David Tavadze
Position:
THEATRE DIRECTOR
Email:
info@tbilisiinternational.com
Education:
Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University, Faculty of Drama (Acting).
Supervising Professor: Gizo Zhordania
Playwriting Experience:
2013 – Play “Dedaomi”
Commissioned by the Royal Court Theatre, London.
Selected for the “Week of Actual Drama” in Kyiv.
Translated into English, Ukrainian, and Russian.
2012–2013 – Screenplay for the feature film “Menatrebi”
Director: Elena Khazanova, Swiss film studio “Elephant Films”
2010 – Play “Forever Your Prisoner”
Royal District Theatre, Director: Gizo Zhordania
2009 – “Date in the Attic”, Marjanishvili Theatre, “Attic Stage”
Director: Gizo Zhordania
2008 – Screenplay for the short film “Premiere”
Director: Khatuna Giorgobiani, for Dutch TV channel VPRO
2006 – Short play “Me, You and This Table Too…”
Director: Levan Kobliandze
Nodar Dumbadze State Theatre for Young Spectators (Small Stage)
Directing Experience:
2013 – William Shakespeare “The Winter’s Tale”
Nodar Dumbadze Professional State Theatre for Young Spectators
2013 – “The Trojan Women”
Royal District Theatre
2012 – August Strindberg “Miss Julie”
Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Strindberg’s death
Royal District Theatre
2010 – Marius von Mayenburg “The Ugly One”
Royal District Theatre
2009 – David Gabunia “Other People’s Children”
Royal District Theatre
Assistant Director:
Mihail Marmarinos – “R+J”, Mikheil Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre
Temur Chkheidze – “The Blind Seer (Molly Sweeney)”, Marjanishvili Theatre
Gizo Zhordania – “Forever Your Prisoner”, Royal District Theatre
Acting Experience:
Royal District Theatre
2012 – Sławomir Mrożek “Striptease”, Director: Nika Tavade
2010 – “Forever Your Prisoner”, Director: Gizo Zhordania
2009 – David Gabunia “Other People’s Children”, Director: Data Tavade
Marjanishvili Theatre
2008 – Stephen King “Wunderkind!”, Director: Zaza Sikharulidze
2007 – Guram Kartvelishvili “Kakutsa Cholokashvili”, Director: Levan Tsuladze
1999 – Anton Chekhov “Three Sisters”, Director: David Doiashvili
Rustaveli Theatre
2000 – Bertolt Brecht “The Good Person of Szechwan”, Director: Robert Sturua
1997 – Anton Chekhov “The Seagull”, Directors: Robert Sturua, Beka Kavtaradze
1996 – Bertolt Brecht “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”, Director: Robert Sturua
Film Roles:
2009 – “Premiere” (short), Director: Khatuna Giorgobiani
2006 – “Gamtcilebeli”, Director: Sandro Jandieri
2001 – “With a Spiral Staircase”, Director: Merab Tavade
Awards:
Theatre Union of Georgia Award for Best Young Director’s Work for the performances “Other People’s Children” and “The Ugly One”
Mikheil Tumanishvili Foundation Annual Competition “New Georgian Play” Award for the play “Crows”
Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University, Faculty of Drama (Acting).
Supervising Professor: Gizo Zhordania
Playwriting Experience:
2013 – Play “Dedaomi”
Commissioned by the Royal Court Theatre, London.
Selected for the “Week of Actual Drama” in Kyiv.
Translated into English, Ukrainian, and Russian.
2012–2013 – Screenplay for the feature film “Menatrebi”
Director: Elena Khazanova, Swiss film studio “Elephant Films”
2010 – Play “Forever Your Prisoner”
Royal District Theatre, Director: Gizo Zhordania
2009 – “Date in the Attic”, Marjanishvili Theatre, “Attic Stage”
Director: Gizo Zhordania
2008 – Screenplay for the short film “Premiere”
Director: Khatuna Giorgobiani, for Dutch TV channel VPRO
2006 – Short play “Me, You and This Table Too…”
Director: Levan Kobliandze
Nodar Dumbadze State Theatre for Young Spectators (Small Stage)
Directing Experience:
2013 – William Shakespeare “The Winter’s Tale”
Nodar Dumbadze Professional State Theatre for Young Spectators
2013 – “The Trojan Women”
Royal District Theatre
2012 – August Strindberg “Miss Julie”
Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Strindberg’s death
Royal District Theatre
2010 – Marius von Mayenburg “The Ugly One”
Royal District Theatre
2009 – David Gabunia “Other People’s Children”
Royal District Theatre
Assistant Director:
Mihail Marmarinos – “R+J”, Mikheil Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre
Temur Chkheidze – “The Blind Seer (Molly Sweeney)”, Marjanishvili Theatre
Gizo Zhordania – “Forever Your Prisoner”, Royal District Theatre
Acting Experience:
Royal District Theatre
2012 – Sławomir Mrożek “Striptease”, Director: Nika Tavade
2010 – “Forever Your Prisoner”, Director: Gizo Zhordania
2009 – David Gabunia “Other People’s Children”, Director: Data Tavade
Marjanishvili Theatre
2008 – Stephen King “Wunderkind!”, Director: Zaza Sikharulidze
2007 – Guram Kartvelishvili “Kakutsa Cholokashvili”, Director: Levan Tsuladze
1999 – Anton Chekhov “Three Sisters”, Director: David Doiashvili
Rustaveli Theatre
2000 – Bertolt Brecht “The Good Person of Szechwan”, Director: Robert Sturua
1997 – Anton Chekhov “The Seagull”, Directors: Robert Sturua, Beka Kavtaradze
1996 – Bertolt Brecht “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”, Director: Robert Sturua
Film Roles:
2009 – “Premiere” (short), Director: Khatuna Giorgobiani
2006 – “Gamtcilebeli”, Director: Sandro Jandieri
2001 – “With a Spiral Staircase”, Director: Merab Tavade
Awards:
Theatre Union of Georgia Award for Best Young Director’s Work for the performances “Other People’s Children” and “The Ugly One”
Mikheil Tumanishvili Foundation Annual Competition “New Georgian Play” Award for the play “Crows”