Masterclass by Konstantin Bogomolov

Aesthetically and politically a radical, Konstantin Bogomolov (b.1975) has been described in the international Press as “the enfant terrible” of the Russian theatre.

His parents were film critics. He studied Literature at Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) and Direction at the Russian Academy of Arts (RATIGITIS).

The winner of numerous awards and distinctions in his home country, Bogomolov has worked with historic Russian theatres (the Moscow Art Theatre and the Leninist Komsomol Theatre / Lenkom) while staging productions in equally prestigious European theatres and international theatre festivals, including the Polish National Theatre in Warsaw, the Festwochen in Vienna, and the Theaterformen in Hanover.

All in all, he has directed over twenty productions, also undertaking the adaptation/dramaturgy in the majority of cases. Works (theatrical and literary) he has staged include: “Iphigenia in Aulis” by Euripides, “Much ado about nothing” and “King Lear” by Shakespeare, “Black Snow” by Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Trial” by Franz Kafka, “The Seagull” and “Platonov” by Chekhov, “Gargantua and Pantagruel” by François Rabelais, “The Dragon” by Evgeni Schwartz, “Ice” by Vladimir Sorokin, and “The Idiot” and “The Brothers Karamazov” by Dostoyevsky. He recently staged “Husbands and Wives”, a production based on Woody Allen's film of the same name.