Egor Peregudov

Егор Перегудов

Theatre director, teacher, translator

Biography

In 2005, he graduated from MSLU (the former Maurice Thorez Institute of Foreign Languages) with a degree in Simultaneous Interpretation (German and English).

In 2010, he graduated from the Directing Department of GITIS, under the tutelage of Sergei Zhenovach. Since 2011, he has been a teacher of acting and directing in Zhenovach's workshop.

Since 2011, he has been a staff director at the Sovremennik Theatre. His productions there include A Time for Women, A Passionate Heart, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Late Love, and The Wedding.

Since 2018, he has been the Chief Director of the RAMT (Russian Academic Youth Theatre). His productions there include *Pressure 1-3* based on the play by Roland Schimmelpfennig, The Miser based on the comedy by Molière, My Father's Dreams based on stories by Roman Mikhailov, and Romeo and Juliet based on the tragedy by William Shakespeare.

Since 2022, he has been the Artistic Director of the Moscow Mayakovsky Academic Theatre. His productions there include Stories, Love According to Marquez, The Forest, The Baghdad Thief and Black Magic, and Eugene Onegin.

Perugudov has also directed productions at the Arkady Raikin Russian State Theatre "Satyricon" (2015 – The Man from the Restaurant based on the novella by Ivan Shmelev; 2018 – Don Juan based on the comedy by Molière) and the Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre (2020 – A Month in the Country based on the work by Ivan Turgenev; 2022 – Cyrano de Bergerac based on the comedy by Edmond Rostand).

Awards:
  • Laureate of the "Crystal Turandot" Award in the "Best Directing" category (for the play One Day in Macondo, 2019; and for the play Love According to Marquez, Mayakovsky Theatre, 2023).
  • Laureate of the International K.S. Stanislavsky Foundation Award in the "Perspective" category (2018).

Performances