Nikolay Mixaylovich Sheyko

Graduated from Kharkiv Theatre Institute. Stage activity began in 1962 in the Kiev theater named after I. Franko. He worked as a production director at the Riga Youth Theatre, the Alexandrinsky Theatre, chief director at the Minsk Republican Youth Theatre and the Estonian Russian Theatre (Tallinn). Since 1987 he lives in Moscow and works in the Hermitage Theatre, the Pushkin Theatre. He staged about 100 performances on the works of M. Lermontov, N. Gogol, A. Ostrovsky, I. Goncharov, A. Chekhov, more

Graduated from Kharkiv Theatre Institute. Stage activity began in 1962 in the Kiev theater named after I. Franko. He worked as a production director at the Riga Youth Theatre, the Alexandrinsky Theatre, chief director at the Minsk Republican Youth Theatre and the Estonian Russian Theatre (Tallinn).

Since 1987 he lives in Moscow and works in the Hermitage Theatre, the Pushkin Theatre. He staged about 100 performances on the works of M. Lermontov, N. Gogol, A. Ostrovsky, I. Goncharov, A. Chekhov, A. Tolstoy, L. Leonov. He addressed the dramaturgy of modern authors: A. Arbuzov (“Evening Light”, “Night Confession”), A. Gladkov (“Youth of the Theater”), A. Volodin (“Do not part with your loved ones”, “The Queen’s Diaries”, “Appointment”, “Lizard”), E. Radzinsky (“Conversations with Socrates”, “Does love exist? – firefighters ask”).

In 1991, at the Paris Theatre “Lu Sorner” staged “The Missing Story” by L. Zorin. At the same time, his theatrical interests are connected with classical drama: Shakespeare, Molière, Marivo, and above all with Italian theater. Repeatedly staged plays by K. Gozzi (“Green Bird” and “Happy Beggars”), K. Goldoni (“Samodura”). Author of articles about Italian and Russian theater, about the work of V. Meyerhold.

He came to the Moscow Art Theatre in 1992, where he put “The Blessed Island” by M. Kulish, “Masquerade” by M. Lermontov, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by W. Shakespeare, “The Venetian Antiquarian” by K. Goldoni, “The Teacher of Literature” by V. Semenovsky (an essay on the themes of F. Sologub).