Ingo Normet

Ingo Normet (8 June 1946 – 8 September 2022) was an Estonian theatre director and theatre pedagogue. He worked at the Endla Theatre in Pärnu from the late 1960s, serving as its chief director (peanäitejuht) in the 1980s and early 1990s. From the 1990s he became one of the central figures in Estonian theatre education, teaching at and later directing the drama department (lavakunstikool) of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EAMT). He also staged productions in Finland and is recorded in Finnish bibliographic and theatre-history sources as an Estonian director active in Finnish professional theatres.

Early life and education Ingo Normet was born in Tallinn. His parents were composer Leo Normet and writer and translator Dagmar Normet (née Rubinstein). His mother was Jewish. He graduated from Tallinn 10th Secondary School in 1964 and studied drama directing at GITIS in Moscow (graduating 1969), later undertaking advanced training in Leningrad (1981–1984).

Career Endla Theatre and television Normet joined the Endla Theatre in 1969 and worked there as a director until 1982; he served as chief director from 1982 to 1991. A Finnish National Library bibliographic record indexes a 1995 review of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure (Mitta mitasta) at Lappeenranta City Theatre credited to Normet as director. Merited Art Worker of the Estonian SSR (1986). Priit Põldroos theatre-thought prize (2002).

Personal life Inog Normet was married to theatre director Kaarin Raid (1967–1973) and later to actress Tiia Kriisa (from 1974).