Andriy Zholdak (, born 18 November 1962) is a Ukrainian theatre director.
From 2002 to 2005 he was the director at the
Kharkiv Ukrainian Drama Theatre
The Kharkiv Ukrainian Drama Theatre also known as the Taras Shevchenko Kharkiv Academic Ukrainian Drama Theatre () is a national theatre founded in 1935 out of remnants of the suppressed Berezil Theatre, which was founded by Les Kurbas in 1922. ...
in
Kharkiv
Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine. .
In 2006 Zholdak moved to Germany and worked at
Theater Oberhausen
Theater Oberhausen is a theatre in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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1920 establishments in Germany
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Berliner Festspiele
The Berliner Festspiele (German language, German for Berlin Festivals) in Berlin organise and stage a large number of independent festivals as well as exhibitions and individual events in the fields of music, theatre, performance, dance, literat ...
and
Vienna Festival
The Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) is a culture festival that takes place in Vienna for five or six weeks in May and June every year. The Vienna Festival was established in 1951, when Vienna was still occupied by the Participants in World W ...
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UNESCO Award in Performing Arts (2004).
Controversy
In October 2024 Zholdak worked as a guest director for the National Opera & Ballet in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Dutch National Opera acknowledges that the controversial guest director engaged in inappropriate behavior during the production of the opera *Fidelio*. "It was the first and also the last time we worked with him," the organization stated. Following a report in *Het Parool*, the opera company detailed Zholdak’s conduct, citing impulsive, unreasonable, and intimidating behavior, including physical contact during rehearsals without prior consent, as well as unscripted scenes of sexual nature.
References
1962 births
Living people
Ukrainian theatre directors
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