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Irina Afanasieva
BornIrina Guseinovna Afanasieva
(1968-09-12) September 12, 1968 (age 56)
Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Occupation(s)producer, librettist, director
Years activesince 1998

Irina Guseinovna Afanasieva (born 12 September 1968) is a Russian theatre producer, librettist, director, and head of the Leningrad Youth Palace (LDM) Theatre ‘New Stage’.

Career

From 1998 to 2012, she worked as the director general of the Russian-American company Hollywood Nights.

In September 2013, she established the producer centre ‘Makers Lab’. In 2014, she staged her first musical ‘The Master and Margarita’ at the St. Petersburg Music Hall. Later on, she annually participated in the productions of musicals: ‘Onegin’s Demon’ (2015), ‘Chudo-Yudo’ (2016), ‘Oscar and the Lady in Pink. Letters to God’ (2017), ‘Lolita’ (2018), ‘Seven Novellas’ (2019), ‘Diamond Chariot’ (2020), ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ (2021).

In February 2017, at the initiative of Afanasieva, the reconstruction of the Leningrad Youth Palace began where in October a new theatre was opened under the name of ‘Theatre LDM. New stage‘, which she headed.

Theatrical works

Theatre LDM ‘New Stage’
  • 2014 — ‘The Master and Margarita’ — producer, director, librettist
  • 2015 — ‘Onegin’s Demon’ — producer, director, librettist
  • 2016 — ‘Chudo-Yudo’— producer, director, librettist
  • 2017 — ‘Oscar and the Lady in Pink. Letters to God’— producer, director, librettist
  • 2018 — ‘Lolita’— producer, director, librettist
  • 2019 — ‘Seven Novellas’ — producer, director, librettist
  • 2020 — ‘Diamond Chariot’ — producer, director, librettist
  • 2021 — ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ — producer, director, librettist

References

  1. "В Мюзик-холле началась монетизация "Мастера и Маргариты"". fontanka.ru. 2014-09-19.
  2. "Ирина Афанасьева и Антон Андреев: о премьере мюзикла "Онегин"". ТК Санкт-Петербург. 2015-09-30.
  3. "В Петербурге представили мюзикл "Онегин"". Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 2015-10-04.
  4. "Сказка Роу – это песня. В Петербурге создали мюзикл для детей "Чудо-Юдо"". Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 2016-08-26.
  5. "На чудо надейся". Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti. 2016-09-20.
  6. "В Петербурге журналистам показали уникальный мюзикл". fontanka.ru. 2017-06-08.
  7. "Ирина Афанасьева: все, кто считает мюзикл "легким" жанром, ошибаются". Time Out. 2017-12-20.
  8. "Хоррор-мюзикл "Лолита" в ЛДМ: провокация не для снобов". Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti. 2018-11-08.
  9. ""Семь Новелл". О премьере в театре Ленинградского Дворца Молодежи. Из записок на коленке". Чайка. 2019-10-21.
  10. "Под колесами "Алмазной колесницы": постановщик Ирина Афанасьева о первом в мире мюзикле по Акунину". Delovoy Peterburg. 2020-08-11.
  11. "В Петербурге появится свой Бродвей: в городе возрождают Ленинградский дворец молодежи". Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2017-10-10.
  12. "Новая сцена и новая жизнь. Мультимедийный театр открыли на базе Ленинградского дворца молодежи". ТК Санкт-Петербург. 2017-10-19.
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