed by Boris Milgram) at the Perm Academic Theatre.

Costume designer for productions at the Boris Eifman St. Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre: Rodin (2011), Requiem (2014), Up & Down (2015), Tchaikovsky (2016), The Pygmalion Effect (2019), The Seagull (2022), and at the San Carlo and Colon Theatres (Requiem, 2014). For the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen festival, she created the set design for the play Demetrius based on Friedrich Schiller's drama, directed by Alexander Mindlin (2011), and the set design and costumes for the play Areja, directed by Dmitry Zakharov, a co-production of the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen festival and Areja Ltd.

Awards: 

2019 - special prize "For an unconventional solution to the performance space" of the St. Petersburg Golden Spotlight Highest Theater Award (the play "The Russian Matrix" by Andrey Prikotenko at the Theater. Lensoveta) 

2023 - Winner of the Russian National Theater Award "Golden Mask" in the nomination "Drama / work of the artist" ("Serotonin", Theater "Shelter of the Comedian", St. Petersburg, 2023)


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