Valery Fokin, artistic director of the Alexandrinsky Theatre, introduced the group to the new 36-year-old chief director, Nikita Kobelev. This has been reported TASS.
“The position of general manager is a rotating position. In addition to high professional qualifications, it is assumed that the candidate has experience in organizational and creative activities. Such baggage was accumulated by Nikita Kobelev while working at the Mayakovsky Theater. We are pleased today, and I am very glad that this is the right candidate,” said Fokin.
Kobelev, on the other hand, said that he gladly accepted the offer to become the chief director of the Alexandrinsky Theatre.
“This is a theater with a very long history, but at the same time it has a very interesting life right now. I felt it myself when I performed here. I like the way the process is organized here,” the director emphasized.
Nikita Kobelev worked at the Vladimir Mayakovsky Theater during the period when this troupe was led by Mindaugas Karbauskis. From 2017 to 2021, Kobelev was a teacher at the acting department of the Russian Institute of Theater Arts – GITIS.
Prior to that, the post of chief director of the Alexandrinsky Theater for seven years was held by Honored Artist of Russia Nikolai Roshchin, he will continue to work at the Alexandrinsky Theater as a full-time director and set designer.
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